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• So you really cant think of anyone else who might want to kill you?"asked Jace. "Unlike in your case there arent actually all that many people who dislike me."said Simon.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Dislike Me, People

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• Kyle is a werewolf?"asked Simon "Of course he's a werewolf,you moron"said Jace

  Cassandra Clare

  Werewolf, Jace, Moron

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• My father said that love at first sight should send you running, if you know what's good for you. It's your dark pieces having instant recognition with their dark pieces, he says. You're an idiot if you think it means you've met your soul mate. So I was an idiot.

  Deb Caletti

  Running, Father, Mean

  Deb Caletti (2012). “Stay”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here.

  Terry Pratchett

  Party, Lovely, Wish

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14)”, p.380, Random House

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• Fine...a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth.

  Sarah Dessen

  Care, Fine, Knows

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• As her father had so often said... Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Love, Life, Father

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Born Of Shadows: Number 4 in series”, p.275, Hachette UK

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• This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your generosity to the pilgrims.' 'But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,' the monk responded. 'Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.

  Paulo Coelho

  Generosity, Giving, Alchemist

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• There again," said Syme irritably, "what is there poetical about being in revolt? You might as well say that it is poetical to be sea-sick. Being sick is a revolt. Both being sick and being rebellious may be the wholesome thing on certain desperate occasions; but I'm hanged if I can see why they are poetical...It is things going right," he cried, "that is poetical! Our digestions, for instance, going sacredly and silently right, that is the foundation of all poetry...the most poetical thing in the world is not being sick.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Sea, Sick, Foundation

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

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• No bra,” he said against her mouth. “Thank you. I hate those things. Dumbest human invention. Ever.

  Larissa Ione

  Hate, Mouths, Invention

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• I’d heard you were dead.” "I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Believe, Red, Matter

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear”, p.1064, Penguin

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• Get rid of their mast, knock holes in the hull, then get back on board." "You want us to sink her?" Gundar asked, and Halt shook his head. "No. I want her badly damaged but capable of making it back to port. I want the word to go out that the strange ship with the red falcon ensign"—he gestured to Evanlyn's ensign, flying from the mast top—"is manned by dangerous, hairy maniacs with axes and is to be avoided at all costs." "That sounds like us," Gundar said cheerfully.

  John Flanagan

  Axes, Flying, Cost

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• You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play." (Eleanor) "Are you saying that I normally look as if I'm tending sheep? With straw in my hair? As if I might yodel?

  Eloisa James

  Beautiful, Sheep, Hair

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• The secret weapon is cucumber.' Solange sat all the way up. 'Jasmine, cover your ears.' MaryAnn, Juliette and Jasmine burst out laughing. 'Sheesh, Solange. Get your mind out of the gutter.' 'MY mind is just fine, thank you. It's MaryAnn's I'm concerned about.' 'You put them on your eyes,' MaryAnn said, laughing even harder.

  Christine Feehan

  Eye, Laughing, Secret

  Christine Feehan (2007). “Dark Possession”, p.284, Penguin

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• I looked across the river to Manhattan. It was a great view. When Sadie and I had first arrived at Brooklyn House, Amos had told us that magicians tried to stay out of Manhattan. He said Manhattan had other problems--whatever that meant. And sometimes when I looked across the water, I could swear I was seeing things. Sadie laughed about it, but once I thought I saw a flying horse. Probably just the mansion's magic barriers causing optical illusions, but still, it was weird.

  Rick Riordan

  Horse, Views, Rivers

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• I thought she'd make some comment about the bloodthirsty gods chasing us, but when she finally found her voice, she said, "That boy kissed you!" Leave it to Liz to have her priorities straight.

  Rick Riordan

  Boys, Voice, Priorities

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• You're Bes, I guess?" I said. "Yes," he said. "Your car's a mess," Liz muttered. "If one more person rhymes," Emma grumbled, "I'll throw up.

  Rick Riordan

  Car, Liz, Emma

  Rick Riordan (2011). “The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles Book 2): The Throne of Fire”, p.100, Penguin UK

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• Now, you'll have to answer my questions." "Oh, very well," Set said. "I like Brazil for the World Cup. I'd advise investing in platinum and small-cap funds. And your lucky numbers this week are 2, 13--" "Not those questions!" Menshikov snapped.

  Rick Riordan

  Numbers, Lucky, Investing

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• Listen,"Kristy said," the truth is,nothing is guranteed. You know better than anybody." She looked at me hard,making sure I knew what she meant.I did."So don't be afraid.Be alive.

  Sarah Dessen

  Alive, Truth Is, Hard

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• He said cruelty was the devil's own trade-mark, and if we saw any one who took pleasure in cruelty we might know who he belonged to, for the devil was a murderer from the beginning, and a tormentor to the end. On the other hand, where we saw people who loved their neighbors, and were kind to man and beast, we might know that was God's mark.

  Anna Sewell

  Men, Hands, People

  Anna Sewell (2015). “Black Beauty (Illustrated): Classic of World Literature”, p.48, e-artnow

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• You should sit,” Lucas said, and he wasn't talking to Mercy. Sascha stared at him. “I didn't realize pregnancy of four weeks' duration made me incapable of standing upright.” “It makes me incapable of reason.

  Nalini Singh

  Pregnancy, Talking, Four

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Nalini Singh: The Psy-Changeling Series”, p.346, Penguin

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• Gundar seemed to come to a decision. "Well, as my old mam used to say, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's probably a duck." "Very wise," Halt said. "And what exactly do your mother's words of wisdom have to do with this situation?" Gundar shrugged. "It looks like a channel. It's the right place for a channel. If I were digging one, this is where I'd dig a channel. So. . ." "So it's probably the channel?" Selethen said. Gundar grinned at him. "Either that or it's a duck.

  John Flanagan

  Wise, Mother, Ducks

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• S'mimasen," Alyss said repeatedly as they brushed against passerby. "What does that mean?" Will asked as they reached a stretch of street bare of any other pedestrians. He was impressed by Alyss's grasp of the local language. "It means 'pardon me,'" Alyss replied, but then a shadow of doubt crossed her face. "At least, I hope it does. Maybe I'm saying 'you have the manners of a fat, rancid sow.

  John Flanagan

  Mean, Doubt, Shadow

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• If death, said my father, reasoning with himself, is nothing but the separation of the soul from the body;--and if it is true that people can walk about and do their business without brains,--then certes the soul does not inhabit there.

  Laurence Sterne

  Father, People, Soul

  Laurence Sterne (2013). “3 Books by Laurence Sterne”, p.121, eBookIt.com

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• Because you're here with me, Jack said. Any night that ends with that can't be that bad

  Amanda Hocking

  Night, Ends

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• How did I look at you? I asked thickly. Like you had to, like I was a magnet you were pulled to. There was no choice, he said. And when you look at Jack, it's because when he's around, why would you want to look at anything else? You love him the way you could never love me.

  Amanda Hocking

  Choices, Looks, Want

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