Littles Quotes - Page 28

• I was about six years old, still Daddy's little girl, even though Daddy couldn't care less about me. How could I expect any man every would?

  Ellen Hopkins

  Girl, Men, Years

  Ellen Hopkins (2013). “Burned”, p.251, Simon and Schuster

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• Even the solitude, I've actually grown to quite like... I do like the feeling of getting into my little car, knowing for the next couple of hours I'll have only the roads, the big gray sky and my daydreams for company.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Couple, Knowing, Sky

  FaceBook post by Kazuo Ishiguro from Jul 17, 2012

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• You've got a bold tongue, little man. One day, someone is like to cut it out and make you eat it.

  George R. R. Martin

  Cutting, Men, One Day

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• So when will be the time to get on the train? I think.....a little bit almost quite very soon and not long.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Thinking, Long, Train

  Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.93, Macmillan

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• Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. "We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Girl, Mother, Father

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Annotated Little Women with English Grammar Exercises: by Louisa May Alcott (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, p.4, Powell Publications, LLC

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• She didn't want to have anything to do with the party. She was tired of feeling like she didn't fit in, but she didn't want to go home, either, because she was a tired of being lonely and she was a little drunk.

  Candace Bushnell

  Lonely, Party, Home

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• Frankly, I could use a little sugarcoating.

  Suzanne Collins

  Use

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.687, Scholastic UK

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• Drive away and try to keep smiling. Get a little rock and roll on the radio and go toward life with all the courage you can find and all the belief you can muster. Be true, be brave, stand.

  Stephen King

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Brave

  Stephen King (2016). “It”, p.1175, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm just a little bit sicker then the average individual I think.

  Eminem

  Thinking, Average, Individual

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• Witch' is just a religion, okay? No baby-sacrificing, no Black Masses, no sending imps out to scare the dog-snot out of kids, trying to make them think they're crazy. We don't do things like that. Our number-one law is 'Have fun in this lifetime, but don't hurt anybody.' Nice little paraphrase of "An it harm none, do as ye will" if I do say so myself.

  Mercedes Lackey

  Dog, Baby, Hurt

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• We’re going to die and not even know. We’ll never know, and all this meaninglessness will just go on and on and on. And we won’t any longer be witnesses to it. We won’t have even that little bit of power to give meaning to it in our minds. We’ll just be gone, dead, dead, dead, without ever knowing!

  Anne Rice

  Knowing, Giving, Mind

  Anne Rice (2013). “The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle”, p.865, Ballantine Books

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• You need a little bit of the crazy to keep things fun.

  Caprice Crane

  Fun, Crazy, Needs

  Caprice Crane (2011). “With a Little Luck: A Novel”, p.285, Bantam

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• To what extent does anybody control his destiny? Life is very much like falling of the edge of a cliff. You have complete freedom to make all the choices you want to take on your way down. My characters choose to yearn and not lose hope even when the odds are completely against them. It doesn't make the landing at the end of that fall any less painful but, somehow, it helps them keep a little dignity their bone broken body.

  Etgar Keret

  Fall, Character, Destiny

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• I pointed at the little kids goading each other to jump from rib cage to shoulder and Gus answered just loud enough for me to hear over the din, 'Last time, I imagined myself as the kid. This time, the skeleton.

  John Green

  Kids, Skeletons, Ribs

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.233, Penguin

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• Sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less

  Jodi Picoult

  Keys, Sometimes, Expecting

  Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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• Love makes life a little brighter

  Jodi Picoult

  Brighter

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• And the very important fact that I'm here to worry with you and go through all of this - every little bit of it - by your side, even your worst-case-scenario, should it somehow come to that. You wouldn't be doing any of it alone.' Her voice drops and she looks down at our hands, fingers entwined, resting on her lap. 'Whatever happens, there will always be us.

  Tabitha Suzuma

  Hands, Your Side, Worst Case Scenario

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• They spoke very little of their mutual feeling; pretty phrases and warm expressions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends.

  Thomas Hardy

  Expression, Feelings, Phrases

  Thomas Hardy (2016). “FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (British Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel”, p.378, e-artnow

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• How long could we do this before you started bitching?" Simon said as we turned down another street of apartment buildings. "What?" "We've been walking for two days now, and you haven't complained once. It's damned annoying, you know." I looked at him. "If you don't complain, then I can't complain. Not without sounding like a whiny little snot.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Two, Long, Complaining

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• There's a right thing to do," Holden said. "You don't have a right thing, friend," Miller said. "You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong.

  James S.A. Corey

  Holden, Said, Things To Do

  James S. A. Corey (2011). “Leviathan Wakes: Book 1 of the Expanse (now a major TV series on Netflix)”, p.235, Hachette UK

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• Alright...here's the deal. What's happening in this piece is very simple, over here on this side...you see that there is a very scared little kinda guy over there...wanna know why he's scared? Because this guy over here is trying to eat him.

  Chester Bennington

  Simple, Guy, Trying

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• It's like the day you realize dolls are dolls. I pick up my old self and I see it's silly. A toy I've played with too often. It's a little sad, like an old golliwog at the bottom of the cupboard. Innocent and used-up and proud and silly.

  John Fowles

  Silly, Self, Dolls

  John Fowles (1980). “The collector”, Dell Pub Co

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• I think you'll just have to wait for that Loser of the Month tiara a little while longer while I wear it, with pride, around my neighborhood.

  Melina Marchetta

  Pride, Thinking, Waiting

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.65, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• What are you doing following me around the back streets of London, you little idiot?” Will demanded, giving her arm a light shake. Cecily’s eyes narrowed. “This morning it was cariad (note: Welsh endearment, like ‘darling’ or ‘love’), now it’s idiot.

  Cassandra Clare

  Morning, Eye, Light

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• You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

  Karin Slaughter

  Looks, Realizing, Passing

  Karin Slaughter (2014). “The Will Trent Series 7-Book Bundle: Triptych, Fractured, Undone, Broken, Fallen, Criminal, Unseen”, p.652, Bantam

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