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• You'll beat this. I know it doesn't feel like it, but you will. You're a survivor." "I don't want to survive it." "I know that, too," Nell had said. "And it's fair enough. But sometimes we don't have a choice.

  Kate Morton

  Choices, Survivor, Sometimes

  Kate Morton (2009). “The Forgotten Garden”, p.204, Simon and Schuster

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• There are periods of despondency and suffering which take possession of me. But I don't want anything but my own way. That is wanting a good deal, of course, when you have to trample upon the lives, the hearts, the prejudices of others-

  Kate Chopin

  Heart, Suffering, Prejudice

  Kate Chopin (1899). “The Awakening”, p.292

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• I don't want to end up like my mom. That's my biggest fear in life.

  Simone Elkeles

  Mom, Ends, Biggest Fear

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

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• Calpurnia evidently remembered a rainy Sunday when we were both fatherless and teacherless. Let to its own devices, the class tied Eunice Ann Simpson to a chair and placed her in the furnace room. We forgot her, trooped upstairs to church, and were listening quietly to the sermon when a dreadful banging issued from the radiator pipes, persisting until someone investigated and brought forth Eunice Ann saying she didn't want to play Shadrach any more - Jem Finch said she wouldn't get burnt if she had enough faith, but it was hot down there.

  Harper Lee

  Sunday, Play, Class

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• I quizzed him a lot on this point and i suspect the truth was that it was like a lot of things at that age: you don't have any clear reason, you just do it. You do it because you think it might get a laugh, or because you want to see if it'll cause a stir. And when you're asked to explain afterwards, it doesn't seem to make any sense.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Thinking, Laughing, Age

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• When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?" He made a fist. "Why? Because a baby not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say the whole world is mine. But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. Why? Because he has learned his lesson." "What lesson?" I asked. He stretched open his empty fingers. "We can take nothing with us.

  Mitch Albom

  Baby, Knowing, Hands

  Mitch Albom (2009). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, Hyperion

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• They can pump whatever they want into my arm but it takes more than that to keep a person going once she's lost the will to live.

  Suzanne Collins

  Arms, Pumps, Lost

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.389, Scholastic Inc.

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• She did not know what it was about him that had always made her want to see him broken.

  Ayn Rand

  Broken, Made, Knows

  Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.15, Penguin

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• Everything has strings leading to everything else. We're all so tied together. We're all in a net, the net is waiting, and we're pushed into it by one single desire. You want a thing and it's precious to you. Do you know who is standing ready to tear it out of your hands? You can't know, it may be so involved and so far away, but someone is ready, and you're afraid of them all. And you cringe and you crawl and you beg and you accept them--just so they'll let you keep it. And look at whom you come to accept.

  Ayn Rand

  Hands, Waiting, Tears

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.138, Penguin

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• Besides," Shane said "I want to see Monica's face when she catches sight of the two of you. Kodak moment.

  Rachel Caine

  Two, Sight, Faces

  Rachel Caine (2010). “The Morganville Vampires:”, p.865, Penguin

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• People say strange things, the boy thought. Sometimes it's better to be with the sheep, who don't say anything. And better still to be alone with one's books. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them. But when you're talking to people, they say some things that are so strange that you don't know how to continue the conversation.

  Paulo Coelho

  Book, Boys, Sheep

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.20, Harper Collins

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• I hate the vamp jobs. They think they're so suave. It's not enough for them to slaughter and eat you like a zombie would. No, they want to be all sexy, too. And trust me: vampires? Not. Sexy.

  Kiersten White

  Sexy, Jobs, Hate

  Kiersten White (2010). “Paranormalcy”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Elements, Chiefs

  "Worship at the temple of Folly" by Nicholas Lezard, www.theguardian.com. March 28, 2008.

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• Princess,” he whispered against her ear. “My beautiful, beautiful princess. I want to spoil you. Pamper you. Indulge you.

  Teresa Medeiros

  Beautiful, Princess, Ears

  Teresa Medeiros (2013). “A Whisper of Roses”, p.389, Amber House Books

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• Peppo!" I yelled, pulling at my cousin's suspenders. "I really don't want to be arrested, okay?" "Don't worry!" Peppo turned a corner and accelerated as he spoke. "I go too fast for police!

  Anne Fortier

  Cousin, Worry, Police

  Anne Fortier (2012). “Juliet (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.70, Ballantine Books

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• Little Life Lesson 51: When selecting a member of a group to put on the Endangered Species List, it’s probably best not to pick the least popular person, because there is always a chance everyone will shrug and be like, "Um, okay. Hey, anyone want pizza?" and leave.

  Michele Jaffe

  Life Lesson, Groups, Hey

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• Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect.

  Laura Anne Gilman

  Clever, Character, Enough

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• I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you'll have to do something for it.

  Joseph Conrad

  Ifs

  Joseph Conrad (2007). “The Secret Agent”, p.84, Penguin

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• And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course - those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape 'kit 'n' stuff. But for everybody else, it's a win-win. Unless you're a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20 years - whatever. But for most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us. Unless you believe in evolution. You know - actually, I take it back. The whole thing's a disaster.

  Tina Fey

  Believe, Gay, Winning

  "PBS edits Tina Fey's remarks from Twain event". November 15, 2010.

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• If I have to build a big company by mistreating other people then the Bible says WOE to me. I don't know what that is, but I don't want any of it.

  Joyce Meyer

  People, Greed, Woe

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• Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human —” “THEN — I — DON’T — WANT — TO — BE — HUMAN!” Harry roared.

  J. K. Rowling

  Pain, Men, Suffering

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• It's just that you don't respect me enough to respect what I want. I have to want what you want or it doesn't count or its's no good. Well, I don't want what you want. And I don't see why I have to. I mean, as long as I respect what you want and let you live your life, why do you care?

  Jennifer Crusie

  Mean, Long, Live Your Life

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• Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.

  Randy Pausch

  Next Day, Needs, News

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• I don’t understand anything...and I no longer want to understand anything. I want to stick to the fact...If I wanted to understand something, I would immediately have to betray the fact, but I’ve made up my mind to stick to the fact.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Mind, Facts, Sticks

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• The difference we wanna make is number one to let these kids know that they’re not alone, that they’re actually not that messed up and that they can do whatever they want; they can express themselves however they want, without being persecuted or called a faggot or some kind of racist thing. You know, really just to get people to get over their stuff so they can live.

  Gerard Way

  Kids, Differences, Numbers

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