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• Blue does not go with everything," Will told her. "It does not go with red, for instance." "I have a red and blue striped waistcoat," Henry interjected, reaching for the peas. "And if that isn't proof that those two colors should never be seen together under Heaven, I don't know what is.

  Cassandra Clare

  Blue, Color, Two

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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• I think it takes an amazing amount of energy to convince oneself that the Forever Person isn't just around the corner. In the end I believe we never do convince ourselves. I know that I found it increasingly hard to maintain the pose of emotional self-sufficiency lying on my bed and sitting at my desk, watching the gulls cartwheeling in the clouds over the bridges, cradling myself in my own arms, breathing warm chocolate-and-vodka breath on a rose I had found on a street corner, trying to force it to bloom.

  Douglas Coupland

  Lying, Believe, Emotional

  Douglas Coupland (2012). “Life After God”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• I know there are monsters on this earth,' said Tessa. 'You cannot tell me otherwise. I have seen them.

  Cassandra Clare

  Monsters, Earth, Said

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes you know that no one can replace the person you love, and your heart will never be the same.

  Cheyenne McCray

  Heart, Sometimes, Persons

  Cheyenne McCray (2008). “Moving Target”, p.319, Macmillan

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• -You think I’ve got a big ego and an attitude problem? -I don’t think you do, Carlos. I know it. Unfortunately, it’s a Fuentes flaw. -I’d call it an asset. It’s what makes us Fuentes brothers irresistible. Carlos and Brittany

  Simone Elkeles

  Brother, Attitude, Thinking

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• "Well? Is it true? Did she?" "Did she what?" "You know. Fall outta the crazy tree and hit every branch on the way down?"

  Kami Garcia

  Crazy, Fall, Tree

  "Beautiful Creatures". Book by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, December 1, 2009.

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• …the majority of men do not think in order to know the truth, but in order to assure themselves that the life which they lead, and which is agreeable and habitual to them, is the one which coincides with the truth.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Men, Thinking, Order

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU (One of the Most Influential Books on Nonviolent Resistance, Christianity & Inner Fate): What It Means To Be A True Christian At Heart – Crucial Book for Understanding Tolstoyan, Nonviolent Resistance and Christian Anarchist Movements”, p.146, e-artnow

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• There's something fascinating about seeing something you don't like at first but directly know you will love—in time. People are that way, all through life. You come against a personality, and it questions yours. You shy away but know there are gratifying secrets there, and the half-open door is often more exciting than the wide.

  Vincent Price

  Doors, People, Personality

  Vincent Price (2016). “I Like What I Know: A Visual Autobiography”, p.55, Open Road Media

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• Do you know what I think Mayflowers are, Marilla? I think they must be the souls of the flowers that died last summer, and this is their heaven.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Summer, Flower, Thinking

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “THE TALES OF AVONLEA - Complete Collection: 16 Novels & 27 Short Stories (Including Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Prince Edward Island, The Story Girl & Emily Starr Trilogy)”, p.133, e-artnow

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• The prayer of words cannot be eliminated. And I must pray them daily, whether I feel like praying or not. Otherwise, when God as something to say to me, I will not know how to listen. Until I have worked through self, I will not be enabled to get out of the way.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Prayer, Self, Way

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.23, Convergent Books

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• My desire for knowledge is intermittent; but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my feet is perennial and constant. The highest that we can attain to is not Knowledge, but Sympathy with Intelligence. I do not know that this higher knowledge amounts to anything more definite than a novel and grand surprise on a sudden revelation of the insufficiency of all that we called Knowledge before,—a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Philosophy, Feet, Discovery

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walking”, p.26, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• You could be a gambler. A thief, for all I know. Besides—” He captured her hand and stopped her from walking on, holding her in place. “Besides what, you insufferable prude?” “Prude, eh? Do you need another kiss to remind you what a prude I am?” “Don’t you dare.” “Then don’t call me names.” “You started it.

  Gaelen Foley

  Kissing, Hands, Names

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• Morse stared morosely at the blotting paper. "It's just not my sort of case, Lewis. I know it's not a very nice thing to say, but I just get on better when we've got a body - a body that died from unnatural causes. That's all I ask. And we haven't got a body.

  Colin Dexter

  Nice, Paper, Body

  Colin Dexter (2013). “Inspector Morse: The first three novels”, p.356, Pan Macmillan

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• Forgive me, Your Grace. Are you suggesting a woman is some sort of … piece of fruit to you? One squeeze, and you know if she’s ripe?

  Tessa Dare

  Forgive Me, Grace, Forgiving

  Tessa Dare (2010). “One Dance with a Duke”, p.72, Ballantine Books

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• Behold your new mistress, my wife," he pronounced, "and know that when she bids you, I have bidden you. What service you render her, you are rendering me. What loyalty you give or withhold from her, you give or withhold from me!" -Royce Westmoreland

  Judith McNaught

  Loyalty, Giving, Wife

  Judith McNaught (1991). “A Kingdom of Dreams”, p.289, Simon and Schuster

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• This is what I know. Don't settle for 40, 50, or even 80 percent. A relationship-it shouldn't be too small or too tight or even a little scratchy. It shouldn't take up space in your closet out of guilty conscience or convenience or a moment of desire. Do you hear me? It shold be perfect for you. It should be lasting. Wait. wait for 100 percent.

  Deb Caletti

  Space, Perfect, Waiting

  Deb Caletti (2009). “The Secret Life of Prince Charming”, p.312, Simon and Schuster

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• My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me. 'Speak to me. Why do you never speak? Speak. 'What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? 'I never know what you are thinking. Think.

  T. S. Eliot

  Night, Thinking, Nerves

  T.S. Eliot (2011). “The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot”, p.56, Faber & Faber

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• Knock! knock! who's there? me! me who? that's right? what's right? meehoo! that's what I want to know! what's what you want to know? me who? yes, exactly! exactly what? yes, I have exactlywatt on a chain! exactly what on a chain? yes! yes what? no, exactlywatt! that's what I want to know! I told you-exactlywatt! exactly what? yes! yes what? yes it's with me. what's with you? exactlywatt-that's what with me. me who? yes! go away! knock knock...

  Shel Silverstein

  Going Away, Want, Chains

  Shel Silverstein, “The Meehoo With An Exactlywatt”

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• Wait." "So what am I supposed to do now?" "You know, Jin, I would have saved myself from five hundred years' imprisonment beneath a mountain of rock had I only realized how good it is to be a monkey." (222-223)

  Gene Luen Yang

  Rocks, Years, Waiting

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• A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see. -Nightblood

  Brandon Sanderson

  Darkness, Persons

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• Fang let out a low whistle. "Anyone know that Amazons could ride a giant bird?" Ethon gave him a duh stare. "Those of us who fought them, yeah, we know. How you think they keep kicking our asses?" "Cause you're pansies. Everyone knows that.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Thinking, Bird, Causes

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “No Mercy”, p.272, St. Martin's Press

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• You know, there are just some things you never expect to face even on this job. A flying primate that shoots fire out its nose is one of them.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Jobs, Fire, Flying

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “The Dark-Hunters”, p.1157, Macmillan

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• Anyway, solitary people interest me. There are so many different ways of being solitary.' 'I know just what you mean,' said X. 'I know exactly what you're going to say. Different kinds of solitude. Enforced solitude and voluntary solitude.' 'Quite,' said Viktoria. 'There's no need to go into it further. But when people understand one another without speaking, it can often leave them with very little to talk about, don't you think?

  Tove Jansson

  Mean, Thinking, People

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• Sam gave Captain Suicide a droll stare. "How did you die again? Oh wait, I know this. 'I can take 'em. I don't need to wait for reinforcements. I can do it myself.' How'd that work out for you again?

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Suicide, Work Out, Waiting

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “No Mercy”, p.327, Macmillan

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• I want to put on the table, not why 85% of the members of the National Academy of Sciences reject God, I want to know why 15% of the National Academy don’t.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Atheist, Science, Atheism

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