Do you know how rare such a thing is?” he asked quietly…

There's only one kind of common sense but a thousand varieties of stupidity.

— Evan Esar

As a consequence, I think of the idea of 'common practice' at any time as something that can only be seen by looking backwards.…

— Jennifer Higdon

“You’re too smart not to know how rare, how special, what you two had was.”

— André Aciman

I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Many of the earth's habitats, animals, plants, insects and even micro-organisms that we know to be rare may not be known at all by…

— Dalai Lama

“Why are you interested in me?” He asked quietly. Hmm. How to answer that one? I didn’t want to tell him that I thought…

— A. Meredith Walters

“What’s so unusual about that, princess?” he asked quietly. “Do you know how your story ends?”

— Cornelia Funke

“Her mouth lifted from his, a few inches. “What makes you think…” Iona asked him quietly, “that I would let you die by any…

— Cynthia Eden

“We have to learn something from what came before.” “What’s that?” she asked quietly. “We have to learn, even when it gets hard, we…

— Kristen Ashley

“You still trying to save me, Mallory?" Ty asked quietly. Her heart was hammering so loud she couldn't hear herself talk. "I can't seem…

— Jill Shalvis

“Why are you helping me?” she asked quietly. “Because Oscar is here,” he responded automatically. “And he’s one of us. The real question is…

— Jane Washington

“Which man, Fitz?" I asked quietly.”

— Jim Butcher

“She makes you happy, son?" he asked quietly. "No," I said, shaking my head. "She makes me whole.”

— Jay McLean

“What are you feeling?” he asked quietly. “Like I wish things were different right now.” I shrugged helplessly, giving in to it. “For us.…

— Melanie Harlow

That's actually a rare thing to be on a set full of people that you admire and make you laugh all the time.

— Ed Helms