Said Quotes - Page 29

• The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word.

  Terry Pratchett

  Book, Voice, Mysterious

  FaceBook post by Terry Pratchett from Aug 30, 2015

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• Tell that to the BTK killer,” I said. “He was a churchgoer, raised two kids, married, and resisted the urge to kill for decades. He was a person, but he was a monster, too

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Kids, Two, Monsters

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Hit List: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.60, Penguin

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• So we get a plan," I said. "Any suggestions?" "Blow up the building," Kincaid said without looking up. "That works good for vampires. Then soak what's left in gasoline. Set it on fire. Then blow it all up again." "For future reference, I was sort of hoping for a suggestion that didn't sound like it came from that Bolshevik Muppet with all the dynamite.

  Jim Butcher

  Blow, Fire, Vampire

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.203, Penguin

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• Screw up my life?" He stared at me for a second and then said, deadpan, "I'm a five-foot-three, thirty-seven-year-old, single, Jewish medical examiner who needs to pick up his lederhosen from the dry cleaners so that he can play in a one-man polka band at Oktoberfest tomorrow." He pushed up his glasses with his forefinger, folded his arms, and said, "Do your worst.

  Jim Butcher

  Men, Feet, Glasses

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.63, Penguin

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• They were bullyin' him, Hermione, 'cause he's so small!" said Hagrid. "Small?" said Hermione. "Small?" "Hermione, I couldn't leave him," said Hagrid, tears now trickling down his bruised face into his beard. "See -- he's my brother!

  J. K. Rowling

  Brother, Tears, Beard

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• The guitar," I said, "will only obey its master." "Yeah," Cole agreed, "but Grace isn't here." He grinned at me slyly.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Guitar, Grace, Masters

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.66, Scholastic Inc.

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• Cole sat back up, slowly, and I opened my eyes. His expression, as ever, was blank, the face he wore when something mattered. He said, "That's how I would kiss you, if I loved you.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Eye, Kissing, Expression

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.174, Scholastic Inc.

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• With a strange half-mocking tone, Aislinn said, "It's not just guys like those today. Even the pretty ones can be awful. Don't trust them just because they're pretty." Donia laughed, coldly, sounding every bit Beira's creature in that moment. "Where were you when I needed that advice? I've already gone out with the biggest mistake a girl can make.

  Melissa Marr

  Girl, Mistake, Guy

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• Aw, he's just you know...entrenched," Matt said. "Gotta adjust to the perspective and deal from there." Then he added, "Not that I'd want him as my dad...." Mike practically sprayed his milk. "Dude! Can you imagine?" Then Matt gave my dad a slap on the back and said, "No way. I'm sticking with my main man here." My mom grinned from across the kitchen and said, "Me too." I'd never seen my father cry. And he didn't exactly sit there bawling, but there were definitely tears welling up in his eyes.

  Wendelin Van Draanen

  Mom, Dad, Father

  Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.167, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• So young," said Wyman Manderly, "Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would've grown up to be a Frey.

  George R. R. Martin

  Blessing, Young

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• Yeah you can have a word," said Harry savagely. "Good-bye.

  J. K. Rowling

  Bye, Yeah, Weasley

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• But youth has a future. The closer he came to graduation, the more his heart beat. He said to himself: “This is still not life, this is only the preparation for life.

  Nikolai Gogol

  Heart, Preparation, Youth

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• I’ll be real discreet,” Tank said. As discreet as a six-foot-six, no-neck guy weighing three hundred and fifty pounds, all dressed in black SWAT clothes, with a Glock holstered at his side could be.

  Janet Evanovich

  Real, Feet, Clothes

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• Hey, look — Harry’s got a Weasley sweater, too!” Fred and George were wearing blue sweaters, one with a large yellow F on it, the other a G. “Harry’s is better than ours, though,” said Fred, holding up Harry’s sweater. “She obviously makes more of an effort if you’re not family.

  J. K. Rowling

  Blue, Sweaters, Yellow

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• Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out.

  Gayle Forman

  Past, Where She Went

  Gayle Forman (2011). “Where She Went”, p.74, Penguin

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• Yes, I’m a mouse. Squeak, squeak. Now shoo-shoo back to your little bug friends,” said Rirped, picking up a hunk of dried beef. He tore a off a piece with his teeth and noticed Boots hadn’t moved. He pulled back his lips to reveal a row of jagged teeth and gave her a sharp hiss.

  Suzanne Collins

  Teeth, Beef, Boots

  "Gregor the Overlander". Book by Suzanne Collins, 2003.

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• I can't be any more addicted to it than I already am,"Jamie said slowly, as though he'd rehearsed this, and then waiting for a cue Nick obviously had no intention of giving." Think about crack!" Jamie added, clearly struck by insperation. "Yes! It's like I'm a crack addict, and you're my friend the drug dealer who gives me crack for free, and I know you're just trying to be a good friend, but every time I think 'Wow, this crack might be a little bit of a problem for me,' you're there to say, 'Have some more delicious crack.' Am I making sense?" Nick stared."Hardly ever in your life.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Good Friend, Thinking, Giving

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• Cole made a hissing sound. "Are you inside yet? God bless America and all her sons. What is taking you so long?" The front door was locked. "Here, talk to Grace" "Mommy isn't going to give a different answer than Daddy," Cole said, but I handed her the phone anyway.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Son, Phones, Doors

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.833, Scholastic Inc.

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• Obey the muse, Liz said. She's a fickle mistress.

  Gayle Forman

  Mistress, Fickle, Liz

  Gayle Forman (2011). “Where She Went”, p.66, Penguin

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• So let's hear another one of your irrational fears. Mia grasped me by the arms and pulled herself in to my chest, like she was burrowing her body into mine. "I'm scared of losing you," she said in the faintest of voices." I pushed her away so I could see her face and kissed the top of her forehead. "I said 'irrational' fears. Because that's not gonna happen.

  Gayle Forman

  Voice, Mia, Irrational Fear

  Gayle Forman (2011). “Where She Went”, p.87, Penguin

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• There's not even real *popularity* at my school." "That," Coli said emphatically, "is a sentence that has only ever been spoken by popular people.

  John Green

  Real, School, People

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• Never let it be said that Harry Dresden is afraid of a dried, dead bug. Creepy or not, I wasn't going to let it ruin my concentration. So I scooped it up with the corner of the phone book and popped it into the middle drawer of my desk. Out of sight, out of mind. So I have a problem with creepy, dead, poisonous things. So sue me.

  Jim Butcher

  Book, Phones, Sight

  Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.55, Penguin Group

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• You made peace,” said the buffalo man. “You took our words and made them your own. They never understood that they were here—and the people who worshiped them were here—because it suits us that they are here. But we can change our minds. And perhaps we will.

  Neil Gaiman

  Men, People, Mind

  Neil Gaiman (2011). “American Gods”, p.350, Hachette UK

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• I do not know why I care," Drizzt answered honestly. His eyes turned back to his ancient homeland, where loyalty was merely a device to gain an advantage over a common foe. "Perhaps I care because I strive to be different from my people," he said, as much to himself as to Bruenor. "Perhaps I care because I am different from my people. I may be more akin to race of the surface...that is my hope at least. I care because I have to care about something.

  R. A. Salvatore

  Loyalty, Eye, Race

  R.A. Salvatore (2009). “The Crystal Shard: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.44, Wizards of the Coast

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• He held my hand and told me a story about when he was six and threw a rock at a kid's head who was bullying his brother, and how after that no one had bothered either of them again. 'You have to stick up for yourself,' he told me. 'But it's bad to throw rocks,' I said. 'I know. You're smarter than me. You'll find something better than rocks.

  Nicole Krauss

  Bullying, Brother, Kids

  Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.94, W. W. Norton & Company

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