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• Skye kissed her forehead. "You saved my life." Katsa smiled. "You Lienid are very outward in your affection." "I'm going to name my firstborn child after you." Katsa laughed at that. "For the child's sake, wait for a girl. Or even better, wait until all your children are older and give my name to whichever is the most troublesome and obstinate." Skye burst into laughter and hugged her, and Katsa returned his embrace. And realized that quite without her intending it, her guarded heart had made another friend.

  Kristin Cashore

  Girl, Laughter, Children

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.433, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• We laughed the rest of the way, because the point of this story is, it is not the cookies. It is the love.

  Daniel Handler

  Cookies, Stories, Way

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• Addie, please." More tears dripped down her cheeks. "Don't be so hard." "Oh, please," I muttered...and that was as far as I got. 'You broke my heart' were the words that had risen to my mouth, but I couldn't say them. That was what you said to a boyfriend, a lover, not your best friend. She'd laugh. And I'd had enough of being laughed at. I'd worked hard to get to a place where it didn't happen anymore, where I didn't move through life like a walking target, where it was just me and my paints and brushes and my big empty bed every night. "You weren't a good friend," I said instead.

  Jennifer Weiner

  Moving, Heart, Good Friend

  Jennifer Weiner (2010). “Best Friends Forever: A Novel”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• Anything?" She laughed. "Like what kind of anything did you want?" "Well, when I was five, I wanted to take a bath in spaghetti." -Clary & Jace, pg.310-

  Cassandra Clare

  Want, Baths, Kind

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• I'm getting a girlfriend soon," said Michael in a serious tone, and everyone laughed. "You've got plenty of time for that, kiddo," said his father. "No need to rush." "Well, I don't want a boyfriend, Daddy," said Madeline. "Boys are dirty, and they make a mess when they eat." "I'd imagine the six-year-old ones would." Xavier chuckled. "But don't worry, they get better at it.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Girlfriend, Father, Dirty

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• Oh, man," Xavier groaned. "See what you've done--now I'm stressing." "You can't! You're the stable one!" Xavier laughed and I realized his distress had been feigned to illustrate a point. He wasn't worried in the slightest. "Just relax. Go and run a bath or have a shot of brandy." "Okay." "That second bit was a joke. We both know you can't hold your liquor.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Running, Stress, Men

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• I take it that's where you met Todd.' 'Yep. Almost five years ago. Can you believe it?' 'Five years! You and Todd should be the poster couple for the 'Love Waits' campaign.' Christy laughed. 'It didn't seem that long. A lot has happened during those five years. But I do agree that true love is worth the wait. I'd wait another five years for Todd if I had to. He's the only man for me. Ever.

  Robin Jones Gunn

  Couple, Believe, Love Is

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• Once I found out the secret of the universe. I have forgotten what it was, but I know that the Creator does not take Creation seriously, for I remember that He sat in Space with all His work in front of Him and laughed.

  Lord Dunsany

  Space, Secret, Doe

  Lord Dunsany (2015). “The Start Lord Dunsany Super Pack”, p.434, Simon and Schuster

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• The Queen of Air and Darkness tilted back her head and laughed. A more ghastly sound I hope never to hear. ‘Do you think I care about these trifles?’ ‘Murder is no trifle, woman,’ Arthur said. ‘No? How many men have you killed, Great King? How many have you slain without cause? How many did you cut down that you might have spared? How many died because you in your battle-rage would not heed their pleas for mercy?’ The High King opened his mouth to speak, but could make no answer.

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Kings, Queens, Cutting

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• I laughed, loud enough that Delia looked up at me. She made motions for me to come over, but I pretended to be looking past her into the food tent. "Hurry. Pretend you're pointing something out so I can pretend not to see her." Luke put a hand on my shoulder and pointed with the other towards the sky. "Look, the moon." "That was the best you could come up with?" I demanded.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Past, Moon, Hands

  Maggie Stiefvater (2010). “Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception”, p.42, North Star Editions, Inc.

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• They laughed. Things were funny. They weren't afraid to care. There was no sense to life, to the structure of things.

  Charles Bukowski

  Care, Structure

  Charles Bukowski (2001). “Ham On Rye”, p.184, Canongate Books

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• Rule number 2 - don't listen to me!" Arriane laughed, "I'm certifiably insane!

  Lauren Kate

  Numbers, Insane, Number 2

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• I only had the right to sit in the shadows of the world,in complete silence. Whether I was laughed at, or told I was discusting, or thought of as unpleasant I would sit in the shadows.

  Novala Takemoto

  Silence, Shadow, World

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• If Black Stache laughed, you laughed. If he snarled, you snarled. If he breathed in your direction, you ran for cover.

  Dave Barry

  Black, Ran, Ifs

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• The worm hissed. "You said it couldn't see!" shouted Oates, forgetting Umber's instruction to be silent. He shook a fist. "We all heard it, Umber! You specifically said, it couldn't see!" "I know-isn't it wonderful to learn something new?" Umber laughed.

  P.W. Catanese

  Fists, Wonderful, Forget

  P. W. Catanese (2009). “Happenstance Found”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• A new baby! Why, Scarlett, this is a surprise!” he laughed, leaning down to push the blanket away from Ella Lorena's small ugly face." - Rhett Butler

  Margaret Mitchell

  Baby, Ugly, Faces

  Margaret Mitchell (2016). “Gone with the Wind”, p.494, Hamilton Books

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• The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome — this orphan, this foundling, this outcast.

  Victor Hugo

  Beautiful, Feet, Crowds

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• "Another name? Oh, certainly. And when the Faceless Men come to kill me, I'll say, 'No, you have the wrong man, I'm a different dwarf with a hideous facial scar.'" Both Lannisters laughed at the absurdity of it all.

  George R. R. Martin

  Men, Dwarves, Names

  "A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)". Book by George R. R. Martin, August 8, 2000.

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• I laughed but before I could agree with the hairdressers that she was crazy, she said, 'What's the world for if you can't make it up the way you want it?' " 'The way I want it?' " 'Yeah. The way you want it. Don't you want it to be something more than what it is?' " 'What'st eh point? I can't change it.' " 'That's the point. If you don't, it will change you and it'll be your fault cause you let it. I let it. And messed up my life.' " 'Mess it up how?' " 'Forgot it.' " 'Forgot?' " 'Forgot it was mine. My life. I just ran up and down the streets wishing I was somebody else.

  Toni Morrison

  Crazy, Wish, World

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• You know, there's a 12 step program for gambling. You should look into that. Twelve steps. Coyote laughed. I'll bet I can do it in six.

  Christopher Moore

  Gambling, Six, Steps

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• It was like the eve of a battle; the hearts beat, the eyes laughed, and they felft that the life they were perhaps going to lose, was after all, a good thing.

  Alexandre Dumas

  Heart, Eye, Battle

  Alexandre Dumas (2016). “THE THREE MUSKETEERS - Complete Collection: The Three Musketeers,Twenty Years After,The Vicomte of Bragelonne,Ten Years Later,Louise da la Valliere&The Man in the Iron Mask: Adventure Classics”, p.188, e-artnow

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• Your mother sounds like a formidable woman," Valek said into the silence. "You have no idea," Leif replied with a sigh. "Well, if she's anything like Yelena, my deepest sympathies," Valek teased. "Hey!" Leif laughed and the tense moment dissipated. Valek handed Leif his machete. "Do you know how to use it?" "Of course. I chopped Yelena's bow into firewood," Leif joked.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Mother, Ideas, Silence

  Maria V. Snyder (2008). “The Study Series Bundle: Poison Study\Assassin Study\Magic Study\Fire Study”, MIRA

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• Nick glowered at Ash. "Are we through now, Dad? Can I go play with my friends if I promise to be a good boy? I'll even try and make it home by curfew." Ash laughed evilly. "Oh, absolutely, son. In fact, here come your new playmates now.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dad, Home, Son

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Dream Warrior”, p.300, St. Martin's Paperbacks

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• Farewell, Father," she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that was closer to a sob. "You crafted me so sharp, I cut even myself.

  Holly Black

  Father, Farewell, Cutting

  Holly Black (2013). “The Poison Eaters: and Other Stories”, p.211, Small Beer Press

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• Even if people laughed at the notion of goodness, if they found it sentimental, or nostalgic, it didn't matter -- it was none of those things, he said, and it had to be fought for.

  Colum McCann

  People, Matter, Sentimental

  Colum McCann (2009). “Let The Great World Spin”, p.128, Bloomsbury Publishing

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