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• I often think that at the center of me is a voice that at last did split, a house in my heart so invaded with other people and their speech, friends I believed I was devoted to, people whose lives I can simply guess at now, that it gives me the impression I am simply a collection of them, that they all existed for themselves, but had inadvertently formed me, then vanished. But, what: Should I have been expected to create my own self, out of nothing, out of thin, thin air and alone?

  Lorrie Moore

  Heart, Thinking, Air

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• Whatever is unnamed, undepicted in images, whatever is omitted from biography, censored in collections of letters, whatever is misnamed as something else, made difficult-to-come-by, whatever is buried in the memory by the collapse of meaning under an inadequate or lying language - this will become, not merely unspoken, but unspeakable.

  Adrienne Rich

  Memories, Lying, Letters

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• A family is a collection of strangers trapped in a web of DNA and forced to cope.

  Neal Shusterman

  Dna, Stranger, Trapped

  Neal Shusterman (2008). “Antsy Does Time”, p.155, Penguin

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• God is found in the collection of Many. . . rather than in the One.

  Dan Brown

  Found

  Dan Brown (2010). “The Lost Symbol Illustrated edition”, p.1060, Random House

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• This group had a kind of dark glamour within the castle. They were a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious seeking some shared glory, and the thuggish gravitating toward a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dark, Leader, Ambitious

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• From this distance, in the dimness, the model looked surreal, made up of parts filled with buildings, bordered by long stretches of empty space. It reminded me of the way cities and towns look when you are flying at night. You can't make out much. But the places where people have come together, and stayed, are collections of tiny lights, breaking up the darkness.

  Sarah Dessen

  Distance, Night, Space

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.146, Penguin

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• He remembered his mentor, Lou Kline, telling him in the nineties that rock and roll had peaked at Monterey Pop. They'd been in Lou's house in LA with its waterfalls, the pretty girls Lou always had, his car collection out front, and Bennie had looked into his idol's famous face and thought, You're finished. Nostalgia was the end - everyone knew that.

  Jennifer Egan

  Girl, Rocks, Idols

  Jennifer Egan (2011). “A Visit From the Goon Squad”, p.31, Hachette UK

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• Why do you think the Bible has survived thousands of years of tumultuous history Why is it still here Is it because its stories are such compelling reading Of course not...but there is a reason. There is a reason Christian monks spend lifetimes attempting to decipher the Bible. There is a reason that Jewish mystics and Kabbalists pore over the Old Testament. And that reason Robert is that there exist powerful secrets hidden in the pages of this ancient book...a vast collection of untapped wisdom waiting to be unveiled.

  Dan Brown

  Christian, Powerful, Book

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• They run off eckeltricity, do they?" he said knowledgeably. "Ah yes, I can see the plugs. I collect plugs," he added to Uncle Vernon. "And batteries. Got a large collection of batteries.

  J. K. Rowling

  Running, Uncles, Yes I Can

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• Youth is above all a collection of possibilities.

  Albert Camus

  Youth, Possibility

  Albert Camus (2013). “The First Man”, p.225, Penguin UK

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• Indeed. That pony collection isn’t nearly complete,” Carter mused. When I dared a look back at him, I saw that the angel was smiling at me. “You see? You aren’t lost. No matter what happens to you, you have a plan. There’s still hope.

  Richelle Mead

  Angel, Looks, Matter

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Succubus Revealed”, p.204, Kensington Books

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• A person's life consists of a collection of events, the last of which could also change the meaning of the whole, not because it counts more than the previous ones but because once they are included in a life, events are arranged in an order that is not chronological but, rather, corresponds to an inner architecture.

  Italo Calvino

  Order, Events, Lasts

  Italo Calvino (1986). “Mr. Palomar”, p.132, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• One is what one is, and the dishonesty of hiding behind a degree, or a title, or any manner and collection of words, is still exactly that: dishonest.

  Kay Redfield Jamison

  Titles, Degrees, Dishonesty

  Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). “An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

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• I cannot imagine how I will cope when I discover that my life is behind me, has already happened, and I have nothing to show for it. No treasure house of collection, no wealth of experience, no accumulated wisdom to pass on. What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?

  S.J. Watson

  Memories, House, Treasure

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• As history confirms, people will change their minds about almost anything, from which god they worship to how they style their hair. But when it comes to existential judgments, human beings in general have an unfalteringly good opinion of themselves and their condition in this world and are steadfastly confident they are not a collection of self-conscious nothings.

  Thomas Ligotti

  Hair, Self, People

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• He doesn’t have to love your CD collection. He doesn’t have to love your shoes. But any good, mature guy better make an attempt to love your friends and family—especially when they’re great.

  Greg Behrendt

  Men, Cds, Shoes

  Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.133, Simon and Schuster

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• We are always dying, all the time. That's what living is; living is dying, little by little. It is a sequenced collection of individualized deaths.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Dying, Littles

  Chuck Klosterman (2013). “Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story”, p.88, Faber & Faber

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• There was an extensive collection of cookbooks in the well-stocked library, and he took to pouring over these in the evenings.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Library, Pouring, Evening

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• Nonetheless, I can't help but be flattered that you noticed the latest addition to my collection," he said. She rolled her eyes. "Because personal injuries are such a dignified thing to collect." "Are all governesses so sarcastic?

  Julia Quinn

  Sarcastic, Eye, Helping

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• So far, I had a solid collection of my honest opinions.

  Kiera Cass

  Opinion, Honest

  Kiera Cass (2012). “The Selection”, p.4, Harper Collins

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• I'm not sure what I am anymore... Sometimes I think I'm nothing but what other people have done to me―a big collection of brainwashing, surgeries, and cures... That, and all the mistakes I've made. All the people I've disappointed.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Mistake, Thinking, People

  Scott Westerfeld (2008). “Specials”, p.190, Simon and Schuster

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• You could buy a car for fifty thousand dollars. A really nice car.” Ascanio’s eyes lit up. “A Hummer. You could buy a converted Hummer.” “You don’t need a Hummer.” I said. “Chicks dig the Hummer.” “You don`t need any chicks either.” He gave me an injured look. “I have needs.” “I have needs too and right now I need you to concentrate on tracking down Jamar`s collection. Get to it.” - Andrea & Ascanio

  Ilona Andrews

  Nice, Eye, Car

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.95, Penguin

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• I am starting a collection of only right-hand gloves. It’s ever so bourgeois to have two.

  Libba Bray

  Hands, Two, Gloves

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• A miserable collection of little secrets, that's all any of us is. 

  Guillaume Musso

  Secret, Littles, Miserable

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• As I followed him along the sharp black stones, I could hear Link's voice in my head. "Bad move, man. He's gonna kill you, stuff you, and add you to his collection of idiots who followed him back to his creepy cave

  Kami Garcia

  Moving, Men, Voice

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