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• When a man is in love how can he use old words? Should a woman desiring her lover lie down with grammarians and linguists? I said nothing to the woman I loved but gathered love's adjectives into a suitcase and fled from all languages.

  Nizar Qabbani

  Lying, Men, Adjectives

  Nizar Qabbani, “Language”

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• No mother is ever, completely, a child's idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as well. But despite everything, we didn't do too badly by one another, we did as well as most.

  Margaret Atwood

  Mother, Children, Ideas

  FaceBook post by Margaret Atwood from Sep 25, 2014

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• Any idiot can stand in front of a target," I say. "It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying us. Which, as I recall is a sign of cowardice" "Then it should be easy for you," Eric sys. "If you're willing ot take his place.

  Veronica Roth

  Bullying, Eric, Target

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• But you're dead," said Harry. "Oh yes," said Dumbledore matter-of-factly. "Then...I'm dead too?" "Ah," said Dumbledore, smiling still more broadly. "That is the question, isn't it? On the whole, dear boy, I think not.” They looked at each other, the old man still beaming. "Not?" repeated Harry. "Not," said Dumbledore. "But…" Harry raised his hand instinctively toward the lightning scar. It did not seem to be there. "But I should have died—I didn't defend myself! I meant to let him kill me!" "And that," said Dumbledore, "will, I think, have made all the difference.

  J. K. Rowling

  Boys, Men, Thinking

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• With respect," said Red, and his voice had gone so quiet people hushed each other to hear him, "my tale is yet unfinished; you should hear me out. And it is her answer I have come to hear, not yours.

  Juliet Marillier

  Quiet People, Voice, Gone

  Juliet Marillier (2008). “Daughter of the Forest: A Sevenwaters Novel 1”, p.259, Pan Australia

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• Together we made our way down to the street level. Neither of us said a word. The music was awful--Neil Diamond or something. I should've made that part of my gift form the gods: better elevator tunes.

  Rick Riordan

  Together, Tunes, Levels

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• the object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have a new soul.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Inspiring, New Year, Inspiration

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• I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.

  Franz Kafka

  Common, Breathe, Corners

  Franz Kafka (2016). “The Trial”, p.11, Franz Kafka

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• Could you help me catch the moon?” “I might be able to give you some advice,” the old man said reluctantly. “But first you should think this over, boy. When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you’ll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Love You, Boys, Moon

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.550, Penguin

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• Should I pull on a shirt?" he asked with hint of amusement. I WILL NOT BLUSH. "No." He'd be doing the world a favor if he never wore a shirt again, but I wasn't going to tell him that part. "You're fine.

  Gena Showalter

  Hints, World, Amusement

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• It's nice that you spend a day with your mother,' she said. "Children should do it more often.

  Mitch Albom

  Mother, Children, Nice

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• His statement to himself should have been, 'I possess this now, therefore I am happy', instead of what it so Victorianly was: "I cannot possess this for ever, and therefore am sad."

  John Fowles

  Should Have, Forever, Has Beens

  "The French Lieutenant's Woman".

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• He gave Marcie a spare to the Jeep—I should park this thing in the ocean, twenty feet under.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Ocean, Feet, Twenties

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.462, Simon and Schuster

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• She was my rain. She was my unpredictable element. She was my fear. But a racer should not be afraid of rain; a racer should embrace the rain.

  Garth Stein

  Rain, Elements, Embrace

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

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• Lose what? A man only has a soul to be won or lost; apart from his life, he has nothing. Past or future lives do not matter - at the moment you are living this one, and you should do so with silent comprehension, joy and enthusiasm. What you must not lose is your enthusiasm.

  Paulo Coelho

  Past, Men, Joy

  Paulo Coelho (2015). “Warrior of the Light -”, p.3, Booklassic

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• A person of your century: Great persons are of their time. Not all were born into a period worthy of them, and many so born failed to benefit by it. Some merited a better century, for all that is good does not always triumph. Fashions have their periods and even the greatest virtues, their styles. But the philosopher, being ageless, has one advantage: Should this not prove the right century, many to follow will.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Fashion, Style, Triumph

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• Art should look like art, trees and flowers and people, not weird shapes and splotches of color all smeared together.

  Jennifer Estep

  Art, Flower, Color

  Jennifer Estep (2013). “Deadly Sting”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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• I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, 'SHE a beauty!--I should as soon call her mother a wit.' But afterwards she seemed to improve on you, and I believe you thought her rather pretty at one time." "Yes," replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, "but THAT was only when I first saw her, for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance.

  Jane Austen

  Mother, Believe, Night

  Jane Austen (2015). “Annotated Pride and Prejudice with English Grammar Exercises: by Jane Austen (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, p.329, Powell Publications, LLC

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• We're on speaking terms today. I say, Maybe we should hang out with the boys, and you shake your head. I want to spend time with you, you say. If we're still good, next week maybe. That's the most we can hope for. Nothing thrown, nothing said that we might remember for years. You watch me while you put a brush through your hair. Each strand that breaks is as long as my arm. You don't want to let go, but don't want to be hurt, either. It's not a great place to be but what can I tell you?

  Junot Diaz

  Letting Go, Hurt, Boys

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• They were also slightly less intelligent than he was. This is a quality you should always pray for in your would-be murderer.

  Terry Pratchett

  Intelligent, Quality, Would Be

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Men At Arms: (Discworld Novel 15)”, p.175, Random House

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• She reached up and curled her fingers into mine. “He should take you to dinner.” To say that the mere thought horrified me would have been a grievous understatement. I threw up a little in my mouth then swallowed hard. I told Taft when I recovered, “Just please, for the love of God, find a girl good enough to take home to your mother. And do it soon.” “And stop dating skanks.

  Darynda Jones

  Girl, Mother, Home

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• But for I am a woman should I therefore live that I should not tell you the goodness of God?

  Julian of Norwich

  Goodness, Should I, Goodness Of God

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• The kind of work that should be the main part of life is the kind of work you would want to do if you weren't being paid for it. It’s work that comes out of your own internal needs, interests and concerns.

  Noam Chomsky

  Needs, Want, Kind

  "Work, Learning And Freedom". Interview with Michael Kasenbacher, www.newleftproject.org. December 24, 2012.

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• While friendship has been by far the chief source of my happiness, acquaintance or general society has always meant little to me, and I cannot quite understand why a man should wish to know more people than he can make real friends of.

  C. S. Lewis

  Real, Men, People

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• Has anyone ever told you that you should wear a hat? It would fit the missing eye quite well.' -Kathana to Mat

  Robert Jordan

  Eye, Missing, Hats

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