Littles Quotes - Page 22

• This is bizarre," I say. "I think it's beautiful," he says. I give him a look. "What?" He laughs a little. "They each have an equal role in government; they each feel equally responsible. And it makes them care; it makes them kind. I think that's beautiful.

  Veronica Roth

  Beautiful, Thinking, Government

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 2)”, p.20, HarperCollins UK

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• My name is Tobias Eaton," Tobias says. "I don't think you want to push me off this train." The effect of the name on the people in the car is immediate and bewildering: they lower their weapons. They exchange meaningful looks. "Eaton? Really?" Edward says, eyebrows raised. "I have to admit, I did not see that coming." He clears his throat. "Fine, you can come. But when we get to the city, you've got to come with us." Then he smiles a little. "We know someone who's been looking for you, Tobias Eaton.

  Veronica Roth

  Meaningful, Thinking, Cities

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• How is it I know this little about the boy who says he loves me -- the boy whose real name is powerful enough to keep us alive in a train car full of enemies?

  Veronica Roth

  Powerful, Real, Boys

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• Little girl, he called me. A little girl who is stressed out to the point of paranoia. That is not me, but now, it's who the Candor think I am.

  Veronica Roth

  Girl, Thinking, Stressed Out

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• It's a little known fact, but parents are like superheroes. With just a few magic words they can make you feel ten feet tall and bulletproof, they can slay the dragons of doubt and worry, they can make your problems disappear. But of course they can only do this as long as you're a child. When you've become an adult, become the master of your own universe, they're not as powerful as they once were. Maybe that's why so many of us take our time growing up.

  Lisa Unger

  Powerful, Children, Growing Up

  Lisa Unger (2010). “Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You”, p.54, Crown

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• Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but on the federal government. The government, and those who ran it, were not placed outside the law, but expressly targeted by it. Indeed, the Bill of Rights is little more than a description of the lines that the most powerful political officials are barred from crossing, even if they have the power to do so and even when the majority of citizens might wish them to do so.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Powerful, Law, Rights

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• You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it. You'll find men use their swords freely enough. Both kinds of swords.

  George R. R. Martin

  Men, Tears, Use

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1330, Bantam

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• So we dream on. Thus we invent our lives. We give ourselves a sainted mother, we make our father a hero; and someone’s older brother and someone’s older sister – they become our heroes too. We invent what we love and what we fear. There is always a brave lost brother – and a little lost sister, too. We dream on and on: the best hotel, the perfect family, the resort life. And our dreams escape us almost as vividly as we can imagine them.

  John Irving

  Mother, Dream, Brother

  John Irving (1986). “The Hotel New Hampshire”

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• Senseless violence is a prerogative of youth, which has much energy but little talent for the constructive.

  Anthony Burgess

  Energy, Violence, Youth

  Anthony Burgess (2011). “A Clockwork Orange”, p.11, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Ron, you know full well Harry and I were brought up by Muggles!” said Hermione. “We didn’t hear stories like that when we were little, we heard ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ and ‘Cinderella’ —” “What’s that, an illness?” asked Ron.

  J. K. Rowling

  White, Snow, Muggles

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• He grinned. It was a wicked grin, the kind that made the blood in Clary's veins run a little faster. "You want to go on a date?" Caught off guard, she stammered. "A wh-what?" "A date," Jace repeated. "Often 'a boring thing you have to memorize in history class,' but in this case, 'an offering of an evening of blisteringly white-hot romance with yours truly." "Really?" Clary was not sure what to make of this. "Blisteringly white-hot?" "It's me," said Jace. "Watching me play Scrabble is enough to make most women swoon. Imagine if I actually put in some effort.

  Cassandra Clare

  Running, Offering, Blood

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

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• A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his excellence. When you meet an unworthy one, then look within and examine yourself.

  Confucius

  Men, Thinking, Excellence

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• She was starting to feel a little like a hamburger at a dieters’ convention. Nobody was likely to snack on her, but absolutely everybody noticed she was edible.

  Rachel Caine

  Snacks, Hamburgers, Starting

  Rachel Caine (2012). “Black Dawn”, p.58, Allison & Busby

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• Is it crazy right now to say I love you?” She didn’t even pause. “Given that I just stabbed you? Seems a little weird, yeah.

  Rachel Caine

  Crazy, Love You, Yeah

  Rachel Caine (2012). “Black Dawn: The Morganville Vampires”, p.38, Penguin

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• It was a universal truth among males that anytime you saw a guy get it in the nuts, you experienced a shot of phantom pain in your own croquet set. As Lassiter crouched beside the Brother’s pretzel of a body, he was feeling a little nauseous himself, and he took a moment to cup what hung between his legs—just to reassure the boys downstairs that however much of an iconoclast he was, some things were sacred.

  J.R. Ward

  Brother, Pain, Boys

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• Your ability to shape your destiny is directly proportional to your belief that it is a matter of will and determination--however much or little that belief may be.

  James A. Owen

  Determination, Destiny, Shapes

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• A little too much anger, too often or at the wrong time, can destroy more than you would ever imagine.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Too Much, Imagine, Wrong Time

  Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.6, Macmillan

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• Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be… And thou, O Lord, art more than they.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Art, Lord, Cease

  'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) prologue

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• I've noticed the Fair Folk often say 'perhaps' when there is a truth they want to hide," Clary said. "It keeps you from having to give a straight answer." "Perhaps so," said the Queen with an amused smile. "'Mayhap' is a good word too," Alec suggested. "Also 'perchance,'" Izzy said. "I see nothing wrong with 'maybe'," said Simon. "A little modern, but the gist of the idea comes across.

  Cassandra Clare

  Queens, Ideas, Giving

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• What's wrong, little sis? You look upset." She could barely catch her breath. "Cracked...my...nail polish slapping your... worthless face. See?" She showed him her finger - just one of them. "Cute" He snorted.

  Cassandra Clare

  Cute, Upset, Faces

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.445, Simon and Schuster

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• So asking you to take a moonlit walk with me, that would totally not work?" "What?" Again that glare. "Go away. Stop being an idiot. I don't even know you." "You're healing my little brother Bowie." "Yeah, that doesn't make us friends, kid." "So no moonlight." "Are you retarded?" "Sunrise? I could get up early." "Go away." "Sunset tomorrow?" -Sanjit & Lana

  Michael Grant

  Brother, Healing, Sunset

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• Caine met Diana's disbelieving gaze and laughed aloud. "Why so gloomy? Doesn't every little girl want to grow up to be a queen?" "Princess," Diana said. "So, you got a promotion," Caine said.

  Michael Grant

  Girl, Queens, Growing Up

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• One more thing. I sold the mustang. Too conspicuous. Don't get too excited, but I bought you a little something with the extra cash. I heard you've had your eye on a Volkswagen. The owner is dropping it by tomorrow. I paid for a full tank of gas, so make sure she delivers.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Eye, Tanks, Cash

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.535, Simon and Schuster

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• (H)ope, be it never so faint, bringeth a gleam into darkness, like a little rushlight that costeth but a groat.

  Howard Pyle

  Darkness, Gleam

  Howard Pyle (2015). “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood”, p.163, Booklassic

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• Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way.

  Jules Verne

  Art, Way, Should

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