Uncles Quotes - Page 15

• But I had no plans to end my own life, and accidents couldn't be predicted. Neither could murder, unless my aunt and uncle were planning to take me out themselves.

  Rachel Vincent

  Aunt, Planning, Murder

  Rachel Vincent (2009). “My Soul to Take”, p.100, Harlequin

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• I don't want to be rude to the afflicted but Uncle Eddie is bald in a way which is the baldest I have ever seen.

  Louise Rennison

  Rude, Want, Way

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• Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s like to be in a family, with all the touchy tempers and irritation that goes on. Now you get to see the other side, where we do stupid stuff for each other just because we like you. Rache is the little sister. Ivy’s the big sister. I’m the uncle from out of state, and you’re the rich nephew no one likes but we put up with you anyway because we feel sorry for you. Just let me help, huh? It won’t kill you.

  Kim Harrison

  Sorry, Couple, Stupid

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• Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He would want to know all about it. Ropes could not hold him, such a determined geologist as he is! He would start, he would, in spite of everything and everybody, and he would take me with him, and we should never get back. No, never! never!" My over-excitement was beyond all description.

  Jules Verne

  Rope, Want, Determined

  Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth / Voyage au centre de la terre (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)”, p.17, Jules Verne

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• It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let no one get before us in this design of discovering the centre of the earth.

  Jules Verne

  Silence, Design, Triumph

  Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth / Voyage au centre de la terre (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)”, p.28, Jules Verne

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• For standing between Cody and his pain is my obligation, and standing between my uncle and his pain is my rent, but the pain I coax from Bronte is my joy

  Neal Shusterman

  Pain, Joy, Bronte

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• LEONATO Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband. BEATRICE Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a pierce of valiant dust? to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? No, uncle, I'll none: Adam's sons are my brethren; and, truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.

  William Shakespeare

  Husband, Niece, Son

  William Shakespeare (2014). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Deluxe Annotated: Suitable for Home Reading, Academic Study, and Dramatic Productions”, p.856, BookBaby

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• Home. It's such a simple word, one I never knew would come to mean as much to me as it has. It once was my dad's house, then my uncle's farm. Mostly it's meant wherever Charlie and I were together. Now, though, it's you. It's your letters, your words. They're the place I go to with my fears, where I find comfort, where I feel safe.

  Kristina McMorris

  Dad, Home, Mean

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• I blew that clay pigeon to smithereens. I don't know why Mum got so upset. According to Uncle Andrew she's a crack shot herself. But she says I'm too young. What I'd like to know is how old does a person have to be before they get to do all the fun stuff?

  R.L. LaFevers

  Fun, Upset, Clay

  R. L. LaFevers (2008). “Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos”, p.88, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• He stares at me, and then leans back in his chair. "He's ill, Jacob." I say nothing. "He's a paragon schnitzophonic." "He's what?!" "Paragon schnitzophonic," repeats Uncle Al. "You mean paranoid schizophrenic?" "Sure. Whatever. But the bottom line is he's mad as a hatter.

  Sara Gruen

  Mean, Mad, Lines

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• George Washington’s brother, Lawrence, was the Uncle of Our Country.

  George Carlin

  Country, Brother, Stupid People

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• As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing across premieval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle ('Please read this carefully and send it on Jane') the clan has a tendency to ignore me. It's one of the advantages I get from being a bachelor - and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor at that.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Cousin, Aunt, Circles

  The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) ch. 16

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• The sons of York will destroy each other, one brother destroying another, uncles devouring nephews, fathers beheading sons. They are a house which has to have blood, and they will shed their own if they have no other enemy.

  Philippa Gregory

  Brother, Father, Son

  Philippa Gregory (2009). “The White Queen”, Simon and Schuster

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• It's healthy to say uncle when your bone's about to break.

  Jonathan Franzen

  Healthy, Bones, Break

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• They heard the click of the mail slot and flop of letters on the doormat. "Get the mail, Dudley," said Uncle Vernon from behind his paper. "Make Harry get it." "Get the mail, Harry." "Make Dudley get it." "Poke him with your Smelting stick, Dudley.

  J. K. Rowling

  Paper, Letters, Mail

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• We shall trespass upon your aunt and uncle's hospitality only a little longer.' You will, will you?' Yes,' said Dumbledore simply, 'I shall.

  J. K. Rowling

  Aunt, Littles, Hospitality

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, p.45, Pottermore

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• If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Doors, Dragons, Giving

  "Fictional character: Gandalf". "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", en.wikiquote.org. 2001.

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• Meltdown when we get home. Mom keeps chocolate for meltdowns. Daddy always has them when Uncle Jonas visits." -David Lyons from Tanner's Scheme-

  Lora Leigh

  Mom, Home, Daddy

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• She sees ghosts,” said Samuel, impatient with my whining. I see dead people,” I deadpanned back. Oddly, it was Uncle Mike who laughed. I hadn’t thought he’d be a moviegoer.

  Patricia Briggs

  People, Ghost, Impatient

  Patricia Briggs (2008). “Iron Kissed”, p.84, Penguin

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• All my life, up until that moment, I'd had a warm, protective blanket wrapped around me, knitted of aunts and uncles, purled of first and second and third cousins, knot-tied with grandmas and grandpas and greats. That blanket had just dropped from my shoulders. I felt cold, lost and alone.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Cousin, Grandma, Aunt

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.169, Dell

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• That evening, Dudley paraded around the living room for the family in his brand new uniform...As he looked at Dudley in his new knickerbockers, Uncle Vernon said gruffly that if was the proudest moment of his life. Aunt Petunia burst into tears and said she couldn't believe it was her Ickle Dudleykins, he looked so handsome and grown-up. Harry didn't trust himself to speak. He thought two of his ribs might already have cracked from trying not to laugh.

  J. K. Rowling

  Believe, Aunt, Two

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• Tavi looked wildly around the courtyard, and when his gaze flicked toward them, his face lit witha ferocious smile. "Uncle Bernard! Uncle Bernard!" he shouted, pointing at Doroga. "He followed me home! Can we keep him?

  Jim Butcher

  Home, Faces, Lit

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Furies Of Calderon: The Codex Alera: Book One”, p.370, Hachette UK

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• "Another relative?" Valek asked.
  A broad smile stretched Moon Man's lips. "Yes. I am her mother's uncle's wife's third cousin."

  Maria V. Snyder

  Mother, Cousin, Moon

  "Magic Study". Book by Maria V. Snyder, 2006.

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• I've read Reverend Kirk, in fact. My uncle's library has quite a few books of your people. I have read Mr. Lang's fairy tales as well. (Katherine Rae O'Flaherty) "Books are not the same as reality," Devlin stared at her. "My world is not always kind to mortals.

  Melissa Marr

  Book, Reality, People

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• I didn't get fired." "You didn't punch your boss and get fired from the Tribune? That's what I heard." "I punched what could loosely be called a colleague for cribbing my notes on a story and since the editor–who happened to be the asshole's uncle–took his word over mine, I quit." "To write books. Is it fun?" "I guess it is." "I bet you killed the asshole in the first one you wrote." "You'd be right. Beat him to death with a shovel. Very satisfying.

  Nora Roberts

  Fun, Book, Writing

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