Said Quotes - Page 30

• Ye know what me Sean used to say, God rest his soul? He said, 'A friend will help ye move, Katie, but a really good friend will help ye move a body.

  Kevin Hearne

  Moving, Good Friend, Soul

  Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.104, Del Rey

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• We need a ride. We're stranded." "We still have two legs, leftie and rightie. Mine are in the mood for exercise. They feel like a nice long walk--ARE YOU CRAZY?" she shrieked. I was standing with the tip of the beach umbrella aimed at the driver's-side window. "What?" I said. "We have to get in.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Beach, Crazy, Nice

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.459, Simon and Schuster

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• He grunted. 'You have the courage of a warrior.' I watched him turn away and gather the clothes from the ground. He thought me courageous? But I was terrified - always terrified. 'No,' I said flatly. 'I don't." He paused from stuffing the invaluable robe between two bales. 'Are you frightened now?' I nodded, shame flushing my skin. 'Is it going to stop you?' 'No.' 'That is the courage of a warrior.

  Alison Goodman

  Warrior, Two, Clothes

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• A cold realisation washed over me. From now on, my master would not always be there to protect and counsel me. 'This is big. Too big,' I said. 'What do I do?' 'You follow your destiny,' Ryoko said. 'As we all do. With honour and courage.

  Alison Goodman

  Destiny, Cold, Bigs

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• anyway. Leo said, I hope you've got your worksheet, 'cause I used mine for spit wads days ago. Why are you looking at me like that? Somebody draw on my face again?

  Rick Riordan

  Faces, Causes, Used

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• Leo. Jason said, you're wierd. Yeah, you tell me that a lot. Leo grinned. But if you don't remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes. Come on!

  Rick Riordan

  Mean, Jason, Reuse

  Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian”, p.278, Penguin UK

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• Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do?" "Oh, absolutely," Quentin said. "Maybe even more.

  Lev Grossman

  Hate, Parent, Promise

  Lev Grossman (2009). “The Magicians: A Novel”, p.200, Penguin

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• She keeps asking me where we're going." "Yeah," another voice said. It was Shane, pulling up a chair beside Claire. "Girls do that. They've always got to be taking the relationship somewhere." "That's not true!" "It is," he said. "I get it; somebody's got to be looking ahead. But it makes guys think they're-" "Closed in," Michael said. "Trapped," Shane added. "Idiots," Claire finished.

  Rachel Caine

  Girl, Thinking, Voice

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Kiss of Death: The Morganville Vampires”, p.152, Penguin

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• I was camped at the same site as her: Broughton Farm. She came over to my tent and showed me her blisters. She asked me whether I knew the reason why a blister can keep on producing fluid ad infinitum. I said that I had always wondered the same thing about mucus. One of the reasons we are together is because we have similar interests.

  Joe Dunthorne

  Together, Tents, Reason Why

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• After that, we had a short conversation about how your body can sometimes seem totally separate. She said her body can feel like a distant bureaucracy controlled by telegrams from her brain, and I said my body is sometimes like that of Mario Mario, being controlled with a Nintendo joypad. Mario's surname is Mario.

  Joe Dunthorne

  Brain, Nintendo, Body

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• I said, names aren't important," he repeated. There was a silence between them for some seconds, then the Ranger said: "Do you know what is important?" Will shook his head. "Supper is important!

  John Flanagan

  Names, Silence, Important

  John Flanagan (2011). “The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger's Apprentice Book 1 )”, p.118, Random House

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• And, well, that's my story," I said. "I'm sorry that it's so, you know. Retarded.

  David Wong

  Sorry, Stories, Retarded

  David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.515, Titan Books

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• OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE, said Death. OTHERWISE, WHAT IS 4:30 A.M. FOR?

  Terry Pratchett

  Noise, Stockings

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• A legend can just as well be founded in the future as in the past." "It's called a 'prophecy,'" Urruah said. "You may have heard of the concept.

  Diane Duane

  Past, May, Legends

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• You wanna fight?" I asked. He looked up at me and, for just a second, hesitated, then said, "Yeah. I do." "Well, I'll save you the trouble. You win.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Fighting, Winning, Trouble

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• The secretary moved in to block Simon as I followed Thierry into the office. As the door closed, I heard her whisper, "I think it's very sweet, you sticking up for your brother like that." "I'm not trying to be sweet," Simon said, raising his voice so Thierry could hear. "I'm trying to be fair. But apparently no one's interested in that.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Sweet, Brother, Block

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• And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks

  Tom Robbins

  Sublime, Tasks, Goes On

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• God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.

  John Wilmot

  Wise, Kings, Promise

  John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (Illustrated)”, p.178, Delphi Classics

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• When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: "Try to bear lightly what needs must be." Socrates did. He faced death with a calmness and resignation that touched the hem of divinity.

  Dale Carnegie

  Trying, Friendly, Poison

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.82, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.

  Jeannette Walls

  Mom, Father, Worry

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not through with you yet. Are you prepared to accept your punishment?" I nodded reluctantly. I wasn't sure what a vampire's punishment might be. But I was ready to find out. "I sentence you to a thousand kisses," he said. "Can I begin now?

  Ellen Schreiber

  Kissing, Punishment, Vampire

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• The time would not pass. Somebody was playing with the clocks, and not only the electronic clocks but the wind-up kind too. The second hand on my watch would twitch once, and a year would pass, and then it would twitch again. There was nothing I could do about it. As an Earthling I had to believe whatever clocks said -and calendars.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Believe, Hands, Years

  Kurt Vonnegut (1969). “Slaughterhouse-five: or, The children's crusade, a duty-dance with death”

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• The problem that religious moderation poses for all of us is that it does not permit anything very critical to be said about religious literalism.

  Sam Harris

  Religious, Doe, Problem

  Sam Harris (2005). “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason”, p.20, W. W. Norton & Company

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• I think perhaps we want a more conscious life. We're tired of drudging and sleeping and dying. We're tired of seeing just a few people able to be individualists. We're tired of always deferring hope till the next generation. We're tired of hearing politicians and priests and cautious reformers... coax us, 'Be calm! Be patient! Wait! We have the plans for a Utopia already made; just wiser than you.' For ten thousand years they've said that. We want our Utopia now — and we're going to try our hands at it.

  Sinclair Lewis

  Tired, Sleep, Thinking

  Sinclair Lewis (1924). “Main Street”, p.228, Lulu.com

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• Ah," he said. "I had an . . . artistic disagreement with the director of the panto. As it happens, I take issue with the objectification of women in Cinderella, and the reliance on shoes as a means of identification. Surely you understand.

  Maureen Johnson

  Mean, Shoes, Issues

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Last Little Blue Envelope”, p.13, Harper Collins

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