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• Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a race of cannibal ducks?" "They ate it too," Will reminisced. "Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.

  Cassandra Clare

  Race, Ducks, Pie

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.193, Simon and Schuster

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• Remember when i slept with my head in a puddle at your feet? It was humility, or atonement. later your ankle was a pillow and finally you pulled me up and in my sleep i placed your hand above my heart, like i forgot i didn't live there anymore

  Michelle Tea

  Heart, Sleep, Humility

  Michelle Tea (2003). “The Beautiful: Collected Poems”, p.22, Manic D Press

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• Sitting there with them, it was almost hard to remember when I first came to Perkins, so determined to remember to be a one-woman operation to the end. But that was the thing about taking help and giving it, or so I was learning; there was no such thing as really getting even. Instead, this connection, once opened, remained ongoing over time.

  Sarah Dessen

  Giving, Firsts, Connections

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Lock and Key”, p.214, Penguin UK

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• You will remember when a bird crashed through the window and fell to the floor. You will remember, those of you who were there, how it jerked its wings before dying, and left a spot of blood on the floor after it was removed. But who among you was first to notice the negative bird it left in the window? Who first saw the shadow that the bird left behind, the shadow that drew blood from any finger that dared to trace it, the shadow that was better proof of the bird's existence than the bird ever was?

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Wings, Blood, Bird

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Everything Is Illuminated”, p.38, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• But remember when I moved in you
  And the holy dove was moving too
  And every breath we drew was Hallelujah.

  Leonard Cohen

  Moving, Remember, Dove

  "Hallelujah". Song by Leonard Cohen, 1994.

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• I remember when people used to think I was smart. I remember when people used to think my brain was useful. Damaged by water, sure. And ready to seizure at any moment. But still useful, and maybe even a little bit beautiful and sacred and magical.

  Sherman Alexie

  Beautiful, Smart, Thinking

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• The thing to remember when you're writing is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether it wakes a truth in your reader.

  Charles de Lint

  Writing, Paper, Remember

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• Where there must be a choice, a girl will choose Daddy. Even if you are Mommy, you concede that this must be so: you remember when you were a girl, too.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Girl, Daddy, Choices

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• Do you remember when you told me I couldn't see myself clearly? You obviously have the same blindness

  Stephenie Meyer

  Remember, Blindness

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• I'm going to turn fifteen tomorrow," i said, warming to the idea. "It's high time. I can't remember when i turned fourteen." (said by Max) If you get to be fifteen, then i get to be fifteen!" Iggy sounded indignant. i looked at Fang. "Wanna be fifteen?" His smile melted me. "Yeah.

  James Patterson

  Ideas, Max, Fifteen

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• The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether it wakes a truth in your reader. I don't care what literary device you might use, or belief systems you tap into--if you can make a story true for the reader, if you can give them a glimpse into another way of seeing the world, or another way that they can cope with their problems, then that story is a succes.

  Charles de Lint

  Writing, Might Use, Giving

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• What happened?" Bailey asks. "That is somewhat difficult to explain," Tsukiko answers. "It is a long and complicated story." "And you're not going to tell me, are you?" She tilts her head a bit ... "No, I am not," she says. "Great," Bailey mutters under his breath... "The bonfire exploded? How?" "Remember when I said it was difficult to explain? That has not changed.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Long, Stories, Tilt

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• Last words are always harder to remember when no one knows that someone's about to die.

  John Green

  Lasts, Remember, Last Words

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.138, Penguin

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• Remember when you were a little kid and you'd fall asleep in the car? And someone would carry you out and put you into bed, so that when you woke up in the morning, you knew automatically you were home again? That's what I think it's like to die.

  Jodi Picoult

  Morning, Fall, Home

  Jodi Picoult (2008). “Change of Heart: A Novel”, p.222, Simon and Schuster

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• One of the advantages of having lived a long time is that you can often remember when you had it worse. I am grateful to have lived long enough to have known some of the blessings of adversity.

  James E. Faust

  Life, Grateful, Adversity

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• She said, why don't we both just sleep on it tonight,
  And I believe, in the morning you'll begin to see the light.
  And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right,
  There must be fifty ways to leave your lover, fifty ways to leave your lover.

  Paul Simon

  Life, Girl, Morning

  "Song: '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover' ('Still Crazy After All These Years')". 1975.

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• I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

  Bill Cartwright

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Thinking, Feelings, Civil War

  Letter to Albert G. Hodges, 4 Apr. 1864

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• That is a simple rule, and easy to remember. When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question every Mohammedan is insane; not in all things, but in religious matters.

  Mark Twain

  Religious, Thoughtful, Simple

  Mark Twain (2015). “Christian Science”, p.27, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Remember when you hear yourself saying one day that you don't have time anymore to read or listen to music or look at paintings or go to the movies or do whatever feeds your head now. Then you're getting old. That means they got you, after all.

  Susan Sontag

  Learning, Mean, One Day

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• Remember, when you hear them beginning to say "freedom" look carefully-. see who it is they want you to butcher.

  Alex Comfort

  Freedom, Liberty, Want

  Alex Comfort, John Bayliss (1969). “New Road ...: New Directions in European Art and Letters”

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• I remember, when I was an up-and-coming comic, how annoyed I would be when the famous guys would show up and just take everyone's spots.

  Seth Rogen

  Guy, Annoyed, Would Be

  "Seth Rogen Talks Hosting the 2012 Spirit Awards, THE APOCALYPSE, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS 2, His Favorite Films of the Year, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 15, 2012.

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• The old dog barks backward without getting up I can remember when he was a pup.

  Robert Frost

  Dog, Silly, Pups

  Robert Frost (1975). “The poetry of Robert Frost”

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• We have so much pride in welcoming these passengers onto the plane, and they have so much pride in travel. It's something that I definitely always remember, when I'm playing a scene on the plane, just to imbue everything with that sense of excitement.

  Christina Ricci

  Travel, Pride, Welcome

  "Christina Ricci Interview PAN AM; Says Robert Pattinson Is “Absolutely Lovely” in BEL AMI". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 26, 2011.

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• A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny.

  Barbara Jordan

  Peace, Equality, Destiny

  Barbara Jordan (1999). “Barbara C. Jordan--selected Speeches”

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