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• But once a dead God, always a dead God, even resurrected. The Son must have the taste of death forever in his mouth. The Trinity must be tainted by it; there must be a certain stench at the right hand of God the Father. The horror must be real. Why would God wish that upon Himself? Why not leave death to mortals? Why make dirty what is beautiful, spoil what is perfect? -- Love. That was his answer.

  Yann Martel

  Beautiful, Father, Real

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.67, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Yet how strange a thing is the beauty of music! The brief beauty that the player brings into being transforms a given period of time into pure continuance; it is certain never to be repeated; like the existence of dayflies and other such short-lived creatures, beauty is a perfect abstraction and creation of life itself. Nothing is so similar to life as music.

  Yukio Mishima

  Player, Strange, Creation

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• No more words. We know them all, all the words that should not be said. But you have made my world more perfect.

  Terry Pratchett

  Goodbye, World, Made

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Nation”, p.394, Random House

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• The opportunity was too perfect to miss. Harry crept silently around behind Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, bent down, and scooped a large handful of mud out of the path. 'We were just talking about your friend Hagrid,' Malfoy said to Ron. 'Just trying to imagine what he's saying to the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures. D'you think he'll cry when they cut off his hippogriff's—' SPLAT. Malfoy's head jerked back as the mud hit him; his silverblond hair was suddenly dripping in muck.

  J. K. Rowling

  Cutting, Opportunity, Thinking

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• The kiss was the definition of perfect. True, it lacked the heat, the passion, the breathlessness of the living-world kiss she had given Milos, but this had something greater. More than a flash of fire, it had an unbreakable, perhaps eternal bond of connection. Mikey had transformed back into himself by the end of the kiss, and the moment their lips parted he knew, as he should have known long, long ago, that no one - not Milos, not another Afterlight, not anyone in any world - could ever come between him and Allie, from now until the day they met their maker.

  Neal Shusterman

  Passion, Kissing, Fire

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• Why else is politics the perfect refuge for every liar, cheat, and self-serving toad that was ever born? All you need is a good set of teeth and the ability to smile convincingly with them. --Cressida

  Stuart Hill

  Liars, Self, Teeth

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #3: Last Battle of the Icemark”, p.215, Scholastic Inc.

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• Perfect, that's our plan then. But you'll have to give up being a priest first. I wouldn't want to just sit around whispering and sipping hot chocolate.

  Ted Dekker

  Giving Up, Chocolate, Hot

  Ted Dekker (2011). “The Priest's Graveyard”, p.62, Hachette UK

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• We are always waiting for the perfect brief from the perfect client. It almost never happens [...] Whatever is on your desk right now, that's the one. Make it the best you possibly can.

  Paul Arden

  Business, Waiting, Clients

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• He certainly seems like the perfect guy but none of that matters if he's not the perfect guy for you.

  Lauren Weisberger

  Perfect Guy, Matter, Seems

  Lauren Weisberger (2008). “Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel”, p.250, Simon and Schuster

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• Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. ... The conventional big-bosomed blonde is not mysterious. And what could be more obvious than the old black velvet and pearls type? The perfect ‘woman of mystery’ is one who is blonde, subtle and Nordic. ... Although I do not profess to be an authority on women, I fear that the perfect title [for a movie], like the perfect woman is difficult to find.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Imagination, Black, Blonde

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• He’d spent his life being a perfect gentleman. He’d never been a flirt. He’d never been a rogue. He hated being the center of attention, but by God, he wanted to be the center of her attention. He wanted to do the wrong thing, the bad thing. He wanted to pull her into his arms and carry her to her bed. He wanted to peel every last inch of her clothing from her body, and then he wanted to worship her. He wanted to show her all the things he wasn’t sure he knew how to say.

  Julia Quinn

  Flirting, Gentleman, Bed

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• I'm investigating people who sacrifice trained killers to dark gods. Perfect, it will keep him occupied. In what capacity? Bait.

  Ilona Andrews

  Dark, Sacrifice, People

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.91, Penguin

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• But he could not taste, he could not feel. In the teashop among the tables and the chattering waiters the appalling fear came over him- he could not feel. He could reason; he could read, Dante for example, quite easily…he could add up his bill; his brain was perfect; it must be the fault of the world then- that he could not feel.

  Virginia Woolf

  Brain, Example, Add

  Virginia Woolf (2012). “Mrs. Dalloway - Broadview Edition”, p.88, Broadview Press

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• He may delay because it would not be safe to give us at once what we ask: we are not ready for it. To give ere we could truly receive, would be to destroy the very heart and hope of prayer, to cease to be our Father. The delay itself may work to bring us nearer to our help, to increase the desire, perfect the prayer, and ripen the receptive condition.

  George MacDonald

  Prayer, Father, Heart

  George MacDonald (2016). “Unspoken Sermons, completed: MacDonald's Works”, p.172, VM eBooks

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• Nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting. Be the tree.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Interesting, Tree, Speak

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.153, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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• I look at my homely sketch. It doesn't need anything. Even through the river in my eyes I can see that. It isn't perfect and that makes it just right.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Eye, Rivers, Needs

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.198, Macmillan

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• God has made us for Himself, and our hearts can never know rest and perfect satisfaction until they find it in Him.

  Hannah Hurnard

  Heart, Satisfaction, Made

  Hannah Hurnard, Darien Cooper (2015). “Hinds' Feet on High Places: The Original and Complete Allegory with a Devotional and Journal for Women by Darien Cooper”, p.12, Destiny Image Publishers

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• It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.

  Tina Fey

  Witty, Tvs, Boring

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• Using supernatural beings to build the perfect weapon? Intriguing idea." "Not really," I said. "They did it on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A sub-par season. I slept through half the episodes.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Ideas, Supernatural Beings, Vampire

  Kelley Armstrong (2012). “Werewolves: Book One: Bitten, Stolen and Beginnings”, p.789, Vintage Canada

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• Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't rightly see how somebody who claims to have had -What'd you say? One partner?-can be welled trained." He had a point. Her brain clicked away. "I was referring to the instructional videotapes my agency has all its new employees watch." "They train you by watching videos?" His eyes narrowed reminding her of a hunter looking down a gun sight,"Now, ain't that interesting." She felt a little surge of pleasure as her child lost another few points on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Even a computer couldn't have picked a more perfect match.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Children, Eye, Gun

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• The life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on Earth.

  Eric Schlosser

  Mcdonalds, Ethos, Circles

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• Son of Poseidon? East asked. I nodded. Took a dip in the Styx? Hudson asked. Yep. They made digusted sounds. Well that's perfect East said. Now how do we kille him?

  Rick Riordan

  Son, Sound, East

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• And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Forever, Pieces

  "Breaking Dawn". Book by Stephenie Meyer, August 2, 2008.

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• The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Love, Life, Success

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• Because 'You're perfect just the way you are,' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic.

  Libba Bray

  Way, Guidance, Counselor

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