Good Omens Quotes - Page 3

• I had two cups of coffee, put Eric's jeans in the washer, read a romance for awhile, and studied my brand-new Word of the Day calendar, a Christmas gift from Arlene. My first word of the New Year was 'exsanguinate.' This was probably not a good omen.

  Charlaine Harris

  New Year, Coffee, Years

  Charlaine Harris (2005). “Dead to the World”, p.29, Penguin

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• My first word for the New Year was 'exsanguinate.' This was probably not a good omen.

  Charlaine Harris

  New Year, Years, Firsts

  Charlaine Harris (2009). “Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set”, p.790, Penguin

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• It is not a good omen to meet a lot of cats when one sets out on a journey, so the Lieutenant spat three times for each cat, as his mother had taught him to do.

  Selma Lagerlöf

  Mother, Cat, Journey

  Selma Lagerlöf (1936). “Mårbacka”

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• To a novelist, fluidity is the ultimate good omen; suddenly difficult problems are simply solved, intractable structural knots loosen themselves, and you come upon the key without even recognizing that this is what you hold.

  Zadie Smith

  Keys, Novelists, Fluidity

  "Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays". Book by Zadie Smith, 2009.

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• She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and started reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about orgasms, but apart from making a mental note to have one if ever the occasion presented itsel

  Terry Pratchett

  Reading, Knitting, Romance

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• He was currently wondering vaguely who Moey and Chandon were.

  Terry Pratchett

  Wonder

  Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett (2011). “Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch”, p.16, Harper Collins

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