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• People going in the wrong direction will get like that. Round pegs just don't fit in square holes.

  J.R. Ward

  Squares, People, Fit

  J.R. Ward (2010). “Lover Mine: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.274, Penguin

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• She had a bracelet on one taper arm, which would fall down over her round wrist. Mr. Thornton watched the replacing of this troublesome ornament with far more attention than he listened to her father. It seemed as if it fascinated him to see her push it up impatiently, until it tightened her soft flesh; and then to mark the loosening—the fall. He could almost have exclaimed—'There it goes, again!

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Father, Fall, Ornaments

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)”, p.966, Delphi Classics

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• So John took out of his pocket A knife both long and sharp, And stuck it through his brother's heart, And the blood came pouring down. Says John to William, "Take off thy shirt, And tear it from gore to gore, And wrap it round your bleeding heart, And the blood will pour no more.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Heart, Blood

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Prince”, p.361, Simon and Schuster

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• Renata reached out for the gun nearest to her and a full magazine of rounds. She had the weapon loaded, locked and ready for action in three seconds flat. Niko had never seen anything sexier in his life.

  Tina St. John

  Gun, Three, Magazines

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• These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Dream, Fashion, Bags

  "Karl Lagerfeld says only 'fat mummies' object to thin models" by Kate Connolly, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2009.

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• The kakapo is a bird out of time. If you look one in its large, round, greeny-brown face, it has a look of serenely innocent incomprehension that makes you want to hug it and tell it that everything will be all right, thought you know that it probably will not be.

  Douglas Adams

  Life, Bird, Hug

  "Last Chance To See".

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• For all his pain, he longed to see the author of it. Although he hated Margaret at times, when he thought of that gentle familiar attitude and all the attendant circumstances, he had a restless desire to renew her picture in his mind - a longing for the very atmosphere she breathed. He was in the Charybdis of passion, and must perforce circle and circle ever nearer round the fatal centre.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Pain, Attitude, Passion

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)”, p.1151, Delphi Classics

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• So I switch to my MacBook and make my rounds: news sites, blogs, tweets. I scroll back to find the conversations that happened without me during the day. When every single piece of media you consume is time-shifted, does that mean it’s actually you that’s time-shifted?

  Robin Sloan

  Mean, Media, Doe

  Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore”, p.29, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The birds sang, the proles sang. the Party did not sing. All round the world, in London and New York, in Africa and Brazil, and in the mysterious, forbidden lands beyond the frontiers, in the streets of Paris and Berlin, in the villages of the endless Russian plain, in the bazaars of China and Japan — everywhere stood the same solid unconquerable figure, made monstrous by work and childbearing, toiling from birth to death and still singing.

  George Orwell

  New York, Party, Paris

  George Orwell (1983). “1984”, p.476, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• But I saw the pain and sadness in everything, and swirled it round my mouth like a fine wine.

  Emma Forrest

  Pain, Wine, Sadness

  Emma Forrest (2012). “Your Voice in My Head”, p.17, A&C Black

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• Your bird drinks whiskey and eats tobacco?" The old man frowned."Just be lad he doesn't like eatin' scrawny boys that don't know their way 'round the Otherworld.

  Kami Garcia

  Boys, Men, Bird

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• Four sits down on the edge of the carousel, leaning against a plastic horse's foot. His eyes lift to the sky, where there are no stars, only a round moon peking through a thin layer of clouds. The muscles in his arms are relaxed; his hand rests on the back of his neck. He looks almost comfortable, holding that gun to his shoulder. I close my eyes briefly. Why does he distract me so easily? I need to focus.

  Veronica Roth

  Horse, Stars, Eye

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• Pity was meant to be a spur that drives joy to help misery. But it can be used the wrong way round. It can be used for a kind of blackmailing. Those who choose misery can hold joy up to ransom, by pity.

  C. S. Lewis

  Choices, Joy, Ransom

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• I try to catch my breath and calm myself down, but it isn't easy. I was dead. I was dead, and then i wasn't, and why? Because of Peter? Peter? I stare at him. He still looks so innocent, despite all that he has done to prove that he is not. His hair lies smooth against his head, shiny and dark, like we didn't just run for a mile at full speed. His round eyes scan the stairwell and then rest on my face. "What?" he says. "Why are you looking at me like that?" " How did you do it?" I say.

  Veronica Roth

  Running, Lying, Eye

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• His wedding gift, clasped round my throat. A choker of rubies, two inches wide, like an extraordinarily precious slit throat.

  Angela Carter

  Two, Rubies, Chokers

  Angela Carter (1997). “Burning your boats: the collected short stories”, Penguin Group USA

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• And the seasons they go 'round and 'round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look behind From where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game.

  Joni Mitchell

  Time, Games, Circles

  Song: The Circle Game

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• When someone loves you it's like having a blanket all round your heart.

  Helen Fielding

  Love You, Heart, Blanket

  Helen Fielding (2016). “Bridget Jones's Diary: Picador Classic”, p.51, Pan Macmillan

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• And I figured you'd drive a four-hour round-trip before giving up your car to someone else

  Richelle Mead

  Giving Up, Car, Four

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.82, Penguin

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• Guys, gals, now hear this: No one wants to take away your hunting rifles. No one wants to take away your shotguns. No one wants to take away your revolvers, and no one wants to take away your automatic pistols, as long as said pistols hold no more than ten rounds. If you can't kill a home invader (or your wife, up in the middle of the night to get a snack from the fridge) with ten shots, you need to go back to the local shooting range.

  Stephen King

  Home, Hunting, Night

  "Stephen King: why the US must introduce limited gun controls" by Stephen King, www.theguardian.com. February 1, 2013.

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• He’d only ever seen a gun once, a smaller one on the hip of that old deputy, a gun he’d always figured was more for show. He stuffed a fistful of deadly rounds in his pocket, thinking how each one could end an individual life, and understanding why such things were forbidden. Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one’s conscience to get in the way.

  Hugh Howey

  Gun, Men, Thinking

  "Wool Omnibus Edition". Book by Hugh Howey, January 25, 2012.

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• This then, I thought, as I looked round about me, is the representation of history. It requires a falsification of perspective. We, the survivors, see everything from above, see everything at once, and still we do not know how it was.

  W. G. Sebald

  Perspective, Survivor, Falsification

  W. G. Sebald (2016). “The Rings of Saturn”, p.70, New Directions Publishing

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• How nice it would be to be dead if only we could know we were dead. That is what I hate, the not being able to turn round in the grave and to say It is over.

  Edward Thomas

  Hate, Nice, Would Be

  Edward Thomas (2008). “The Annotated Collected Poems”, Bloodaxe Books Limited

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• Listen to me: Life is not about principles; it`s about happiness.` `But if you don`t have any principles, and if you don`t have faith, you can`t be happy at all,` said Kadife. `That`s true. But in a brutal country like ours, where human life is cheap, it`s stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries.` `Actually, it`s the other way round. In a poor country, people`s sole consolation comes from their beliefs.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Country, Stupid, Rich Countries

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• Raven jerks and stiffens. For a second, I think she is only surprised: Her mouth goes round, her eyes wide. Then she begins teetering backward, and I know that she is dead. Falling, falling, falling . . .

  Lauren Oliver

  Fall, Eye, Thinking

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• On the day that your mentality Decides to catch up with your biology, Come 'round

  Steven Morrissey

  Biology, Mentality

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