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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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• Moreover, the attitude that one ought to believe such and such a proposition, independently of the question whether there is evidence in its favor, is an attitude which produces hostility to evidence and causes us to close our minds to every fact that does not suit our prejudices.

  Bertrand Russell

  Attitude, Believe, Mind

  Bertrand Russell (2016). “Why I Am Not a Christian”, p.55, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Thoroughly convinced of the impossibility of his own suit, a high resolve constrained him not to injure that of another. This is a lover's most stoical virtue, as the lack of it is a lover's most venial sin.

  Thomas Hardy

  Lovers, Sin, Virtue

  Thomas Hardy (2016). “FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (British Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel”, p.130, e-artnow

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• For the way loneliness is worse when you return to it after a reprieve—like the soul’s version of putting on a wet bathing suit, clammy and miserable.

  Laini Taylor

  Loneliness, Soul, Way

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• I know it's practical for career women, but sneakers with suits? Jesus couldn't possibly weep harder than I did.

  MaryJanice Davidson

  Jesus, Sneakers, Careers

  MaryJanice Davidson (2006). “Undead and Unpopular: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.21, Penguin

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• You say that my way of thinking cannot be tolerated? What of it? The man who alters his way of thinking to suit othere is a fool. My way of thinking is the result of my reflections. It is part of my inner being,the way I am made. I do not contradict them, and would not even if I wished to. For my system, which you disapprove of is also my greatest comfort in life, the source of all my happiness -it means more to me than my life itself.

  Marquis de Sade

  Mean, Thinking, Reflection

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• He’s worth fighting for, but I won’t change who I am for any man. No more than he should alter himself to suit me.

  Ann Aguirre

  Fighting, Men, Who I Am

  Ann Aguirre (2011). “Aftermath”, p.257, Penguin

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• He left Himmel Street wearing his hangover and a suit.

  Markus Zusak

  Hangover, Himmel Street, Streets

  Markus Zusak (2014). “Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger”, p.422, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Your cat just got cat hair on me.” “It’s only fair,” Min said. “Your suit just got expensive suit lint on him.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Cat, Hair, Said

  Jennifer Crusie (2006). “Welcome to Temptation/Bet Me”, p.550, Macmillan

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• I changed your life.” She looked down at the peach they shared. “You changed min. I’m glad of it.” And back into his eyes. “Every day. I’m glad of it. I’d like a pond, and maybe something to sit on so we could watch the creepy, interesting fish.” “That would suit me very well.” She linked her arms around his neck, laid her cheek on his. Love finds a way, she thought.

  Nora Roberts

  Eye, Interesting, Creepy

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• You might wish to revisit your understanding of the word everything.” Gregory turned to his mother. “Vocabulary and comprehension were never her strong suits.” Violet rolled her eyes. “Every day I marvel that the two of you managed to reach adulthood.” “Afraid we’d kill each other?” Gregory quipped. “No, that I’d do the job myself.

  Julia Quinn

  Mother, Strong, Jobs

  Julia Quinn (2006). “On the way to the wedding”

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• History isn't like that. History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, reknitted to suit different people, shoved in a box under the sink of censorship to be cut up for the dusters of propaganda, yet it always - eventually - manages to spring back into its old familar shape. History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it. History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It's been around a long time.

  Terry Pratchett

  Spring, Cutting, Thinking

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• Because beyond their practical function, all gestures have a meaning that exceeds the intention of those who make them; when people in bathing suits fling themselves into the water, it is joy itself that shows in the gesture, notwithstanding any sadness the divers may actually feel. When someone jumps into the water fully clothed, it is another thing entirely: the only person who jumps into the water fully clothed is a person trying to drown; and a person trying to drown does not dive headfirst; he lets himself fall: thus speaks the immemorial language of gestures.

  Milan Kundera

  Fall, Sadness, Water

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• He was the most perfectly formed man she'd ever imagined. He was movie stars, men in underwear commercials, guys at the gym, the construction worker in the red T-shirt who'd whistled at her but she'd pretended she hadn't heard; he was the men in three-piece suits whose brains were as sexy as their bodies; he was lazy, indolent seventeen-year-old boys whose muscles bulged out of their clothes, rodeo stars, and those smooth-cheeked, eyeglassed men who held their children tenderly. He was all of them.

  Jude Deveraux

  Sexy, Stars, Children

  Jude Deveraux (2012). “Sweet Liar”, p.255, Simon and Schuster

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• You might have been paid back enough to suit you" I said, "but I don't know if you've been paid back enough to suit me.

  Charlaine Harris

  Suits You, Might, Enough

  Charlaine Harris (2003). “Club Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.147, Penguin

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• We're so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing who we are until we fit in.

  Charles de Lint

  Jobs, Cutting, Editing

  Charles De Lint (2000). “Triskell Tales: Twenty-two Years of Chapbooks”, Subterranean

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• Maybe it's like Mac says. Ever man winds up with the horse that suits him.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Horse, Men, Wind

  Cormac McCarthy (2010). “Cities of the Plain”, p.14, Pan Macmillan

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• The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else,and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit.

  George Orwell

  Average, Income, Rich

  George Orwell (2012). “Down and Out in Paris and London”, p.86, Lulu.com

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• You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.

  George R. R. Martin

  Moving, Thinking, Suits Of Armor

  George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.540, Bantam

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• Don’t mind me,” I said. “I’m just the person who tried to rob the place last July.” “No, you diddn’t,” Abby said, appearing on the roof. She was wearing a trim suit and tall black boots. Her hair was pulled into a sleek ponytail at the nape of her neck, and either i was imagining things or Townsend wasn’t quite as good a spy as I thought, because I could have sworn I saw him drool a little. Note to self: your aunt is a hottie.

  Ally Carter

  Aunt, Hair, July

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• I have not led an ordinary life, nor a life that would suit everyone. I took great risks, but because I did, I also earned great reward. I found the way to show my true face freely, without fear. Because of this, I found true love.

  Cameron Dokey

  True Love, Risk, Ordinary

  Cameron Dokey (2012). “Once: Before Midnight; Golden; Wild Orchid”, p.408, Simon and Schuster

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• Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Character, Men, Might

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• I'm saying your name in the grocery store, I'm saying your name on the bridge at dawn. Your name like an animal covered with frost, your name like a music that's been transposed, a suit of fur, a coat of mud, a kick in the pants, a lungful of glass, the sails in wind and the slap of waves on the hull.

  Richard Siken

  Animal, Glasses, Wind

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• O prejudice, prejudice, prejudice, how many hast thou destroyed! Men who might have been wise have remained fools because they thought they were wise. Many judge what the gospel ought to be, but do not actually enquire as to what it is. They do not come to the Bible to obtain their views of religion, but they open that Book to find texts to suit the opinions which they bring to it. They are not open to the honest force of truth, and therefore are not saved by it.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Wise, Book, Men

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• Oh confound that gray-and-scarlet suit!" Sophie said. "I refuse to believe that I was the one that got caught with it!

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Believe, Sophie, Caught

  Diana Wynne Jones (2002). “Wizard's Castle”

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