One takes things for granted too much," said Emily Brent.

My niceness got me nomore . Actually a lot of people has taken that for granted . So with that being said don't speak…

— Anonymous

“Take my love for granted," he said, "and I shall do the same for you.”

— Nancy Horan

“Lately, she found herself thinking about Brent a lot, and for the first time, feeling angry. Because she had been twelve years old and…

— Kelly Braffet

If I've only got a career if I bring David Brent back, you can have it.

— Ricky Gervais

“The wind picked up intensity as Brent’s lips found mine, and I decided our training sessions were going to be a lot of fun.”

— Lani Woodland

“Tell me this--if you knew you would be poor as a church mouse all your life--if you knew you'd never have a line published--would…

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

“Ten good lines out of four hundred, Emily—comparatively good, that is—and all the rest balderdash—balderdash, Emily." "I—suppose so," said Emily faintly. Her eyes brimmed…

— L.M. Montgomery

“Pennsylvania." The boys nodded appreciatively, as if Abby had said Emily was from Naughty Dirty Sex Land”

— Sara Shepard

“Everyone expected Emily to take care and take charge. It had always been this way. When her mother was sick, she'd filled out her…

— Allegra Goodman

“Victorian and touchingly respectable. “I have been crying,” confessed Lady Agatha. “I was afraid so, Lady Agatha,” said Emily.”

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“It was night. There was a drizzle, so Emily's black Japanese umbrella was up. The two were close beneath it, walking in long strides,…

— Jessica Amanda Salmonson

“Don't be silly,” Linda said. “Emily knew all the time.” Emily pulled an old flowerpot out of her way. “Let's look for the box,”…

— Patricia Reilly Giff

In elementary school, I think all my report cards said, 'Emily plays well alone.'

— Emily Hampshire

“My dear sir,’ said Emily, timidly, ‘what mean those tears?’—they speak, I fear, another language—they plead for me.”

— Ann Radcliffe

“If you please, Great-Aunt Nancy," said Emily deliberately, "I don't like to be told I look like other people. I look just like myself.”

— L.M. Montgomery