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• By the way, you guys seriously screwed up just now. (Nero) We know. (They said in unison.) Yeah, well, what you don’t know is how grateful your girl is to you. I just thought you should know that you guys are a hero to her…and she thinks we’re all idiots. (Nero)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Girl, Grateful, Hero

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• Charlotte leaned forward across the table. “The Dark Sisters never mentioned what use they intended to make of your abilities, did they?” “You know about the Magister.” Tessa said. “They said they were preparing me for him.” “For him to do what?” Will asked. “Eat you for dinner?” Tessa shook her head. “To – to marry me, they said.” “To marry you?” Jessamine was openly scornful. “That’s ridiculous. They were probably going to blood sacrifice you and didn’t want you to panic.” (page 78)

  Cassandra Clare

  Sacrifice, Dark, Blood

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.78, Simon and Schuster

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• I said, "I'll take the T-bone steak." A soft voice mooed, "Oh wow." And I looked up and realized The waitress was a cow. I cried, "Mistake--forget the the steak. I'll take the chicken then." I heard a cluck--'twas just my luck The busboy was a hen. I said, "Okay no, fowl today. I'll have the seafood dish." Then I saw through the kitchen door The cook--he was a fish. I screamed, "Is there anyone workin' here Who's an onion or a beet? No? Your're sure? Okay then friends, A salad's what I'll eat." They looked at me. "Oh,no," they said, "The owner is a cabbage head.

  Shel Silverstein

  Mistake, Voice, Doors

  Shel Silverstein, “Strange Restaurant”

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• Oh, Val," said Father. "All you have to do is live your life, and everyone around you will be happier." "No greatness, then." "Val," said Mother, "goodness trumps greatness any day." "Not in the history books," said Valentine. "Then the wrong people are writing history, aren't they?" said Father.

  Orson Scott Card

  Mother, Father, Valentine

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “Ender's Game Boxed Set II: Ender's Game, Ender in Exile, Speak for the Dead”, p.393, Tor Science Fiction

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• These people you used to see every day, friends or acquaintances, after a while they become as distant as any stranger, people you suddenly recall late at night--you remember something they said or something silly that someone once did. For a few moments they completely occupy your mind; then you forget them again.

  Stephen Dobyns

  Silly, Night, People

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• You cannot friend a hawk, they said, unless you are a hawk yourself, alone and only a sojourner in the land, without friends or the need of them.

  Stephen King

  Land, Needs, Hawks

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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• They said the moment I fell in love with you was the moment you'd leave.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Love You, Moments, I Fell In Love With You

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.312, Simon and Schuster

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• StarClan may go where they please, they have betrayed SkyClan. From this day on, I will have nothing more to do with our warrior ancestors. StarClan allowed the Twolegs to destroy our home. They look down on us now, and let the moon go on shining while you drive us out. They said there would always be five Clans in the forest, but they lied. SkyClan will never look to the stars again.

  Erin Hunter

  Stars, Home, Warrior

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• That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.

  Margaret Atwood

  Home, Night, People

  FaceBook post by Margaret Atwood from Feb 20, 2017

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• I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.

  Charles Portis

  People, Substance, Faces

  Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.244, A&C Black

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• tanith: have you called the police? fergus: they, uh, they said theyd call by this afternoon. tanith: tell them not to bother... im his doctor. beryl: what kind of doctor dresses in brown leather? tanith: the kind that looks good init

  Derek Landy

  Doctors, Police, Dresses

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• They said I was a valued customer. Now they send me hate mail.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Hate, Mail, Said

  "Confessions of a Shopaholic". www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• Molly slapped the lid back down then pushed past Luce into the foyer stumbling over Shelby in her path. �Excuse you � they said gruffly at the same time eyeing each other suspiciously. �Oh good. � Gabbe leaned in to give Luce a hug. �Molly'�s made a friend.�

  Lauren Kate

  Past, Excuse You, Giving

  Lauren Kate (2011). “The Fallen Sequence: An Omnibus Edition”, p.695, Delacorte Press

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• I don't remember what they said, only the fury of their words, how the air turned raw and full of welts. Later it would remind me of birds trapped inside a closed room, flinging themselves against the windows and the walls, against each other.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Wall, Air, Bird

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.7, Penguin

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• Those lips looked tasty, especially when they said things like ' i jumped up every time someone knocked, hoping it's be you

  Lauren Kate

  Lips, Said, Be You

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• How?" I demanded. "How could you have screwed this one up?" "When I got in, they said the manager was on the phone and would be a few minutes. So, I sat down and ordered a drink." This time, I did lean my forehead against the steering wheel. "What did you order?" "A martini." "A martini." I lifted my head. "You ordered a martini before a job interview." "It's a bar, Sage. I figured they'd be cool with it.

  Richelle Mead

  Jobs, Phones, Order

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• I've always been criticized, right from the beginning! Right from the very first day I was born... They said I wasn't right for the part!

  Charles M. Schulz

  Firsts, Born, Said

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• The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice if she left.

  David Nicholls

  Party, Cities, Defeated

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• Without stopping kissing her, he swept her up into his arms. They stood in the motel lobby kissing until someone called, "Get a room." Donia pulled back and laughed. "That was the plan. They said no.

  Melissa Marr

  Kissing, Stopping, Arms

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• How wrong people always were when they said: 'It's better to know the worst than go on not knowing either way.' No; they had it exactly the wrong way round. Tell me the truth, doctor, I'd sooner know. But only if the truth is what I want to hear.

  Kingsley Amis

  Doctors, Knowing, People

  Kingsley Amis (1958). “Lucky Jim: A Novel”, Queens House, Incorporated

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• They said no one knew a man as well as a woman who slept with him.

  Iris Johansen

  Men, Said, Wells

  Iris Johansen (2003). “Dead Aim”, p.186, Bantam

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• Why can't we be friends now?" said the other, holding him affectionately. "It's what I want. It's what you want." But the horses didn't want it — they swerved apart: the earth didn't want it, sending up rocks through which riders must pass single file; the temple, the tank, the jail, the palace, the birds, the carrion, the Guest House, that came into view as they emerged from the gap and saw Mau beneath: they didn't want it, they said in their hundred voices "No, not yet," and the sky said "No, not there.

  E. M. Forster

  Horse, Rocks, Views

  E. M. Forster (2010). “A Passage to India”, p.322, RosettaBooks

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• Batman: a force of chaos in my world of perfect order. The dark side of the Soviet dream. Rumored to be a thousand murdered dissidents, they said he was a ghost. A walking dead man. A symbol of rebellion that would never fade as long as the system survived. Anarchy in black.

  Mark Millar

  Dream, Dark, Men

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• Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Wall, Pride, Men

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• They said you can't go to the moon. They said you can't put cheese inside a pizza crust, but NASA did it. They had to, because the cheese kept floating off in space.

  Stephen Colbert

  Funny, Moon, Space

  "Super PAC Satire: Colbert Explains (Faux) Presidential Run to ABC News". abcnews.go.com. January 15, 2012.

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