Things To Do Quotes - Page 35

• People took such awful chances with chemicals and their bodies because they wanted the quality of their lives to improve. They lived in ugly places where there were only ugly things to do. They didn't own doodley-squat, so they couldn't improve their surroundings. so they did their best to make their insides beautiful instead.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Beautiful, Ugly Things, People

  Kurt Vonnegut (1973). “Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!”, Dell

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• Richard wondered how the marquis managed to make being pushed around in a wheelchair look like a romantic and swashbuckling thing to do.

  Neil Gaiman

  Looks, Wheelchairs

  Neil Gaiman (2010). “Neverwhere”, p.186, Hachette UK

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• That moment she was mine, mine, fair, Perfectly pure and good: I found A thing to do, and all her hair In one long yellow string I wound Three times her little throat around, And strangled her. No pain felt she; I am quite sure she felt no pain. As a shut bud that holds a bee, I warily oped her lids: again Laughed the blue eyes without a stain. And I untightened the next tress About her neck; her cheek once more Blushed bright beneath my burning kiss . . .

  Robert Browning

  Pain, Eye, Kissing

  'Porphyria's Lover' (1842) l. 38

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• Sometimes when we're in love, we take the facts and spin them into pretty stories. But it's a dangerous thing to do--because one day, like it or not, you're going to see the world as it really is. You find out people aren't always who you want them to be. And if you're not ready for the truth...well, let's just say it can come as a bit of a shock.

  Kirsten Miller

  Love, People, One Day

  Kirsten Miller (2010). “The Eternal Ones”, p.44, Penguin

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• I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I try to be a good person is because I think it's the right thing to do. If I commit fewer bad acts there will be fewer bad acts, maybe other people will join in committing fewer bad acts, and in time there will be fewer and fewer of them.

  Daniel Handler

  Karma, Fate, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Daniel Handler from Jul 25, 2008

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• Ranger picked up and there was a moment of silence as if he was sensing me at the other end, taking my body temperature and heart rate long distance. “Babe,” he finally said. “Do you know the slum apartment building Bobby Sunflower owns on Stark?” “Yes. It’s on the same block as his funeral home.” “That’s the one. I’m going in to look for someone. If you don’t hear from me in a half hour maybe you could send someone to check.” “Is this a smart thing to do?” “Probably not.” “As long as you know,” Ranger said. And he disconnected.

  Janet Evanovich

  Block, Smart, Distance

  Janet Evanovich (2010). “Sizzling Sixteen”, p.20, Macmillan

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• If you really want to know, I’d rather not have been born at all. I find life very tiring. The thing’s done now, of course, and I can’t alter it. But there will always be this regret at the back of my mind, I shall never quite be able to get rid of it, and it will spoil everything. The thing to do now is to grow old quickly, to eat up the years as fast as possible, looking neither right nor left.

  J.M.G. Le Clézio

  Regret, Years, Mind

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• Even if there was such a thing as a half-price sale at the local Ming outlet shop, she would have to work ten lifetimes to make up such a sum. Always supposing that it wasn't one of a kind. Panic was no longer merely rearing. It was thundering through her at full throttle. There was only one thing to be done, she realized. The mature, responsible, adult thing to do. Hide the evidence.

  Alexandra Ivy

  Supposing That, Adults, Done

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• It was an odd thing to do, to stand in a street in the hope of seeing someone who hardly knew him, but he did not want to move.

  Ken Follett

  Moving, Want, Odd Things

  Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.408, Penguin

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• It is only now, these years later, that Rahel with adult hindsight recognized the sweetness of that gesture. A grown man entertaining three raccoons, treating them like real ladies. Instinctively colluding in the conspiracy of their fiction, taking care not to decimate it with adult carelessness. Or affection. It is after all so easy to shatter a story. To break a chain of thought. To ruin a fragment of a dream being carried around carefully like a piece of porcelain. To let it be, to travel with it, as Velutha did, is much the harder thing to do.

  Arundhati Roy

  Dream, Real, Men

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• I was disappointed in Coop. He hated being bored and so did I. He was always looking for different things to do and coming up with new adventures that kept us moving. That was his job. Trolling for girls at the beach was okay by me, but I didn't want it to be our sole focus. Besides, the girls I liked had more interesting things to do than spend every waking moment sitting around at the beach comparing tans.

  D. J. MacHale

  Girl, Beach, Jobs

  D.J. MacHale (2010). “The Light”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• Corrival looked around. 'So is this it? Is everyone here? Erskine, maybe you should start the ball rolling. I have places to go and things to do.' 'Me?' Ravel asked. 'Why do I have to start it? You're the most respected mage here. You start it, or Skulduggery.' Skulduggery shook his head. 'I can't start it. I don't like most of these people. I might start shooting.

  Derek Landy

  People, Rolling, Balls

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• The easiest thing to do on earth is not write…But this is life on earth, you can't have everything.

  William Goldman

  Writing, Earth

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• Sometimes the only thing to do is to take the thing that you must have. Even if someone gets hurt.

  Stephen King

  Hurt, Sometimes, Ifs

  Stephen King (2011). “Full Dark, No Stars”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• The debate raged on for so long, at last Saphira had interrupted with a roar that shook the walls of the command tent. Then she said, I am sore and tired, and Eragon is doing a poor job of explaining himself. We have better things to do than stand around yammering like jackdaws, no? ... Good now listen to me. It was reflected Eragon, hard to argue with a dragon.

  Christopher Paolini

  Jobs, Wall, Tired

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1435, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• If you had your way you’d pass a law to abolish all the little jobs, the little things. But then you’d leave yourselves nothing to do between the big jobs and you’d have a devil of a time thinking up things to do so you wouldn’t go crazy. Instead of that, why not let nature show you a few things? Cutting grass and pulling weeds can be a way of life, son.

  Ray Bradbury

  Weed, Jobs, Crazy

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• Perhaps you should put your head down.” I knew this was the thing to do, although I’ve never fainted and I don’t intend to.

  Franny Billingsley

  Should

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• When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it

  George R. R. Martin

  Eye, Finding Yourself, Bed

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.302, Bantam

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• Her phone rang again. “What?” she snapped as she answered it. Myrnin, of course. “Are you on your way?” “No!” “Claire, there are things to do.” “Here, too,” she said. “And I’m staying here, believe me.” Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, “Bob would be very disappointed in you.” “Bob the spider?” “He looks at you like a mother, you know. I’m surprised at your lack of work ethic. Think of the example you set for—” She hung up on him and turned the phone on vibrate and relaxed in Shane’s arms.

  Rachel Caine

  Mother, Believe, Thinking

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• after an epic search, I finally found something neither green nor fuzzy. It was a hot sausage link. I named it Peter, mostly because it seemed like the right thing to do. As soon as my java was piping hot I popped him into the microwave. hopefully the radioactive environment would sterilize Peter. No need to have little Peters running around, wreaking havoc.

  Darynda Jones

  Running, Epic, Hot

  Darynda Jones (2012). “Third Grave Dead Ahead”, p.8, St. Martin's Press

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• When people hurt us, the best thing to do isn’t to ask why they did it but to remind ourselves that it wasn’t our fault.

  Michael Thomas Ford

  Hurt, People, Faults

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• It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.

  Terry Pratchett

  Ideas, People, Important

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Sourcery: (Discworld Novel 5)”, p.318, Random House

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• I can think of a lot of things to do," he said, "and none of them involve standing up. - Al

  Kim Harrison

  Thinking, Als, Said

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• He almosted smiled. "There you go again. Why? Why do yo keep helping me?" There were a million answers on my lips, everything from It's the right thing to do to I don't know. Instead, I said, "Because I want to.

  Richelle Mead

  Answers, Want, Lips

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• There's a right thing to do," Holden said. "You don't have a right thing, friend," Miller said. "You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong.

  James S.A. Corey

  Littles, Holden, Said

  James S. A. Corey (2011). “Leviathan Wakes: Book 1 of the Expanse (now a major TV series on Netflix)”, p.235, Hachette UK

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