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• but my dad said it was no excuse. "But I love him!" I had never seen my sister cry that much. "No, you don't." "I hate you!" "No, you don't." My dad can be very calm sometimes. "He's my whole world." "Don't ever say that about anyone again. Not even me." That was my mom.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Mom, Dad, Hate

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• Faith is the fool's excuse.

  James Frey

  Fool

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• Molly slapped the lid back down then pushed past Luce into the foyer stumbling over Shelby in her path. �Excuse you � they said gruffly at the same time eyeing each other suspiciously. �Oh good. � Gabbe leaned in to give Luce a hug. �Molly'�s made a friend.�

  Lauren Kate

  Past, Excuse You, Giving

  Lauren Kate (2011). “The Fallen Sequence: An Omnibus Edition”, p.695, Delacorte Press

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• I hurt myself deeply, though at the time I had no idea how deeply. I should have learned many things from that experience, but when I look back on it, all I gained was one single, undeniable fact. That ultimately I am a person who can do evil. I never consciously tried to hurt anyone, yet good intentions notwithstanding, when necessity demanded, I could become completely self-centred, even cruel. I was the kind of person who could, using some plausible excuse, inflict on a person I cared for a wound that would never heal.

  Haruki Murakami

  Hurt, Ideas, Self

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• Why is she afraid?" he asked. "She's not Anjin-san. Just a little nervous. Please excuse her. She's never seen a foreigner close to before." "Tell her when the moon's full, barbarians sprout horns and fire comes out of our mouths like dragons.

  James Clavell

  Moon, Fire, Dragons

  James Clavell (1975). “Shogun a Novel of Japan”

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• Later, with time, I learned that although all men are capable of good and evil, the worst among them are those who, when they commit evil, do so by shielding themselves in the authority of others, in their subordination, or in the excuse of following orders. And even worse are those who believe they are justified by their God.

  Arturo Pérez-Reverte

  Believe, Men, Order

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• And of course I'm a chauvinist, but it isn't my fault." "It isn't?" "No, Jack was born first and I share his genes. I can't help it if he infected me inside the womb." Briony burst out laughing. "I should have known that would be your excuse.

  Christine Feehan

  Should Have, Laughing, Would Be

  Christine Feehan (2006). “Conspiracy Game”, p.233, Penguin

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• Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?' 'A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to be a Saint Bernard.' 'Excuse me?' Nicodemus said. I mimed covering one of Mouse's ears with my hand and stage-whispered, 'Don't tell him that they don't actually carry kegs of booze on their collars. Break his little heart.

  Jim Butcher

  Heart, Hands, Snow

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• As we drove uptown, I spotted a Kmart on a corner,with its familiar red sign.I cleared my throat."Wait. Can we stop for a minute?" "What for?" "Just - I need a few things." He looked irritated, but pulled into a metered space. "We don't really have time to go shopping." I glared at him."yeah, excuse me for being so frivolous. You have your suitcase all packed already; I dont even have clean underwear.I'll be right back.

  L.A. Weatherly

  Clean Underwear, Kmart, Shopping

  L.A. Weatherly (2010). “Angel: The Angel Trilogy”, p.76, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• Uh, excuse me, sir, I, uh, don't known how to uh, to uh, tell you this, but you were three minutes late. The schedule is a little, uh, bit off." He grinned sheepishly. "That's ridiculous!" murmured the Ticktockman behind his mask. "Check your watch." And then he went into his office, going mrmee, mrmee, mrmee, mrmee.

  Harlan Ellison

  Office, Watches, Three

  Harlan Ellison (1979). “The fantasies of Harlan Ellison”, Macmillan Reference USA

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• We are so afraid of the idea of having to die... that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were asking beforehand to be excused when it is our turn.

  Jose Saramago

  Ideas, Trying, Asking

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• You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don't let you off homework today. I assure you that if you do die, you need not hand it in.

  J. K. Rowling

  Hands, Looks, Potters

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• You told me I wrote that poem because I was afraid of dealing with myself. And I used my mom as an excuse, accusing her of not appreciating or accepting me, when I should have been saying those words into a mirror.

  Jay Asher

  Mom, Mirrors, Should Have

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.188, Penguin

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• With no chance to take off, I had to play my role, searching for the rendezvous spot, which gave me the excuse to look for an escape opportunity. Maybe a hole in the wall too small for Tori’s mom to follow me through or a precarious stack of boxes I could topple onto her head or an abandoned hammer I could brain her with. I’d never “brained” anyone in my life, but with Tori’s mom, I was willing to try.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Mom, Wall, Opportunity

  Kelley Armstrong (2009). “The Awakening”, p.56, Penguin Group

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• In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort of religious fervor, however ridiculous, not realizing that true religion must be according to God's will as the perfect measure; that He can never deny Himself and is no mere spirit form to be changed around according to individual preference.

  John Calvin

  Religious, Thinking, People

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• And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind." "Then he won’t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic." "Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!" "I withdraw my objection.

  Aaron Allston

  Home, Careers, Mind

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• The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen to put profits before people, money before morality, dividends before decency, fanaticism before fairness, and our own trivial comforts before the unspeakable agonies of others

  Iain Banks

  Agony, People, Comfort

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• If you're a poet, you do something beautiful. I mean, you're supposed to leave something beautiful after you get off the page and everything. The ones you're talking about don't leave a single, solitary thing beautiful. All that maybe the slightly better ones do is sort of get inside your head and leave something there, but just because they do, just because they know how to leave something, it doesn't have to be a poem for heaven's sake. It may just be some kind of terribly fascinating, syntaxy droppings--excuse the expression. Like Manlius and Esposito and all those poor men.

  J. D. Salinger

  Beautiful, Mean, Men

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• Yes I remember my sixteenth." Vitellius said "Wonderful omen! Happily chicken in my underpants." "Excuse me.

  Rick Riordan

  Remember, Wonderful, Chickens

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• The thinner the excuse, the fatter the reason for it.

  Jerry Scott

  Reason

  Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman (2010). “A Zits Guide to Living With Your Teenager”, p.11, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Do tell. It might be entertaining to see who gets to you first.” “Excuse me if entertaining you isn’t at the top of my agenda.

  Nalini Singh

  Agendas, Might, Firsts

  Nalini Singh (2009). “Angels' Blood”, p.154, Penguin

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• He didn't seem to realize that three excuses was as good as no excuse.

  Ann Brashares

  Three, No Excuses, Realizing

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• You speak horse?" Hazel asked. "Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mean a Neptune thing." "Then you and Arion should get along fine," Hazel said. "He's a son of Neptune too." Percy turned pale. "Excuse me?

  Rick Riordan

  Horse, Mean, Son

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• Homecoming's stupid." And it is. Buch of kids looking for excuses to grope eachother all night.

  Barry Lyga

  Stupid, Kids, Night

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• So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next question. “Excuse me, but are you the bad company young Mr. Scott has got into?

  Dorothy Dunnett

  Friendly, Next, Bad Company

  Dorothy Dunnett (1999). “The Game Of Kings: The Lymond Chronicles Book One”, p.214, Penguin UK

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