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• Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

  Alan Watts

  Inspiring, Way, Problem

  Alan Watts (2011). “The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are”, p.44, Souvenir Press

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• I didn't mean for you to take that the wrong way," He said abruptly. Mae stared at him in amazement. So, for that matter, did Jamie. "What?" "Demons don't touch anyone without a reason," Nick went on, his eyes shut again. "You can imagine what kind of reasons we usually have. I don't like--not anyone--I didn't mean anything by it." "Oh," said Jamie. "Oh, that's okay! That's fine. I understand. I am filled to the brim with understanding and, and acceptance! I'm very Zen like that.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Mean, Eye, Acceptance

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2010). “The Demon's Covenant”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• Child, that is why all the rest are now a horror to her. That is what happens to those who pluck and eat fruits at the wrong time and in the wrong way. Oh, the fruit is good, but they loath it ever after.

  C. S. Lewis

  Children, Nephew, Way

  C.S.Lewis (2016). “The Chronicles of Narnia Vol VI: The Magician's Nephew”, p.136, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED

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• Did they practice looking suspicious in mirrors? Welcome to the United States. Don’t even think about chewing gum the wrong way.’ (Carlos)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Thinking, Mirrors, Practice

  Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love (2009). “Whispered Lies”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we are fashioning ourselves according to the world.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Fleeing, World, Way

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.267, Simon and Schuster

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• His skin was a pretty colour, it made me jealous. Jacob noticed my scrutiny. What?" he asked, suddenly self-conscious. "Nothing. I just hadn't realised before. Did you know, you're sort of beautiful?" Once the words slipped out, I worried that he might take my implusive observation the wrong way. But Jacob rolled his eyes. "You hit your head pretty hard, didn't you?" "I'm serious." Well, then, thanks. Sort of." I grinned. "You're sort of welcome.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Beautiful, Jealous, Eye

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• I sing of a woman with ink on her hands and pictures hidden beneath her hair. I sing of a dog with skin like velvet pushed the wrong way.I sing of the shape a fallen body makes in the dirt beneath a tree, and I sing of an ordinary man who is wanted to know things no human being could tell him.This is the true beginning.

  Carolyn Parkhurst

  Dog, Men, Hair

  Carolyn Parkhurst (2003). “The Dogs of Babel”, Large Print Press

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• Bad days, good days, ‘I’ll cut you if you look at me the wrong way’ days. I’ll take them all.

  Ilona Andrews

  Good Day, Bad Day, Cutting

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.324, Penguin

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• The first kiss plummeted him down a hole and popped him out into a world he thought he could get along in—as if he’d been pulling hard the wrong way and was now turned around headed downstream.

  Denis Johnson

  Kissing, First Kiss, World

  Denis Johnson (2012). “Train Dreams”, p.27, Granta Books

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• We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better than we are, something larger, richer, in some way more important to the world and ourselves. Too often, the way taken is the wrong way, with too much emphasis on what we want to have, rather than what we wish to become.

  Louis L'Amour

  Dream, Taken, Wish

  Louis L'Amour (2008). “Education of a Wandering Man”, p.215, Bantam

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• going only part of the way is not the same as going the wrong way

  Jostein Gaarder

  Way

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.158, Hachette UK

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• Just as a car parked on a hill will naturally roll backward when shifted into neutral, we will naturally go the wrong way if we shift our Christian lives into neutral and stop seeking to learn and grow as believers.

  Greg Laurie

  Life, Christian, Car

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• The owner of a Florida massage parlor has been arrested by police. "There weren't any serious violations," said the officers, "she just rubbed us the wrong way."

  George Carlin

  Humorous, Florida, Police

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles.

  Thomas Hood

  Lying, Hedgehogs, Way

  Thomas Hood (1842). “The Comic Annual”, p.60

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• I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.

  Flavor Flav

  Brain, Trying, Vikings

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• To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

  E. M. Forster

  Art, Men, Creative

  "Two Cheers for Democracy". Book by E. M. Forster, 1951.

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• The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

  William James

  Life, Success, Character

  William James (1961). “Psychology: The Briefer Course”, p.16, Courier Corporation

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• Punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business.

  Moby

  People, Listening, Way

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• He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Wisdom, Silly, Way

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• And ordering me around is exactly the wrong way to make me do what you want.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Want, Way, What You Want

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• I'm sure there's a right way and there's a wrong way. The bottom line is you have to do what you think is right.

  Mike Singletary

  Thinking, Lines, Way

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• There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them the wrong way.

  Terry Pratchett

  Funny, People, Ankh

  "The Compleat Ankh-Morpork". Book by Terry Pratchett, 2012.

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• Ginny Weasley, who sat next to Colin Creevey in Charms, was distraught, but Harry felt that Fred and George were going the wrong way about cheering her up. They were taking turns covering themselves with fur or boils and jumping out at her from behind statues.

  J. K. Rowling

  Cheer, Jumping, Covering

  J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books

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• The rules of the track work well for life. Roller derby is life in a tiny circle. You can only go forward, even if you find yourself turned around, facing the wrong way. There's speed, unpredictability, and danger. You can't be sure what's going to happen, you don't always know when you'll stop, and it appears most people are out to get you. You will fall. You will get hurt. But you will get up again.

  Pamela Ribon

  Hurt, Fall, Circles

  Pamela Ribon (2010). “Going in Circles”, p.309, Simon and Schuster

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• We always know, we always know, which is the right way to go, and which is the wrong way to go. Sometimes, the wrong way is easier to go, or more satisfying, and so we choose that way instead of the right one and we justify it with complicated wordplay and such; but we are only kidding ourselves.

  Milton William Cooper

  Way, Sometimes, Complicated

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