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• Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable.Kolo?" -Brandon Sanderson (Elantris)

  Brandon Sanderson

  Men, Important, Made

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• Stop moping, sule," galladon said with a grunt."It doesn't suit you-it takes a fine sense of pessimism to brood with any sort of respectability.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Suits You, Pessimism, Fine

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Elantris”, p.442, Hachette UK

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• What's possible?” - she asked “Anything,” he said absently. “But that’s not what I was talking about. Oh, hello, Claire. You’re in good time. I need an extra pair of hands.” “As long as I keep them attached,” she said, which earned her a startled stare. “The things you say to me, you’d think I was some sort of monster.” -- Myrnin and Claire

  Rachel Caine

  Thinking, Hands, Talking

  Rachel Caine (2011). “Bite Club”, p.28, Allison & Busby

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• Think you can maybe not die for five minutes?" "I'll try,"I told him seriously. "You know, if anyone else said that, it would be funny.

  Karen Chance

  Thinking, Trying, Would Be

  Karen Chance (2011). “Hunt the Moon: A Cassie Palmer Novel”, p.179, Penguin

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• I'm worried he's going to ... do something crazy." "He lives in a hole in the ground, dresses funny, and occasionally eats his assistants," Eve said. "Define crazy.

  Rachel Caine

  Crazy, Dresses, Assistants

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Ghost Town”, p.21, Allison & Busby

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• At times , he didn't understand the meaning of the Koran's words . But he said he liked the enhancing sounds the arabic words made as they rolled off his tongue . He said they comforted him , eased his heart . "They'll comfort you too . Mrariam jo , " he said . "You can summon then in your time of your need , and they won't fail you . God's words will never betray you , my girl . (pg.17)

  Khaled Hosseini

  Girl, Heart, Sound

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• And one of the elders of the city , said , speak to us of good and evil. And he answered : You are good in countless ways , and you are not evil when you are not good .

  Khalil Gibran

  Cities, Evil, Way

  Khalil Gibran, “Good And Evil XXII”

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• There is supercomputer somewhere in the Nevada desert whose sole function is to count the number of times that I have said the following, because it is unquantifiable by human minds at this point, but this time it’s really true: I should have stayed home.

  David Rakoff

  Regret, Home, Numbers

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• I'll try to communicate, Taylor said. She spoke slowly and deliberately. Hello! We need help. Is your village close? My village is Denver. And I think it's a long way from here. I'm Nicole Ade. Miss Colorado. We have a Colorado where we're from too! Tiara said. She swiveled her hips, spread her arms wide, then brought her hands together prayer-style and bowed. Kipa aloha. Nicole stared. I speak English. I'm American. Also, did you learn those moves from Barbie's Hawaiian Vacation DVD? Ohmigosh, yes! Do your people have that, too?

  Libba Bray

  Prayer, Moving, Thinking

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.20, Scholastic Inc.

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• Though her husband often went on business trips, she hated to be left alone. "I've solved your problem," he said. "I've bought you a St. Bernard. Its name is Great Reluctance. Now, when I go away, you shall know that I am leaving you with Great Reluctance!" She hit him with a waffle iron.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Husband, Names, Iron

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• She came into a room; she stood, as he had often seen her, in a doorway with lots of people round her. But it was Clarissa one remembered. Not that she was striking; not beautiful at all; there was nothing picturesque about her; she never said anything specially clever; there she was however; there she was.

  Virginia Woolf

  Beautiful, Clever, People

  Virginia Woolf (2007). “Selected Works of Virginia Woolf”, p.177, Wordsworth Editions

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• Whoop-de-do," said Ram. "What?" "I'm celebrating." "Was that irony or loss of mental function?" asked the expendable. "Was that a rhetorical questions, a bit of humor, or a sign that you are losing confidence in me?" "I have no confidence in you, Ram," said the expendable. "Well, thanks." "You're welcome.

  Orson Scott Card

  Thank You, Loss, Rams

  Orson Scott Card (2011). “Pathfinder”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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• Life itself is an unsolved mystery", said the clergyman gravely.

  Agatha Christie

  Mystery, Clergymen, Unsolved Mysteries

  Agatha Christie (2012). “The Tuesday Night Club: A Miss Marple Short Story”, p.6, HarperCollins UK

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• Great, they give blind kids guns," I said, trying to lessen his horror. "I don't even let Iggy have a gun. Usually.

  James Patterson

  Kids, Gun, Giving

  James Patterson (2011). “Maximum Ride: Angel”, p.83, Random House

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• How come the Muggles don’t hear the bus?” said Harry. “Them!” said Stan contemptuously. “Don’ listen properly, do they? Don’ look properly either. Never notice nuffink, they don’.

  J. K. Rowling

  Muggles, Looks, Bus

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, p.36, Pottermore

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• Right, you've got a crooked sort of cross..." He consulted Unfogging the Future. "That means you're going to have 'trials and suffering' — sorry about that — but there's a thing that could be the sun... hang on... that means 'great happiness'... so you're going to suffer but be very happy..." "You need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me," said Ron, and they both had to stifle their laughs as Professor Trelawney gazed in their direction.

  J. K. Rowling

  Sorry, Mean, Eye

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• Angelina, Alicia, and Katie suddenly giggled. "What?" said Wood, frowning at this lighthearted behavior. "He's that tall, good-looking one, isn't he?" said Angelina. "Strong and silent," said Katie, and they started to giggle again. "He's only silent because he's too thick to string two words together," said Fred impatiently.

  J. K. Rowling

  Strong, Two, Together

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• I talk in a daze, I walk in a maze I cannot get out, said the starling

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Mazes, Daze, Walks

  Vladimir Nabokov (2010). “Lolita”, p.255, Vintage

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• Aha," Andrea said. "I'm going to ignore that you just referred to yourself as 'sugar woogums'.

  Ilona Andrews

  Sugar, Andrea

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.33, Penguin

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• He'd said the sun could burn me. It certainly looked angry enough, all orange and glowing mad.

  Ann Aguirre

  Glowing, Orange, Mad

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Enclave”, p.139, Macmillan

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• Look right at it. Know you can." Dad said. "Look right at that fear. Fear is the biggest bullshitter.

  Deb Caletti

  Dad, Looks, Knows

  Deb Caletti (2012). “Stay”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

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• It was beautiful and rare, and you have every right to despise me." She stood pressed to the wall, not moving. "When you came in, I thought 'Send her away.' But I knew that if you went away, I'd run after you. I thought 'I won't say a word.' But I knew that you'd know it before you left. I love you. I know you'd think kindlier of me if I said that I hate you.

  Ayn Rand

  Beautiful, Running, Wall

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• Those walls and bars are there for a reason,” said Crake. “Not to keep us out, but to keep them in. Mankind needs barriers in both cases.” “Them?” “Nature and God.” “I thought you didn’t believe in God,” said Jimmy. “I don’t believe in Nature either,” said Crake. “Or not with a capital N.

  Margaret Atwood

  Wall, Believe, Needs

  Margaret Atwood (2004). “Oryx and Crake”, p.206, Anchor

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• But the adjectives change,” said Jimmy. “Nothing’s worse than last year’s adjectives.

  Margaret Atwood

  Years, Adjectives, Lasts

  Margaret Atwood (2014). “The MaddAddam Trilogy Bundle: The Year of the Flood; Oryx & Crake; MaddAddam”, p.247, Anchor

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• Using supernatural beings to build the perfect weapon? Intriguing idea." "Not really," I said. "They did it on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A sub-par season. I slept through half the episodes.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Ideas, Supernatural Beings, Perfect

  Kelley Armstrong (2012). “Werewolves: Book One: Bitten, Stolen and Beginnings”, p.789, Vintage Canada

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