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• Is Hopper celebrating with you?” “Hopper? Why would—” My mouth snapped shut for a few moments. “Oh. I, uh, kind of forgot about him.

  Richelle Mead

  Mouths, Moments, Celebrate

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Fiery Heart: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.29, Penguin

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• She’s the kind of person who either dies tragically at twenty-seven, like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, or else grows up to win, like, the first-ever Nobel Prize for Awesome.

  John Green

  Growing Up, Winning, Twenties

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.91, A&C Black

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• There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now, your father has never brandished a sword nor fired a pistol, thank heavens. But he has made many sacrifices for his family, and put away many dreams... He put them in a drawer. And sometimes, late at night, we take them out and admire them. But it gets harder and harder to close the drawer... He does. And that is why he is brave.

  James M. Barrie

  Dream, Father, Sacrifice

  "Fictional character: Mrs. Darling". "Peter Pan", www.imdb.com. December 9, 2003.

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• Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous.Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Selfish, Jealous, Conceited

  "Message in a Bottle". Book by Nicholas Sparks, April 1, 1998.

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• We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in the end, was what love- all kinds- was really about.

  Sarah Dessen

  Hurt, People, Ends

  Sarah Dessen (2013). “The Moon and More”, p.237, Penguin UK

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• You felt a deep sorrow, the kind of melancholy you feel when you're in a beautiful place and the sun is going down

  Thrity Umrigar

  Beautiful, Sorrow, Sun

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• It gives me some kind of chance to survive the night." "How are those better odds? If you come back with me, you're guaranteed to survive the night." "No," Reacher said. "If I come back with you, I'm guaranteed to die of shame.

  Lee Child

  Night, Odds, Giving

  Lee Child (2015). “The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 2, 6-Book Bundle: 61 Hours, Worth Dying For, The Affair, A Wanted Man, Never Go Back, Personal”, p.1363, Delacorte Press

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• TREE HOUSE A tree house, a free house, A secret you and me house, A high up in the leafy branches Cozy as can be house. A street house, a neat house, Be sure to wipe your feet house Is not my kind of house at all- Let's go live in a tree house.

  Shel Silverstein

  Feet, Tree, House

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• Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Wise, Men, Thinking

  Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Cat's Cradle: A Novel”, p.256, Dial Press

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• Magnus, I wish I had the nerve to wear the kind of pants you do.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wish, Nerves, Pants

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.415, Simon and Schuster

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• Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary.

  Albert Einstein

  Science, Judgement, Domain

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.22, Open Road Media

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• I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped up in adult bodies, like children's books hidden in the middle of dull, long adult books, the kind with no pictures or conversations.

  Neil Gaiman

  Children, Book, Long

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• This is new to us, you know? Your mother's sorry. She's sorry that she hurt your feelings, and she wants you to invite your girlfriend over for dinner." "So that she can make her feel bad and weird?" "Well she is kind of weird, isn't she?" Park didn't have the energy to be angry. He sighed and let his head fall back on the chair. His dad kept talking. "Isn't that why you like her?

  Rainbow Rowell

  Mother, Girlfriend, Hurt

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• Are we friends? or are we foes? ... That kind of thing... You decide... For yourselves!!!

  Eiichiro Oda

  Foe

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• And then there were the wallflowers who had recognized for years that the thing was hopeless, who had found in that information a kind of calm. They no longer tried, with a bright and desperate effort, to sustain a conversation with somebody's brother, somebody's usher, somebody's roommate, somebody's roommate's usher's brother... The category of wallflower who had given up on all this was very quiet, not indifferent, only quiet. And she always brought a book.

  Renata Adler

  Brother, Book, Years

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• We're all working hard, but so far away from what we actually want to be doing. We're all peering in at the window of a party we aren't invited to yet, a party we wouldn't know how to dress for, or what kind of conversation to make, even if we came as someone's guest.

  Lauren Graham

  Party, Dresses, Guests

  Lauren Graham (2013). “Someday, Someday, Maybe: A Novel”, p.196, Ballantine Books

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• Oh, my god!” I said to Reyes, my eyes radiating accusations at him. “She took your picture? Just what kind of game are you playing? You’re under arrest, mister.” His mouth tilted and a dimple emerged on one cheek as I took his wrist and threw him against a wall. Or, well, urged him toward it. I held him against the cool wood with one hand and frisked him with the other.

  Darynda Jones

  Wall, Eye, Hands

  Darynda Jones (2013). “Fifth Grave Past the Light”, p.172, Macmillan

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• Will you still want me if I'm poor, Kat?" "What kind of question is that?" "No. Seriously. You're the planner. Simon's the genius. The Bagshaws are the muscle. And Gabrielle is . . . Gabrielle. But what am I, Kat? I'm the guy who writes the checks." "No. You're the most naturally gifted inside man I have ever seen. And I was raised by Bobby Bishop." She made him look into her eyes. "I don't care about your money.

  Ally Carter

  Eye, Writing, Men

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• Whoa, that's the kind of little sister I can dig!" said Edison. "Yes, we're all alike," I said. "We cover for you, we lie for you, we take the heat for you. We clean up your messes and mollify our parents for you. We never fail to come across with undying adoration, whether or not you deserve it, and we can't take our lives as seriously as yours. We snuffle up the crumbs from your table on the rare occasions you notice we're alive.

  Lionel Shriver

  Lying, Parent, Little Sister

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• Morris was not the type to offer a hug or even hold your hand. But there was something in his quiet indignation at the universe then--and Luke, now--that was just the kind of comfort I needed. "I'm such a mess," I said. "We're almost off the island and I didn't even ask you where you were going." He shrugged. "No place. Wherever you are.

  Sarah Dessen

  Islands, Hands, Hug

  Sarah Dessen (2013). “The Moon and More”, p.95, Penguin

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• There is a level of grief so deep that it stops resembling grief at all. The pain becomes so severe that the body can no longer feel it. The grief cauterizes itself, scars over, prevents inflated feeling. Such numbness is a kind of mercy.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Pain, Grief, Numbness

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• If I think she' hot and it turns out she's a psychopath, then what does that say about me? I'm totally not ready for that kind of therapy.

  Barry Lyga

  Thinking, Hot, Doe

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• I won’t lie. Walking into a room and seeing your girlfriend reading a baby-name book can kind of make your heart stop. “I’m no expert,” I began, choosing my words carefully. “Well—actually, I am. And I’m pretty sure there are certain things we have to do before you need to be reading that.

  Richelle Mead

  Baby, Girlfriend, Lying

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Fiery Heart: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.5, Penguin

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• Escape plan number seventeen," I told her. "Run away and open a juice stand in Fresno." "Why Fresno?" "Sounds like the kind of place people drink a lot of juice.

  Richelle Mead

  Running, Numbers, People

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• I am trying to be kind instead of right.

  Matthew Quick

  Trying, Be Kind

  Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.47, Pan Macmillan

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