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• Fool of a Took!" he growled. "This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking-party. Throw yourself in next time, and then you will be no further nuisance.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Journey, Nuisance, Next

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.223, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I think that we vote, not to get the best party in, but to keep the worst party out.

  Melina Marchetta

  Thinking, Vote, Worst

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.32, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• mr youse needn't be so spry concernin questions arty each has his tastes but as for i i likes a certain party gimme the he-man's solid bliss for youse ideas i'll match youse a pretty girl who naked is is worth a million statues

  e. e. cummings

  Girl, Men, Ideas

  e. e. cummings (2014). “100 Selected Poems”, p.19, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• When are the world's political parties going to get appropriate symbols: snake, louse, jackal, ... trash can, clown face, ... dollar bill with bat wings on it?

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Snakes, Wings, Political

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• Does Big Brother exist?" "Of course he exists. The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party." "Does he exist in the same way as I exist?" "You do not exist.

  George Orwell

  Brother, Doe, Embodiment

  George Orwell (2016). “1984”, p.296, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED

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• And money, if the pile gets high enough, is something like a big political party: it does as much harm as it does good, it puts too much power in too few hands, and the closer you come to it the dirtier you get.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Hands, Political, Getting High

  Gregory David Roberts (2012). “Shantaram”, p.523, Hachette UK

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• In March several of the Mandrakes threw a loud and raucous party in greenhouse three. This made Professor Sprout very happy. “The moment they start trying to move into each other’s pots, we’ll know they’re fully mature,” she told Harry.

  J. K. Rowling

  Moving, Trying, Three

  J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books

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• The last time I went back to a girl's house for an impromptu house party I spent most of the night straightening out rugs, putting down coasters and alphabetising DVDs while all around me people got off with whoever was closest and gradually headed off to various rooms to make more mess, no doubt.

  Jon Richardson

  Girl, Night, Dvds

  Jon Richardson (2011). “It’s Not Me, It’s You!: Impossible perfectionist, 27, seeks very very very tidy woman”, p.21, HarperCollins UK

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• ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.

  Aeschylus

  Men, Two Sides, Justice

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• From adult diapers to bedpans? Move over, Elvis, I’m the afterlife of the party!

  Rachel Vincent

  Moving, Afterlife, Diapers

  Rachel Vincent (2010). “Reaper”, p.53, Harlequin

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• So this was the rest of his life. It felt like a party to which he'd been invited, but at an address he couldn't actually locate. Someone must be having fun at it, this life of his; only, right at the moment, it wasn't him.

  Margaret Atwood

  Fun, Addresses, Moments

  Margaret Atwood (2004). “Oryx and Crake”, p.252, Anchor

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• The way to beat Luke," he said. "If I'm right, it's the only way you'll stand a chance." I took a deep breath. "Okay. I'm listening." Nico glanced inside my room. His eyebrows furrowed. "Is that...is that blue birthday cake?" He sounded hungry, maybe a little wistful. I wondered if the poor kid had ever had a birthday party, or if he'd ever even been invited to one. :Come inside for cake and ice cream," I said. "It sounds like we've got a lot to talk about.

  Rick Riordan

  Kids, Ice Cream, Blue

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• Actually, I came because I have a last-minute invitation. My friend Erika Gill is having a big party tomorrow night, one of those all-out birthday bashes that girls like. Want to go?" ---------------------------------------- "No. Sorry." "Since it's a catered thing, at a restaurant, I'll pick you up at- what did you say?" "I'm sorry. I can't do it." ---------------------------------------- "You're busy?" "I just can't do it," I said.

  Elizabeth Chandler

  Girl, Sorry, Night

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• Deep down, underneath all his layers of stupidity, he’s a really good man. He may act out far too many selfish thoughts, says all the wrong things at all the wrong times, but behind closed doors he’s a best friend. I understand that he has idiotic tendencies and I can still love him for it. He may not be someone that you feel comfortable sitting next to at a dinner party but for me, he’s someone that I feel comfortable sharing my life with.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Selfish, Men, Doors

  Cecelia Ahern (2005). “Rosie Dunne”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• It's as if Thomas Kinkade and Dante were at a party, and one turned to the other sometime after midnight and uttered that classic line "You know, we really should work together sometime.

  Rob Bell

  Working Together, Midnight, Lines

  Rob Bell (2013). “Love Wins and The Love Wins Companion”, p.17, HarperCollins UK

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• Girlfriend, if you're waiting for a fairy godmother to show up with a dress and a ride, you're not going to make it to the party.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Girlfriend, Waiting, Godmother

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.447, St. Martin's Press

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• In that little party there was not one who would desert another; yet we were of different countries, different colours, different races, different religions--and one of us was of a different world.

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

  Country, Race, Different

  Edgar Rice Burroughs (2015). “EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Ultimate Collection: 30+ Adventure Novels & Science Fiction Classics (Illustrated): The Tarzan Series, The Barsoom Series, The Pelucidar Series, Caspak Trilogy, The Mucker Trilogy, Lost World Novels, Fantastic Stories, Historical Novels and more”, p.1666, e-artnow

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• But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last.

  Prince

  Life, Song, Lasts

  Song: 1999 The Hits Mix

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• ...and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay parties.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Mother, Gay

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2003). “The Secret Garden: Centennial Edition”, p.5, Penguin

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• Can't you . . . I don't know. Find a hobby or something?" "Being charming is my hobby," said Adrian obstinately. "I'm the life of the party— even without drinking. I wasn't meant to be alone.

  Richelle Mead

  Drinking, Hobbies, Charming

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Bloodlines”, p.152, Penguin

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• Thanks for looking out for her, Sage. You're okay. For a human." I almost laughed. "Thanks." "You can say it too, you know." I walked over to Latte and paused. "Say what?" "That I'm okay...for a vampire," he explained. I shook my head, still smiling. "You'll have a hard time getting any Alchemist to admit that. But I can say you're okay for an irreverent party boy with occasional moments of brilliance." "Brilliant? You think I'm brilliant?" He threw his hands skyward. "You hear that, world? Sage says I'm brilliant.

  Richelle Mead

  Thank You, Hard Times, Boys

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• The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice if she left.

  David Nicholls

  Cities, Defeated, Said

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• Needless to say, the business of living interferes with the solitude so needed for any work of the imagination. Here's what Virginia Woolf said in her diary about the sticky issue: "I've shirked two parties, and another Frenchman, and buying a hat, and tea with Hilda Trevelyan, for I really can't combine all this with keeping all my imaginary people going.

  Virginia Woolf

  Virginia, Two, Issues

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• There can't be a quarrel without two parties, and I won't be one. I will be a friend to you in spite of you. So now you know what you've got to expect

  Charles Dickens

  Two, Quarrels, Spite

  Charles Dickens (1850). “The Personal History of David Copperfield”, p.439

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• I normally can't stand vice-free people. They conflate a narcissistic instinct for self-preservation with moral superiority. Plus, they suck the life right out of a party.

  Dennis Lehane

  Self, People, Vices

  "Moonlight Mile". Book by Dennis Lehane, November 2, 2010.

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