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• Honey, I plan to marry you the moment the ink is dry on that death certificate.

  Sara Gruen

  Ink, Dry, Honey

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• I had a million plans. I knew what I was going to do. I had the next few years of my life all figured out. But what I didn’t know was that within a few hours all those plans would change. Ms. Know-it-all didn’t quite know it all so much then.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Years, Next, Know It All

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

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• Eshe, I want to spend my life with you." "Good," she whispered back. "That was the plan.

  Lynsay Sands

  Want

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• Drugs, what a devil-inspired poison! It’s death on the installment plan.

  David Wilkerson

  Christian Inspirational, Drug, Devil

  David Wilkerson, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill (2008). “The Cross and the Switchblade”, p.187, Chosen Books

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• But that's how life is. You never know how it's going to turn out, and you can't plan for everything. You just have to do your best dealing with things as they come and hope people forgive you when you make a mistake.

  Janette Rallison

  Mistake, People, Forgiving

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• It wasn't the kind of touch that said, Hey, I've got a plan, so hang in there because we're going to get out of this. It was more like the kind of touch that simply said, You aren't alone. It was really the only thing he could offer. And in that moment, it was enough.

  Richelle Mead

  Hey, Kind, Moments

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Bloodlines”, p.242, Penguin

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• The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If you are not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy, you can only operate well by pretending to be one. All the shortcuts and economies and common-sense changes that your native intelligence suggests to you are mistakes. Learn to quash them. Constantly ask yourself, "How would I do this if I were a fool?" Throttle down your mind to a crawl. Then you will never go wrong.

  Herman Wouk

  Mistake, Common Sense, Finding Yourself

  "Herman Wouk to publish first memoir aged 100" by Claire Armitstead, www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2015.

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• The vocation of pastor has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.

  Eugene H. Peterson

  Religious, Entrepreneur, Strategy

  "The Pastor: A Memoir". Book by Eugene H. Peterson, 2011.

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• The five of us walking confidently in a row, I'd never felt cooler. The Great Perhaps was upon us, and we were invincible. The plan may have had faults, but we did not.

  John Green

  May, Faults, Invincible

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.85, Penguin

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• Dan moved forward and replaced Jonah at the helm. "I've got a plan!" "That's my man!" The famous grin disappeared as Jonah took in the grim determination in Dan's features. His expression was as flat and expressionless as a naked skull. Dan steered the hurtling boat directly toward the rocky shore. "Amy, hang onto that painting!" "That's not a plan!" Jonah shouted. "That's suicide!

  Gordon Korman

  Suicide, Determination, Men

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• The guarantee of safety in a battering relationship can never be based upon a promise from the perpetrator, no matter how heartfelt. Rather, it must be based upon the self-protective capability of the victim. Until the victim has developed a detailed and realistic contingency plan and has demonstrated her ability to carry it out, she remains in danger of repeated abuse.

  Judith Lewis Herman

  Self, Safety, Heartfelt

  "Trauma and Recovery". Book by Judith Lewis Herman, 1992.

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• Indeed. That pony collection isn’t nearly complete,” Carter mused. When I dared a look back at him, I saw that the angel was smiling at me. “You see? You aren’t lost. No matter what happens to you, you have a plan. There’s still hope.

  Richelle Mead

  Angel, Looks, Matter

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Succubus Revealed”, p.204, Kensington Books

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• ...there's no rule book or game plan when it comes to the grim realities of our lives.

  Simone Elkeles

  Book, Reality, Games

  Simone Elkeles (2013). “Return to Paradise”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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• I had hoped to hear everyone discussing how much they missed my altruistic qualities, my legendary skills as a fighter and as a lover." He leered. "Instead, you're making plans for tomorrow. Interesting how life goes on in spite of itself.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Skills, Interesting, Quality

  Maria V. Snyder (2008). “The Study Series Bundle: Poison Study\Assassin Study\Magic Study\Fire Study”, MIRA

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• The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Dream, Perfect, Enemy

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• Sounds like a plan worthy of Athena.

  Rick Riordan

  Sound, Athena, Worthy

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• You okay?" Anton asks, looking at me like he's trying to figure out if I'm drunk. His plans depend on me. I look as blank as possible and hope that it freaks him out. No point in my being the only miserable one.

  Holly Black

  Drunk, Trying, Looks

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.193, Simon and Schuster

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• Men plan. Fate Laughs. Guis Alera, First Lord

  Jim Butcher

  Fate, Men, Laughing

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• Without stopping kissing her, he swept her up into his arms. They stood in the motel lobby kissing until someone called, "Get a room." Donia pulled back and laughed. "That was the plan. They said no.

  Melissa Marr

  Kissing, Stopping, Arms

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• In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.

  Rose Tremain

  Book, Planning, Stage

  "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Rose Tremain, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2010.

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• I had never thought about it, but summer was Dill by the fishpool smoking string, Dill's eyes alive with complicated plans to make Boo Radley emerge; summer was the swiftness with which Dill would reach up and kiss me when Jem was not looking, the longings we sometimes felt each other feel. With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable..." - Scout Finch

  Harper Lee

  Summer, Eye, Kissing

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

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• The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Planning, Individual, States

  1944 The Road to Serfdom.

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• I had to lull Mom and Hank into believing I was in the right frame of mind to be taken into public. If I exited my bedroom foaming at the mouth and dressed in black LOVE SUCKS tee, my plan would never get off the ground.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Mom, Believe, Taken

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.609, Simon and Schuster

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• Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?

  Gabrielle Zevin

  Stupid, Thinking, Forever

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• Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast.

  Steve Pavlina

  Goal, Breakfast, Environment

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