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• Come here,” she says. “No, you come here.” “I said it first.” “Rock paper scissors.” “No. Because you’ll do nerdy calculations and work out what I chose the last six times and then you’ll win.” Will pushes away from the table and his hand snakes out and he pulls her toward him and Tom figures that Will was always going to go to her first.

  Melina Marchetta

  Winning, Rocks, Hands

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• I guess Satan was the first superhero [...] In his first adventure, he took the form of a snake to free two prisoners being held naked in a Third World jungle prison by an all-powerful megalomaniac. At the same time, he broadened their diet and introduced them to their own sexuality.

  Joe Hill

  Powerful, Adventure, Two

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• I loved him in that moment, loved him more than I'd ever loved anyone, and I wanted to to tell them all that I was the snake in the grass, the monster in the lake. I wasn't worthy of this sacrifice; I was a liar, a cheat, a thief. And I would have told, except that a part of me was glad. Glad that this would all be over with soon. Baba would dismiss them, there would be some pain, but life would move on. I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Pain, Liars, Moving

  Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.51, A&C Black

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• You are becoming a snake tomorrow,
  and as you start to devour people,
  with that mouth that has eaten others,
  you cry your love to me,
  and the same as today,
  I do wonder,
  will I be able to say my love to you?

  Tite Kubo

  People, Bleach, Mouths

  "Bleach". Manga Series by Tite Kubo, August 20, 2001–August 22, 2016.

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• What’s happened so far? Coyotes evolved limited powers of speech. Worms developed teeth and became aggressive and territorial. Snakes grew wings and developed a new form of metamorphosis. Some of us developed powers. So far there’s been a lot of strange, but not a lot of stupid. This, though, this”—she aimed her finger at the carcass of the monstrosity—“is just stupid.

  Michael Grant

  Stupid, Wings, Teeth

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• I'm a snake oil salesman as much as anyone else, but I try to keep something for myself.

  Freedy Johnston

  Oil, Trying, Music Business

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• The President wants to talk about a terrorist named bin Laden. I don't want to talk about bin Laden. I want to talk about a terrorist called Christopher Columbus. I want to talk about a terrorist called George Washington. I want to talk about a terrorist called Rudy Giuliani. The real terrorists have always been the United Snakes of America.

  Malik Zulu Shabazz

  Real, America, Patriotism

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• Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
  And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;
  For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
  Is blackened - Man's forgiveness give and take!

  Omar Khayyam

  Forgiveness, Men, Giving

  Omar Khayyam (2009). “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam”, p.111, Cosimo, Inc.

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• He was clearly related to Declan: same nose, same dark eyebrows, same phenomenal teeth. But there was a carefully cultivated sense of danger to this Lynch brother. This was not a rattlesnake hidden in the grass, but a deadly coral snake striped with warning colors. Everything about him was a warning: If this snake bit you, you had no one to blame but yourself.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Brother, Dark, Color

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.160, Scholastic Inc.

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• There is a pair of snakes who have learned to drive a car so recklessly that they would run you over in the street and never stop to apologize.

  Daniel Handler

  Running, Car, Pairs

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• Sam, clinging to Frodo's arm, collapsed on a step in the black darkness. 'Poor old Bill!' he said in a choking voice. 'Poor old Bill! Wolves and snakes! But the snakes were too much for him. I had to choose, Mr. Frodo. I had to come with you.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Voice, Darkness, Black

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.220, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• And somewhat as in blind night, on a mild sea, a sailor may be made aware of an iceberg, fanged and mortal, bearing invisibly near, by the unwarned charm of its breath, nothingness now revealed itself: that permanent night upon which the stars in their expiring generations are less than the glinting of gnats, and nebulae, more trivial than winter breath; that darkness in which eternity lies bent and pale, a dead snake in a jar, and infinity is the sparkling of a wren blown out to sea; that inconceivable chasm of invulnerable silence in which cataclysms of galaxies rave mute as amber.

  James Agee

  Stars, Lying, Winter

  James Agee (2008). “A Death in the Family”, p.66, Penguin

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• If you’re listening to this, congratulations! You survived Doomsday. I’d like to apologize straightaway for any inconvenience the end of the world may have caused you. The earthquakes, rebellions, riots,tornadoes, floods, tsunamis, and of course the giant snake who swallowed the sun—I’m afraid most of that was our fault. Carter and I decided we should at least explain how it happened.

  Rick Riordan

  Congratulations, Earthquakes, Listening

  Rick Riordan (2012). “The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles Book 3)”, p.9, Penguin UK

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• That earns him a smack with my book bag. "Ow." He clutches his arm. "What do you have in there? Books?" A grin snakes across his face. "I like my women feisty." He adds, "I like my broken.

  Julie Anne Peters

  Book, Broken, Add

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• If you were to turn into a snake tomorrow and begin devouring humans, and from the same mouth you started devouring humans, you cried out to me 'I love you,' would I still be able to say 'I love you' the same way I do today?

  Tite Kubo

  Love You, Bleach, Mouths

  "Fictional character: Gin Ichimaru". Anime series "Bleach" ("Goodbye... Rangiku", 2011), 2004-2012.

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• Leo had seen Tia Callida in action; she liked knives, snakes and putting babies in roaring fires. Yeah, definitely let's unleash her rage. Great idea.

  Rick Riordan

  Baby, Fire, Knives

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• Australians are very unfair in this way. They spend half of any conversation insisting that the country's dangers are vastly overrated and that there's nothing to worry about, and the other half telling you how six months ago their Uncle Bob was driving to Mudgee when a tiger snake slid out from under the dashboard and bit him on the groin, but that it's okay now because he's off the life support machine and they've discovered he can communicate with eye blinks.

  Bill Bryson

  Country, Uncles, Eye

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• When a woman teams up with a snake a moral storm threatens somewhere.

  Stacy Schiff

  Team, Storm, Moral

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• Oh, Randall, don't be such a vile beast!" "I don't think much of that",he said critically. "Amiable snake was much better.

  Georgette Heyer

  Thinking, Beast, Said

  Georgette Heyer (2010). “Behold, Here's Poison”, p.291, Random House

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• Rand, maybe that's the answer they give to everybody. Those snake people, I mean. Got to Rhuidean. Maybe we don't have to be here at all.' He did not believe it, but with that fog staring him in the face. ... Rand turned his head to look at him, not speaking. Finally he said, 'They never mentioned Rhuidean to me, Mat.' 'Oh, burn me,' he muttered.

  Robert Jordan

  Believe, Mean, Fog

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• When are the world's political parties going to get appropriate symbols: snake, louse, jackal, ... trash can, clown face, ... dollar bill with bat wings on it?

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Party, Wings, Political

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• (T)here was a story they used to tell at home about a girl whose punishment was that every time she opened her mouth, snakes and toads came out, snakes and toads with every word. The book didn't say what she did about it, but I've always assumed she probably ended up keeping her mouth shut.

  Thomas Mann

  Girl, Book, Home

  Thomas Mann (1995). “The magic mountain: a novel”, Random House, Inc.

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• She's gone. Been gone for ages. They split up right after you left. That's why the grass out front started growing again." "He's got a new girlfriend?" she said quietly. "Thank god. You must be happy." "Yeah. He does. It's a relief. She's a lot nicer. But then, your average angry snake is nicer than Fiona. I'm sure she's happier wherever she is now, burning orphans or whatever she does with her time.

  Maureen Johnson

  Girlfriend, Average, Thank God

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Last Little Blue Envelope”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• Lief. That's not nice, considering all your sister has done for you," admonished Perl. "Oh right. How could I forget that she made me bait for a snake, left me on house arrest in Ixia, and smuggled me into the Keep in a coffin.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Nice, House, Bait

  "Fire Study". Book by Maria V. Snyder, 2008.

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• Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

  Maureen Johnson

  Hurt, Giving, Over You

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.161, Penguin

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