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• Ranger appeared in the bathroom doorway and I was too relieved to be embarrassed. "I appreciate you coming out in the middle of the night," I said. Ranger smiled. "I didn't want to miss seeing you chained up naked.

  Janet Evanovich

  Night, Appreciate, Missing

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• Wow. I feel like in this riot of people, I have been kicked in the stomach, but by the giddy police. Forget about the need for oxygen. My mouth wants to go back to the place it just left.

  Rachel Cohn

  Oxygen, People, Police

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.13, Egmont UK

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• I love to learn but I do not want to be taught

  Winston Churchill

  Taught

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• They say time is money, but that's not true. Time is life. And if I want the fullest life, I need to find fullest time... the busyness of your life leaving little room for the source of your life... God gives us time. And who has time for God? Which makes no sense.

  Ann Voskamp

  Giving, Leaving, Needs

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• If you want, I can carry you—” “I’m fine,” she said shortly. “Let’s go.” He’d said that wrong. He should have said, “I want to carry you.

  Suzanne Brockmann

  Should Have, Said, Fine

  Suzanne Brockmann (2002). “Out of Control”, p.368, Ballantine Books

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• The bathroom door burst open, and Molly came trotting out. The left half of her body had been shaved almost down to the skin. The right half was as shaggy as before. John emerged after her, brushing a layer of dog hair off his clothes. John said, "Well, that's done... It was Molly's idea. She wants to look like two different dogs when she's coming and going. She thinks it will make it easier for her to steal food... That's one complicated dog, Dave. Have you started on the bomb?

  David Wong

  Dog, Thinking, Hair

  David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.444, Titan Books

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• She flew into his arms. Held on tight as he swung her off her feet and hugged her so hard it hurt. She didn't care. She didn't want him to ever let go.

  Cindy Gerard

  Letting Go, Hurt, Feet

  Cindy Gerard (2007). “To the Brink”, p.208, Macmillan

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• People say it's better to know the truth, but what if the ending's a bad one? Is it still better to know? Or is it kinder to keep that string of hope dangling? To believe that maybe if you just wait long enough, everything could still end the way you want.

  Cynthia Lord

  Believe, Long, People

  Cynthia Lord (2012). “Touch Blue”, p.64, Scholastic Inc.

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• And, Joey, if you ever want to know about the japonicas and the daisy fields it will be alright that you have forgotten because I will be able to tell you about how it felt to be feeling that way you cannot quite remember – that will be for the time when something happens years from now that reminds you of now.

  Zelda Fitzgerald

  Years, Feelings, Able

  Zelda Fitzgerald (2013). “Save Me the Waltz: A Novel”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• One last word of advice, though, Mr. Okada, though you may not want to hear this. There are things in this world it is better not to know about. Of course, those are the very things that people most want to know about. It's strange.

  Haruki Murakami

  People, Advice, World

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• Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Dwelling, Want Him, Bigger

  Richard Paul Evans (2014). “Richard Paul Evans: The Complete Walk Series eBook Boxed Set: The Walk, Miles to Go, Road to Grace, Step of Faith, Walking on Water”, p.323, Simon and Schuster

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• Dead girl walking” the boys say in the halls. “Tell us your secrets” the girls whisper, one toilet to another. "I am that girl. I am the spaces between my thighs, daylight shinning through. I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Girl, Boys, Space

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• When you gone to get married? You need to have some babies. It’ll settle you.' 'I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make myself.

  Toni Morrison

  Baby, Needs, Gone

  Toni Morrison (1987). “Sula”

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• I didn’t want to kill girls… even vampire girls. Though I might make an exception for that blonde.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Girl, Twilight, Black

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Breaking Dawn: Twilight”, p.107, Hachette UK

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• Mom put a note in my lunch again, I see... Dear son, I hope you will study hard in summer school... Do not look upon it as a punishment, but rather as a privilege... We are very proud of you, and want you to have a good education. This note will self-destruct in five seconds.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Summer, Mom, School

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• Words, words, words, a million million words circle in my head like hawks, waiting to dive onto the page to rend and tear the only two words I want to write. Why me?

  Christopher Moore

  Writing, Circles, Two

  Christopher Moore (2009). “Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• I want a room decorated with bones!" Dan said. "Where'd they come from?" "Cemeteries," Amy said. "Back in the 1700s, the cemeteries were getting overcrowded, so they decided to dig up tons of old bodies–all their bones–and move them into the Catacombs. The thing is...look at the dates. See when they started moving bones into the Catacombs?" Dan squinted at the screen. He didn't see what she was talking about. "Is it my birthday?

  Rick Riordan

  Moving, Talking, My Birthday

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• I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality.

  Yann Martel

  Stories, Dry, Surprise

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.336, Vintage Canada

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• ...playing with the Barbie-size keyboard on my new phone. Phones are like toys now. They fit in your pocket, light up and vibrate like joy buzzers. Plus, you can get-I mean, "access"-the Internet and find anything you want. Music. Maps. Porn. Anything. If cell phones came with a cigarette dispenser, they'd be the greatest stupid invention ever.

  Richard Kadrey

  Stupid, Mean, Phones

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• ...It was one of the great livery-stableman's most masterly intuitions to have discovered that Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than they want to get to it.

  Edith Wharton

  Intuition, Amusement, Get Away

  Edith Wharton (2016). “The Age of Innocence: American Literature”, p.2, VM eBooks

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• Do you want to go back to Vienna?” he said. Alec didn’t answer, just stared into space. “Or we could go somewhere else,” said Magnus. “Anywhere you want. Thailand, South Carolina, Brazil, Peru – Oh, wait, no, I’m banned from Peru. I’d forgotten about that. It’s a long story, but amusing if you want to hear it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Somewhere Else, Space, Long

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.

  Oscar Wilde

  Ideas, Soul, Bears

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.251, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• He handed her her cap and sunglasses, then put on his own while she frowned at them. “What is this?” “A disguise.” He grinned at her. “Dobie wants you to wear them. Let’s give him a break, or he might order fake mustaches and clown noses off the Internet.” She rolled her eyes, but put them on. “And what, this makes us look like twins? Where are your tits?” “You’re wearing them, and may I say they look spectacular on you.”' - Chasing Fire

  Nora Roberts

  Eye, Fire, Order

  Nora Roberts (2011). “Chasing Fire”, p.332, Penguin

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• The six rules of maybe 1. respect the power of hope and possibilites. Begin with beleif. Hold onto it. 2. If you known where you want to go, you're already half way there. Know what you desire but, more imporantly, why you desire it. Then go. 3. hopes and dreams and heart's desires require a clear path-get out of your own way 4. Place hope carefully in your own hands and in the hands of others 5. Persist, if necessary 6. That said, most importantly-know when you've reached an end, Quit, give up, do it with courage. Giving up is not failing-it's the chance to begin again.

  Deb Caletti

  Dream, Giving Up, Heart

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• more you drink more you want

  Jack London

  Drink

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