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• He was full of the restless, dissatisfied energy that always seemed to move into his heart after he visited home these days. It had something to do with the knowledge that his parents’ house wasn’t truly home anymore — if it had ever been — and something to do with the realization that they hadn’t changed; he had.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Moving, Heart, House

  Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.247, Scholastic Inc.

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• There was I, devouring books and yet allowing a man who had never read a book to walk me home for a bit of harmless fumbling on the front steps.

  Edna O'Brien

  Book, Men, Steps

  Edna O'Brien (2012). “Country Girl”, p.89, Faber & Faber

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• True love cannot die,'" Will said, translating the inscription on the back in the light from the corridor. "I can't wear this, Magnus. It's too pretty for a man." "So are you. Go home and clean yourself up. I will call upon you as soon as I have information." He looked at Will keenly. "In the meantime do your best to be worthy of my assistance.

  Cassandra Clare

  Men, Light, Information

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• Even Dionysus's welcome-home speech wasn't enough to dampen my spirits. "Yes, yes, so the little brat didn't get himself killed and now he'll have an even bigger head. Well, huzzah for that. In other announcements, there will be no canoe races this Saturday.

  Rick Riordan

  Race, Speech, Littles

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• Men broke into their homes, killed their families, threatened you--and you won't let them do anything for fear you'll be hurt. That's selfish. How would you like it if I took your bow and said I cared too much about you to let you fight?

  Tamora Pierce

  Hurt, Selfish, Fighting

  Tamora Pierce (2015). “Wild Magic”, p.294, Simon and Schuster

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• She couldn't think of anyone else who remotely resembled him. He was complicated, almost contradictory in so many ways, yet simple, a strangely erotic combination. On the surface he was a country boy, home from war, and he probably saw himself in those terms. Yet there was so much more to him. Perhaps it was the poetry that made him different, or perhaps it was the values his father had instilled in him, growing up. Either way, he seemed to savor life more fully than others appeared to, and that was what had first attracted her to him.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Country, Growing Up, Father

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• Charley talking to Cookie ‘'You know those women in nursing homes that have to be restrained around the clock because they mix up everyones medication and steal all the bedpans?'' ‘’Yes'' I said wondering what I was walking into ''That’s going to be you!'' She was probably right, if I live that long

  Darynda Jones

  Nursing, Talking, Long

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• Were you already here?" he asked. "Yeah." "Didn't you just bring her home from work two hours ago?" "Yeah." Tripp chuckled and shook his head. "Did you even leave?" "No.

  Abbi Glines

  Two, Hours, Yeah

  Abbi Glines, Colleen Hoover, Jamie McGuire (2013). “The Atria Indie Lovers Collection: Twisted Perfection, Losing Hope, and Red Hill”, p.142, Simon and Schuster

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• You know how cats do. They hide to die. Dogs come home.

  Thomas Harris

  Dog, Cat, Know How

  Thomas Harris (2009). “Red Dragon”, p.36, Penguin

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• And I'm certain one day, you'll make it back home. With love, Your friend and Cêpan, -H

  Pittacus Lore

  Back Home, One Day, Certain

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• I wasn´t expecting to come home to you, but now that you´re here, I have no intention of letting you leave." Patch :D (p. 295)

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Intention, Expecting, Patches

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• I wish I was at home in my nice hole by the fire, with the kettle just beginning to sing!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Nice, Fire, Wish

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• But do you know this idea of the imaginary homeland? Once you set out from shore on your little boat, once you embark, you'll never truly be at home again. What you've left behind exists only in your memory, and your ideal place becomes some strange imaginary concoction of all you've left behind at every stop.

  Claire Messud

  Memories, Ideas, Littles

  Claire Messud (2013). “The Woman Upstairs”, p.118, Vintage

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• Nature full strength is more than we can take, Adam One used to say. It's a potent hallucinogen, a soporific, for the untrained Soul. We're no longer at home in it. We need to dilute it. We can't drink it straight. And God is the same. Too much God and you overdose. God needs to be filtered.

  Margaret Atwood

  Soul, Needs, Too Much

  Margaret Atwood (2009). “The Year of the Flood”, p.326, Anchor

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• Home is now behind you, the world is ahead!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  World, Behind You, Behinds

  "Fictional character: Gandalf the Grey". "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", 2012.

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• You have a heart of gold and I am kneeling in your bloodstream panning for the only thing that has ever felt like home.

  Andrea Gibson

  Heart, Gold, Kneeling

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• There’s people who do things and people who never do—who say they will someday, but they just don’t. I want to go on a quest. I’ve always wanted to go on a quest. And now that I have one, I’m not backing down from it. I’m not going home until it’s complete.

  Holly Black

  People, Goes On, Quests

  Holly Black (2013). “Doll Bones”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• One of the great failings of the American education system (in our view) is that young people can graduate from university without any understanding of poverty at home or abroad.

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  Views, People, Understanding

  Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn (2009). “Half the Sky”, p.88, Vintage

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• There are some sights that, once seen, can never be unseen. They replay themselves on a loop in your mind’s home-theatre system with Dolby surround sound until you’re so desperate to be rid of them that you’ll resort to other loops simply to dislodge them for a while.

  Kevin Hearne

  Sight, Surround Sound, Mind

  Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.810, Del Rey

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• Waiting is one of life's hardships. It is hard enough to wait for chocolate cream pie while burnt roast beef is still on your plate. It is plenty difficult to wait for Halloween when the tedious month of September is still ahead of you. But to wait for one's adopted uncle to come home while a greedy and violent man is upstairs was one of the worst waits the Baudelaires had ever experienced.

  Daniel Handler

  Uncles, Halloween, Men

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• A house isn't a home without the ineffable contentment of a cat with its tail folded about its feet. A cat gives mystery, charm, suggestion.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Cat, Feet, Giving

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “EMILY STAR - Complete Trilogy: Emily of New Moon + Emily Climbs + Emily's Quest: Classic of Children's Literature”, p.587, e-artnow

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• No one is here," Char said. "You need resist temptation no longer." "Only if you slide too." "I'll go first so I can catch you at the bottom." He flew down so incautiously that I suspected him of years of practice in his own castle. It was my turn. The ride was a dream, longer and steeper than the rail at home. The hall rose to meet me, and Char was there. He caught me and spun me around.

  Gail Carson Levine

  Dream, Years, Practice

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• You are always new. THe last of your kisses was ever the sweetest; the last smile the brightest; the last movement the gracefullest. When you pass'd my window home yesterday, I was fill'd with as much admiration as if I had then seen you for the first time...Even if you did not love me I could not help an entire devotion to you.

  John Keats

  Kissing, Yesterday, Movement

  John Keats (2002). “Selected Letters”, p.340, Oxford University Press, USA

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• So this is the young man who has intentions toward my little girl." Bobby shifted in his seat and crossed his legs. "It is not fun on this side of the table, is it, Robert?" Uncle Eddie huffed, and Kat had to remember that once upon a time her mother had been a dark-haired girl in that kitchen, and her dad had been the stray she'd brought home. She watched the two men looking at Hale as if they'd never before laid eyes on him. "He's better-looking than the last vagabond I had to take in," Eddie said, standing and carrying empty bowls to the sink. "I'll give him that.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Mother, Uncles

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• Do you ever think of moving back?" "To Coldwater? Heck, no. England suits me fine. These Brits love my accent. The first time Gavin asked me out it was just to hear me talk. Lucky for him, it's one of the things I do best." All teasing left her eyes. "Too many memories back home. Can't drive down the street without thinking I see Scott in the crowd.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Memories, Moving, Eye

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