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• Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Way, Wrinkle In Time

  Madeleine L'Engle (2013). “A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy”, p.21, Macmillan

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• I tucked him in with his stuffed-animal pet dog—cleverly named Dog-Dog, by the way.

  Jordan Sonnenblick

  Dog, Animal, Way

  Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.45, Scholastic Inc.

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• He looked as though I'd just run over his pet puppy (though no actual puppies were harmed in the formation of that metaphor).

  Ally Carter

  Running, Puppy, Metaphor

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• Somebody at one of these places asked me: "What do you do? How do you write, create?" You don't, I told them. You "don't try". That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like it's looks, you make a pet out of it.

  Charles Bukowski

  Wall, Writing, Waiting

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• Dennis looked at the puppy in the window. We both did. It was the oddest thing. Normally, puppies in pet store windows sleep or pee or roll around on top of other dogs. This one ignored us its window-mates and was instead sitting with its nose pressed against the glass, looking at us with an extremely serious little expression on its face. An expression that seemed to me to be saying, "I am a sacred cow. Get out your wallet.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Dog, Sleep, Glasses

  Augusten Burroughs (2011). “Possible Side Effects”, p.25, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Harry was just thinking that all he needed was for Dumbledore's pet bird to die while he was all alone in the office with it, when the bird burst into flames.

  J. K. Rowling

  Thinking, Flames, Office

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

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• Go home, kiss your wives, hug your children and put your affairs in order, because tomorrow I will burn your neighborhood to the ground. We will kill you, your families, your neighbors, your pets, and anyone who will stand in our path. An attack on my family will not go unpunished.

  Ilona Andrews

  Children, Home, Kissing

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.223, Penguin

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• Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.

  John Grogan

  Dog, Home, Owning A Pet

  John Grogan (2012). “Marley & Me”, p.251, Hachette UK

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• Conscience is like a pet: If you spoil it by too much attention it'll start yipping at the most inopportune times.

  Connie Brockway

  Attention, Too Much, Spoil

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• Mrs. O' Leary is my pet. I couldn't let you stick a sword in her rump, now, could I? That might've scared her.

  Rick Riordan

  Might, Sticks, Scared

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• Pet the cat dude," says Sam. "She brought you a present. She wants you to tell her how badass she is." "You are a tiny tiny killing machine." Daneca coos. "What's she doing?" I ask. "Purring!" says Daneca. She sounds delighted. "Good kitty. Who's an amazing killing machine? That's right. You are! You are a brutal brutal tiny lion! Yes, you are.

  Holly Black

  Badass, Cat, Sound

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• One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words because you're maybe a little bit ashamed of your short ones. This is like dressing up a household pet in evening clothes. The pet is embarrassed and the person who committed this act of premeditated cuteness should be even more embarrassed.

  Stephen King

  Writing, Dressing Up, Clothes

  Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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• They were really getting quite fond of their strange pet and hoped that Aslan would allow them to keep it. The cleverer ones were quite sure by now that at least some of the noises which came out of his mouth had a meaning. They christened him Brandy because he made that noise so often.

  C. S. Lewis

  Mouths, Noise, Strange

  C. S. Lewis (2013). “The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection with Bonus Book: Boxen”, p.96, Harper Collins

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• I came to the table, pulled up a chair, and sat. “Everyone brought a pet. I feel left out.” An enthusiastic howl broke the silence, and Grendel bounded through the doorway. He galloped through the steak house, skidded on the floor, smashed into my chair, and dropped a dead rat on my lap. Awesome.

  Ilona Andrews

  Steak House, Silence, Lap

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.222, Penguin

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• Sasha snorted. "I have never in my extremely long life seen anyone take so long to answer a question. It's like you went into your brain and got lost. you need a bread crumb, buddy?" He made a noise like he was calling his pet. "Here Lassie, here. Come back girl.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Girl, Long, Brain

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• She liked anything orange: leaves; some moons; marigolds; chrysanthemums; cheese; pumpkin, both in pie and out; orange juice; marmalade. Orange is bright and demanding. You can't ignore orange things. She once saw an orange parrot in the pet store and had never wanted anything so much in her life. She would have named it Halloween and fed it butterscotch. Her mother said butterscotch would make a bird sick and, besides, the dog would certainly eat it up. September never spoke to the dog again — on principle.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Mother, Dog, Halloween

  Catherynne M. Valente (2014). “The Fairyland Series”, p.16, Macmillan

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• Butch didn't live in his own place. He didn't spend his own money. He had no job, no future. He was a well-kept pet, not a man.

  J.R. Ward

  Jobs, Men, Wells

  J.R. Ward (2007). “Lover Revealed: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.274, Penguin

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• Walter had never liked cats. They'd seemed to him the sociopaths of the pet world, a species domesticated as an evil necessary for the control of rodents and subsequently fetishized the way unhappy countries fetishize their militaries, saluting the uniforms of killers as cat owners stroke their animals' lovely fur and forgive their claws and fangs. He'd never seen anything in a cat's face but simpering incuriosity and self-interest; you only had to tease one with a mouse-toy to see where it's true heart lay...cats were all about using people

  Jonathan Franzen

  Country, Using People, Heart

  Jonathan Franzen (2010). “Freedom: A Novel”, p.548, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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• Isabelle glanced back at them. "They're staring at you. Maybe their master died and they're looking for another vampire to own them. You could have pets." She grinned. "Or," Simon said ,"maybe they're here for the hash browns.

  Cassandra Clare

  Vampire, Hash, Masters

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1296, Simon and Schuster

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• Have you ever asked yourself,do monsters make war, or does war make monsters? I've seen things, angel. There are guerrilla armies that make little boys kill thier own families. Such acts rip out the soul and make space for beasts to grow inside. Armies need beasts, don't they? Pet beasts, to do their terrible work! And the worst part is, it's almost impossible to retrieve a soul that has been ripped away. Almost." He gave Akiva a keen look."But it can be done, if ever...if ever you decide to go looking for yours."___Izil

  Laini Taylor

  War, Rip, Angel

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• So…that’s like your pet monkey?” – Nick (The tiny horse snorted flames and whinnied at him.) “Easy, girl. You’d do well to show her respect. She can understand you, and she doesn’t take well to insults.” – Death “Sorry, Flicka. Didn’t mean to rattle your bridle.” – Nick

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Girl, Horse, Sorry

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• You must be Pain in the Nick.” – Dev “Huh?” – Nick “Don’t wet your pets. Just a figure of speech. Your mom’s been talking about you all day, boy. You are her favorite topic.” – Dev “Well, I try hard not to be her favorite hemorrhoid.” – Nick

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Mom, Pain, Boys

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• There are guerrilla armies that make little boys kill their own families. Such acts rip out the soul and make space for beasts to grow inside. Armies need beasts, don’t they? Pet beasts, to do their terrible work!

  Laini Taylor

  Rip, Army, Boys

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.82, Hachette UK

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• when I am feeling low all i have to do is watch my cats and my courage returns

  Charles Bukowski

  Courage, Cat, Feelings

  Charles Bukowski (2015). “On Cats”, p.105, Canongate Books

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• To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness

  Erich Fromm

  Grief, Grieving, Mourning

  Erich Fromm (2013). “Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics”, p.195, Open Road Media

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