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• Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sweet thing to give a lady. But it is always roses, always red, and always perfect hothouse blooms when they can come by them.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Sweet, Flower, Book

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• Once, when I'd needed to meet Daniel to deliver a warning from Jeremy, I'd worn two-inch heels and had quite enjoyed the sensation of talking down to Daniel, until he told me how sexy I looked. Since then he'd never seen me in anything but my oldest, grubbiest sneakers.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Sexy, Talking, Sneakers

  Kelley Armstrong (2012). “Werewolves: Book One: Bitten, Stolen and Beginnings”, p.543, Vintage Canada

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• There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn out or stained or used up.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Nice, Cotton, Preppy

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• For as long as I could remember, he had never worn a single piece of clothing that could be considered casual. Khaki shorts and golf shirts, to Umberto, were the garments of men who have no virtues left, not even shame.

  Anne Fortier

  Golf, Men, Long

  Anne Fortier (2010). “Juliet: A Novel”, p.6, Ballantine Books

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• Adrian opened his mouth, undoubtedly ready with some inappropriate and mocking comment. Lissa gave him a sharp headshake that kept him quiet. "Aren't there any, I don't know, sleeveless options?" The saleswoman's eyes widened. "No one has ever worn straps to a funeral. It wouldn't be right." "What about shorts?" asked Adrian. "Are they okay if they're with a tie? Because that's what I was gonna go with." The woman looked horrified.

  Richelle Mead

  Eye, Ties, Funeral

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.16, Penguin

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• There is no such thing as an empty word, only one that is worn out yet remains full.

  Martin Heidegger

  Empty, Remains, Empty Words

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• Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character," said the count; "on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.

  Alexandre Dumas

  Real, Character, Tears

  Alexandre Dumas (1997). “The Count of Monte Cristo”, p.284, Wordsworth Editions

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• …for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Mother, Son, Forgive And Forget

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Louisa May Alcott Premium Edition - 16 Novels in One Volume: Little Women Trilogy & Other Novels (Illustrated): Moods, The Mysterious Key and What It Opened, An Old Fashioned Girl, Work, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Under the Lilacs, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost, A Modern Mephistopheles…”, p.998, e-artnow

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• My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother’s body, their cheeks pressed together. In sleep, my mother looks younger, still worn but not so beaten-down. Prim’s face is as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which she was named. My mother was very beautiful once, too. Or so they tell me.

  Suzanne Collins

  Beautiful, Mother, Sleep

  "The Hunger Games". Book by Suzanne Collins, September 14, 2008.

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• The problem was that I'd never worn a bikini before. My dad doesn't allow them. He thinks even one-pieces show too much skin and constantly suggests that Jane and I wear wet suits.

  Janette Rallison

  Dad, Thinking, Skins

  Janette Rallison (2010). “My Fair Godmother”, p.32, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• No real lady would let a dress that might have been worn by a stranger touch her skin.

  Cassandra Clare

  Real, Skins, Dresses

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

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• One swing set, well worn but structurally sound, seeks new home. Make memories with your kid or kids so that someday he or she or they will look into the backyard and feel the ache of sentimentality as desperately as I did this afternoon. It's all fragile and fleeting, dear reader, but with this swing set, your child(ren) will be introduced to the ups and downs of human life gently and safely, and may also learn the most important lesson of all: No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way around.

  John Green

  Truth, Memories, Children

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• He was jingling his keys in the pocket of his coat -- one of those barn coats described as rugged and classic and four hundred dollar that were usually worn by people who spend more time in Land Rovers than barns.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Keys, Land, People

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.192, Scholastic Inc.

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• If I should see your eyes again, I know how far their look would go -- Back to a morning in the park With sapphire shadows on the snow. Or back to oak trees in the spring When you unloosed my hair and kissed The head that lay against your knees In the leaf shadow's amethyst. And still another shining place We would remember -- how the dun Wild mountain held us on its crest One diamond morning white with sun. But I will turn my eyes from you As women turn to put away The jewels they have worn at night And cannot wear in sober day.

  Sara Teasdale

  Morning, Spring, Eye

  Sara Teasdale, William Drake (1984). “Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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• How you die out in me: down to the last worn-out knot of breath you're there, with a splinter of life.

  Paul Celan

  Splinters, Lasts, Knots

  Paul Celan (1980). “Paul Celan: poems”

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• She hardly ever thought of him. He had worn a place for himself in some corner of her heart, as a sea shell, always boring against the rock, might do. The making of the place had been her pain. But now the shell was safely in the rock. It was lodged, and ground no longer.

  T. H. White

  Pain, Heart, Unrequited Love

  T. H. White (2011). “The Once and Future King”, p.366, Penguin

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• All I'm saying is that I understand if the novelty's worn off and you want to get off the carousel ride now before it kills you.

  Jennifer Estep

  Want, Novelty, Carousels

  Jennifer Estep (2011). “Tangled Threads”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm really interested in the idea of anomynity and familiarity. And sunglasses, you know, are so indicatitve of that. I mean, they're worn by some people to hide themselves. But they're also a fashion statement, meant to be noticed. So there's a dichotomy there.

  Sarah Dessen

  Fashion, Mean, Ideas

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• The U.S. Army has recently removed the cross from the insignia worn by chaplains. In its place is a sun with its rays, symbolizing the divine in all things.

  Chris Murray

  Christian, Religious, Army

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• I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world.

  Issey Miyake

  Real, People, World

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• A well-worn adage advises those who set out upon a great enterprise to count the cost, yet some of the greatest enterprises have succeeded because the people who undertook them did not count the cost.

  Thomas Huxley

  People, Cost, Adages

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• I am a woman now! It‘s true. No, honestly, I‘ve never worn a bra in my life, ever!

  Kate Moss

  Bras, Honestly

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• Albertans have always worn their passions on their sleeves.

  Ralph Klein

  Passion, Sleeves

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• Nothing is more intimidating than an idiotic grin worn by a manifest non-idiot.

  Eric Frank Russell

  Idiot, Intimidating, Manifest

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• We started on the pole but by Lap 150 we were ninth or 10th and we were struggling. The car was sliding around a lot, but I did not get upset. I just said, 'Let's just keep working hard.' Last year, I would have been so upset about getting passed by those cars I would have been overly aggressive and would have worn our tires out. You can't do that in a 500-mile race if you want to be strong at the end.

  Kasey Kahne

  Strong, Struggle, Race

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