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• Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.

  Oscar Wilde

  Wise, Philosophy, Men

  Oscar wilde (1943). “The Happy Prince and Other Tales (Illustrated)”, p.14, LCI

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• Often the greatest act of courage is admitting that one has made a mistake...Follow your hearts. Protect one another, trust one another, because, at the end of the day, all of these people want something from you, or want you to do something for them, or be something that you are not. Your own responsibility is to one another.

  Michael Scott

  Mistake, Heart, Responsibility

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• She watched as he settled down on the bed with Naya skin to skin on his chest. His hand all but covered her tiny body as he stroked her in that changeling way, bonding with her on the most elemental level. Then he purred, and Naya made a happy little sound of delight, very much a cat in her love of touch.

  Nalini Singh

  Cat, Hands, Skins

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• Grandfather's been dead all these years, but if you lifted my skull, by God, in the convolutions of my brain you'd find the big ridges of his thumbprint. He touched me. As I said earlier, he was a sculptor. 'I hate a Roman named Status Quo!' he said to me. 'Stuff your eyes with wonder,' he said, 'live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

  Ray Bradbury

  Dream, Hate, Eye

  Ray Bradbury (2012). “Fahrenheit 451: A Novel”, p.150, Simon and Schuster

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• How are you?" "Perfectly fine," he said. "Are your ribs broken?" "Probably not. Cracked at most. We fought very carefully." "Did this settle anything?" "It made me feel better," he said, sitting up. "Did you see me kick him in the kidneys?" "I saw.

  Ilona Andrews

  Feel Better, Broken, Ribs

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• My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

  Oscar Wilde

  Differences, Gossip, Scandal

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.518, Wordsworth Editions

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• Oh, why must a man like that be made unhappy when there are lots of girls about who would worship the very ground he trod on?

  Bram Stoker

  Girl, Men, Unhappy

  Bram Stoker (2015). “Dracula: Top 100 Classic Novels”, p.52, 谷月社

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• I doubt she likes the idea of seeing him put back in a cage.” “Maybe not,” he said. “But she knows that the Authority are the only people who might be able to help him.” “Or kill him,” I said. “That too. What is life without risk?” “Long?” Terric laughed, a sort of high whooping that made me—and Zayvion, much to my surprise—smile. Contagious. For all he had a serious exterior, Terric was the guy you’d want to sit next to at a funny movie, just to hear him laugh.

  Devon Monk

  Ideas, Long, People

  "Magic on the Storm". Book by Devon Monk, 2010.

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• You set up your place in my thoughts, moved in and made my thinking crowded.

  Emily Saliers

  Thinking, My Thoughts, Moved

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• She laughed out loud, a warm, knowing laughter that made me once again wonder about the secret ingredient in these women’s lives. Whatever it was, I was clearly missing it. It was so much more than just self-confidence; it seemed to be the ability to love oneself, enthusiastically and unsparingly, body and soul, naturally followed by the assumption that every man on the planet is dying to get in on the act.

  Anne Fortier

  Laughter, Self Confidence, Men

  Anne Fortier (2012). “Juliet (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.168, Ballantine Books

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• There was nothing mean about his voice. In fact it was almost too nice. Like she was too dim to grasp whatever was so obvious to him. Which made her absolutely furious.

  Lauren Kate

  Nice, Mean, Voice

  Lauren Kate (2013). “The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection”, p.236, Delacorte Press

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• She had made him possible. In that sense she was his god. Like God, she was neglected.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Neglected

  Jeanette Winterson (2007). “The Passion”, p.28, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The house is made up of the spirits of our ancestors. Did you think they would lie idly by while we were under attack?" 'Cuz, yeah, didn't everybody's ancestors rise up and destroy enemies.

  Christine Feehan

  Lying, Thinking, House

  Christine Feehan (2012). “Christine Feehan's Drake Sisters Series: Five Novels and a Novella”, p.1245, Penguin

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• Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable.Kolo?" -Brandon Sanderson (Elantris)

  Brandon Sanderson

  Men, Important, Said

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• At the door , she made him promise to go without goodbyes .She closed the door on him . Laila leaned her back against it , shaking against his pounding fists , one arm gripping her belly and a hand across her mouth , as he spoke throughout the door and promised that he would come back for her . She stood there until he tired , until he gave up , and then she listened to his uneven footsteps until they faded , until all was quiet , save for the gunfire cracking in the hills and her own heart thudding in her belly , her eyes , her bones .

  Khaled Hosseini

  Goodbye, Tired, Heart

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• At times , he didn't understand the meaning of the Koran's words . But he said he liked the enhancing sounds the arabic words made as they rolled off his tongue . He said they comforted him , eased his heart . "They'll comfort you too . Mrariam jo , " he said . "You can summon then in your time of your need , and they won't fail you . God's words will never betray you , my girl . (pg.17)

  Khaled Hosseini

  Girl, Heart, Sound

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• I secretly wondered if Dimitri's problem might be that he was jealous. He hadn't pulled Lissa aside to yell at her. The thought made me slightly happy, but then I remembered my earlier curiosity about why Dimitri had even wandered by.

  Richelle Mead

  Jealous, Curiosity, Might

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.289, Penguin

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• This camp is a forge for the army; it's testing our mettle. Instead of heat and hammer, our trials are cold and hunger. Question is, what are we made of?

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Army, Hammers, Trials

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2012). “Forge”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• A journey is a gesture inscribed in space, it vanishes even as it's made. You go from one place to another place, and on to somewhere else again, and already behind you there is no trace that you were ever there.

  Damon Galgut

  Journey, Somewhere Else, Space

  "In a Strange Room: Three Journeys". Book by Damon Galgut, April 2010.

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• Mutual defiance made them alike.

  Harper Lee

  Finches, Defiance, Jem

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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• In this box are all the words I know… Most of them you will never need, some you will use constantly, but with them you may ask all the questions which have never been answered and answer all the questions which have never been asked. All the great books of the past and all the ones yet to come are made with these words. With them there is no obstacle you cannot overcome. All you must learn to do is use them well and in the right places.

  Norton Juster

  Book, Past, May

  "The Phantom Tollbooth". Book by Norton Juster, 1961.

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• Even today, I hunt for the fabulous books that will change me utterly. I find myself happiest in the middle of a book which I forget that I am reading, but am instead immersed in a made-up life lived at the highest pitch.

  Pat Conroy

  Book, Reading, Today

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• The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known.

  Patricia Briggs

  Makers, Should, All Things

  Patricia Briggs (2009). “Hunting Ground”, p.64, Penguin

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• If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  People, Population, Would Be

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2015). “Vanity Fair”, p.224, BookRix

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• It revealed a cruelty that really made one wonder if the universe was such a good idea after all.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Ideas, Wonder, Cruelty

  Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.58, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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