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• A typical weeknight when he was home like this: 1. Sit down and try to do homework. 2. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: “Please play with me!” 3. Ignore brother, try to do homework. 4. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: “Come ON, Steven! I’m BORED!” 5. Beg Jeffrey for five minutes of peace. 6. Get begged for five minutes of play: “Steven, you never, ever play with me—ever!” 7. Move entire homework operations center to different room. 8. Repeat steps #1-7 as directed by small drugged maniac.

  Jordan Sonnenblick

  Brother, Moving, Home

  Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.78, Scholastic Inc.

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• You came back fighting and furious at me. You told me you'd been looking for mermaids, and I interrupted you. [...] I said that next time, you had to take me with you." "Was there a next time?" "Well, you tell me, you don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?

  Jodi Picoult

  Fighting, Water, Mermaid

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.505, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm going away," he said. "And I want you to know that I'm coming back. I love you because...." "Don't say anything," Fatima interrupted. "One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love You, Say Anything, Going Away

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• He held up a finger and went to the hallway, where he tripped over Blotchy, and then over the two monster cats madly pursuing Blotchy. Swearing, he leaned over the landing and called to the guard that unless the kingdom fell to war or his daughter was dying, he better not be interrupted until further notice.

  Kristin Cashore

  Daughter, War, Cat

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.240, Penguin

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• Oh, Claire," he said. "You think me a far better man than I am. That's kind, and flattering." "Are you saying that you -" "Doughnuts!" Myrnin interrupted her and darted away, to zip back in seconds with an open box.

  Rachel Caine

  Men, Thinking, Zips

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Ghost Town”, p.30, Allison & Busby

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• What the deuce is it to me?" he interrupted impatiently: "you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Moon, Differences, Sun

  A Study in Scarlet ch. 2 (1888)

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• Spent the fortnight gone in the music room reworking my year's fragments into a 'sextet for overlapping soloists': piano, clarinet, 'cello, flute, oboe, and violin, each in its own language of key, scale, and color. In the first set, each solo is interrupted by its successor; in the second, each interruption is recontinued, in order. Revolutionary or gimmicky? Shan't know until it's finished, and by then it'll be too late.

  David Mitchell

  Keys, Order, Color

  David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.445, Random House

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• We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Inspiring, Faith, Inspiration

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.76, SCM Press

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• I matched my heated tone with one of pure ice. "I believe I did attempt to relate to you the facts of my calls and you interrupted me with a rather magnificent display of temper much as you are doing now. If you do not have all the facts of the case perhaps you have no one but yourself to blame." Brisbane opened his mouth and shut it with a snap. His mouth remained closed but I could hear him muttering under his breath. "What are you saying?" "I am counting. To one hundred. In Cantonese.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Believe, Ice, Mouths

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• Sir,' I interrupted him, 'you are inexorable for that unfortunate lady; you speak of her with hate --- with vindictive antipathy. It is cruel --- she cannot help being mad.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Sympathy, Hate, Mad

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.246, Penguin

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• "You're important," Nicholas interrupted quietly catching her face and turning her to peer at him. "You're the most important thing in the world to me Jo. I love you. Let me have this moment."

  Lynsay Sands

  Love You, Important, Peers

  "The Renegade Hunter". Book by Lynsay Sands, September 29, 2009.

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• Nick could see the gun shaking in Alan's hand now, in tight, terrified spasms. "Last night we put a magician in the river," Alan said, his voice low and intense as if he was making a promise."Maybe we should send you to join him." "You know the rules," the woman whispered. "Don't shoot the messenger." Nick interrupted, leaning down to speak in her ear. "Do they say 'Don't cut the messenger in half with your great big sword'?

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Cutting, Gun, Night

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2010). “The Demon's Lexicon”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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• I felt beautiful but also interrupted. I wasn't used to being so complicated.

  Janet Fitch

  Beautiful, Complicated, Used

  Janet Fitch (2002). “White Oleander”, Large Print Press

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• Elene gasped and sat up. "Kylar Thaddeus Stern!" Kylar giggled. "Thaddeus? That's a good one. I knew a Thaddeus once." "So did I. He was a blind idiot." "Really?" Kylar said, his eyes dancing. "The one I knew was famous for his gigantic-" "Kylar!" Elene interrupted, motioning toward Uly. "His gigantic what?" Uly asked. "Now you did it." Elene said, "His gigantic what, Kyler?" "Feet. And you know what they say about big feet." He winked lasciviously at Elene. "What?" Uly asked. "Big Shoes," Kylar said.

  Brent Weeks

  Eye, Shoes, Feet

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• I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye.

  Robert Frost

  Bye, Feet, House

  Robert Frost (1955). “Selected poems”

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• So you interrupted my date to make fun of me for still living with my parents. Couldn't you have done that on a night I didn't have a date? That's most nights, in case you're curious.

  Cassandra Clare

  Fun, Night, Parent

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Charlotte, darling," Henry said to his wife, who was staring at him in gape-mouthed horror. Jessamine, beside her, was wide eyed. "Sorry I'm late. You know, I think I might nearly have the Sensor working-" Will interrupted. "Henry," he said, "You're on fire. You do know that don't you?

  Cassandra Clare

  Sorry, Thinking, Fire

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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• I want to think quietly, calmly, spaciously, never to be interrupted, never to have to rise from my chair, to slip easily from one thing to another, without any sense of hostility, or obstacle. I want to sink deeper and deeper, away from the surface, with its hard separate facts.

  Virginia Woolf

  Thinking, Facts, Want

  Virginia Woolf, David Bradshaw (2001). “The Mark on the Wall and Other Short Fiction”, p.5, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Ashley tugged on his sleeve. "You're scaring me Walter." "Sorry I guess talking about ghosts is-" "It's not that," she interrupted shaking her head. "You're using logic. That's scaring me." Walters eyebrows knitted. "So much for terms of endearment

  Bryan Davis

  Sorry, Talking, Eyebrows

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• Will interrupted. "Henry," he said, "you're on fire. You do know that, don't you?

  Cassandra Clare

  Fire, Said, Knows

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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• We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.....We must not.....assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Schedules, Assuming, Ready

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• A loud booming noise interrupted us, and we saw a flash of light off to my right. People near the other garages screamed. "There, you see?" asked Abe, quite pleased with himself. "A new gate. Perfect timing.

  Richelle Mead

  Light, People, Perfect

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.34, Penguin

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• Winston Gallagher!" I said, recognizing the first ghost I'de met. Then my eyes narrowed & I covered my hand in front of my crotch as I saw Winstons gaze fasten there next. "Don't even think about poltergeisting my panties again". "This is the sod? Come here you scurvy little--" "Bones don't!" I interrupted. He stopped, giving a last glare to him while mouthing YOU. ME. EXORCIST. before returning to my side.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Eye, Thinking, Hands

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• Exsanguinated," said Jace, impressed. "That's a big word." "And you're a big-" "Tsk tsk," he interrupted. "No swearing in church.

  Cassandra Clare

  Church, Jace, Bigs

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Bones”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

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• No," interrupted Marcia emphatically. "And you're a sweet boy. Come here and kiss me." Horace stopped quickly in front of her. "Why do you want me to kiss you?" he asked intently. "Do you just go round kissing people?" "Why, yes," admitted Marcia, unruffled. "'At's all life is. Just going around kissing people.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Sweet, Kissing, Boys

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “Flappers and Philosophers”, p.77, Sheba Blake Publishing

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