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• Suddenly, this romantic agony was enriched by a less romantic one: I had to go to the bathroom. Needless to say, I couldn't let her know about this urge, for great lovers never did such things. The answer to "Romeo Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?" was not "In the men's room, Julie.

  Bill Cosby

  Funny, Art, Humor

  Bill Cosby (1989). “Love & Marriage”

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• The guy's life drunk, I think, makes Candide look like a sourpuss. Does he even know that death exists?

  Jandy Nelson

  Witty, Thinking, Drunk

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• The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, 'Men never know when things are dirty or not;' and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, 'Women will have their little nonsense and needless cares.'

  Jane Austen

  Dirty, Men, Gentleman

  "Emma". Book by Jane Austen. Volume 2, Chapter 11, 1816.

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• Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?” “Of course I believe in the truth,” said Rhoda, staring. “Yes, you say that, but perhaps you haven’t thought about it. The truth hurts sometimes – and destroys one’s illusions.” “I’d rather have it all the same.” said Rhoda. “So would I. But I don’t know that we’re wise.” Mrs. Oliver; Rhoda Dawes

  Agatha Christie

  Wise, Hurt, Believe

  Agatha Christie (1984). “Five complete Hercule Poirot novels”, Random House Value Pub

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• Everyone knows that quote because of the Doors." Jace looked at her blankly. "The Doors. They were a band." "If you say so," he said. "I suppose you don't have much time for enjoying music," Clary said, thinking of Simon, for whom music was his entire life, "in your line of work." He shrugged. "Maybe the occasional wailing chorus of the damned.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Doors, Band

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't open that door," she said. "The hallway is full of difficult dreams." And I asked her: "How do you know?" And she told me: "Because I was there a moment ago and I had to come back when I discovered I was sleeping on my heart.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Dream, Heart, Sleep

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• you can't really know the person standing before you, because always there is some missing piece

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Missing, Pieces, Persons

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• I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by Him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self-security... Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not.

  Brigham Young

  Men, Self, Lds

  Brigham Young's remarks in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City (January 12, 1862), as quoted in "Journal of Discourses" by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Volume 9, p. 150), 1862.

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• Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know.

  Bell Hooks

  Use, Shapes, Wells

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• A heart's a hard thing to live without. I should know. I've tried it," he said.

  P. C. Cast

  Heart, Should, Said

  P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2010). “Hunted: A House of Night Novel”, p.247, Macmillan

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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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• Poirot said placidly, “One does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up the cigarette ends and examine the bent blades of grass. It is enough for me to sit back in my chair and think. It is this – ” he tapped his egg-shaped head – “this, that functions!

  Agatha Christie

  Thinking, Eggs, Doe

  Agatha Christie (2010). “Five Little Pigs (Poirot)”, p.11, HarperCollins UK

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• It's rude to stare, but the great thing about staring at a sedated person is that they don't know you're doing it.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Rude, Staring, Great Things

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver”, p.62, Scholastic UK

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• We know summer is the height of of being alive. We don't believe in God or the prospect of an afterlife mostly, so we know that we're only given eighty summers or so per lifetime, and each one has to be better then the last, has to encompass a trip to that arts center up at Bard, a seemingly mellow game of badminton over at some yahoo's Vermont cottage, and a cool, wet, slightly dangerous kayak trip down an unforgiving river. Otherwise, how would you know that you have lived your summertime best? What is you missed out on some morsel of shaded nirvana?

  Gary Shteyngart

  Summer, Art, Believe

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• Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have new worlds here.

  Lord Dunsany

  Wise, Gentleman, World

  Lord Dunsany (2015). “The Book of Wonder”, Simon and Schuster

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• I know he would die if you died, Luce

  Lauren Kate

  Torment, Died, Dies

  Lauren Kate (2011). “The Fallen Sequence: An Omnibus Edition”, p.471, Delacorte Press

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• I'm really interested in the idea of anomynity and familiarity. And sunglasses, you know, are so indicatitve of that. I mean, they're worn by some people to hide themselves. But they're also a fashion statement, meant to be noticed. So there's a dichotomy there.

  Sarah Dessen

  Fashion, Mean, Ideas

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• A know a place called New Beginnings, but I don't think it works quite like that. You can't just erase everything that came before.

  Sara Zarr

  New Beginnings, Thinking, Erase

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• ... I'm the fortieth-ugliest man in this bar. But so what! So what! What if someday she lets me kiss each one of her freckles again? She has like a million. But every one of them means something to me. Isn't this how people used to fall in love? I know we're living in Rubenstein's America, like you keep saying. But doesn't that just make us even more responsible for each other's fates? I mean, what if Eunice and I just said no to all this. To this bar. To this FACing. The two of us. What if we just went home and read books to each other?

  Gary Shteyngart

  Falling In Love, Book, Home

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• So go ahead and make your way Back from the edge of yesterday No one knows what Can't be known 'Cause when you start You're all alone But take enough steps Take enough steps Take enough steps And someday Someday you'll be home ---Heather Wells, Untitled

  Meg Cabot

  Home, Yesterday, Heathers

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• He had the innate sense that something bad was just around the bend, but a hope that something incredible was waiting in the distance. It had to be. His burning love for her cursed through him until he felt so full he didn’t know whether he would fit through the portal.

  Lauren Kate

  Distance, Waiting, Burning

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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 know they're not getting divorced or anything, but when your parents argue it makes the whole universe seem like it's tipping, like everything could change if they got mad enough at each other, like the world isn't a safe place. And of course, that's true, isn't it? The world is not a safe place.

  E. Lockhart

  Mad, Parent, Tipping

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 3: The Treasure Map of Boys”, p.58, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• One of the most common questions writers are asked is "Where do you get your ideas?" But the sad truth is, we don't know. Ideas can come at any time and from any direction: in the shower, waiting for an elevator, or while bouncing across Wikipedia pages.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Ideas, Waiting, Wikipedia

  Scott Westerfeld (2009). “Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

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• There are times a women's just got to fight even if she knows it's a losing battle

  Novala Takemoto

  Fighting, Battle, Losing

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