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title: "7 Asked Thinking Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [“Once, walking with him, Paola had stopped and asked him what he was thinking about, and the fact that she was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-leon/once-walking-with-him-paola-had-stopped-and-asked-him-what-he-was/)

[Donna Leon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-leon/)

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> [When you think of it, really there are four fundamental questions of life. Youve asked them, Ive asked them, every thinking person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/when-you-think-of-it-really-there-are-four-fundamental-questions-of/)

[Ravi Zacharias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-zacharias/)

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> [I remember my mum coming into my bedroom when I was lying awake one night, and she asked what I was thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-novak-2/i-remember-my-mum-coming-into-my-bedroom-when-i-was-lying-awake-one/)

[B. J. Novak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-novak-2/)

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> [“What are you thinking?” she asked. “I’m thinking that you are all good things in one place,” he said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-willow-wilson/what-are-you-thinking-she-asked-i-m-thinking-that-you-are-all-good/)

[G. Willow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-willow-wilson/)

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> [Mayfield said, "You asked what I was thinking. Well, I will tell you. I was thinking that a man like myself, after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-dewitt/mayfield-said-you-asked-what-i-was-thinking-well-i-will-tell-you-i/)

[Patrick deWitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-dewitt/)

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> [“Of what are you thinking now?" she asked. "I am thinking of myself." "That's just what I am doing." "Are you also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jens-peter-jacobsen/of-what-are-you-thinking-now-she-asked-i-am-thinking-of-myself-that-s/)

[Jens Peter Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jens-peter-jacobsen/)

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> [“Do you regret marrying her?” I whispered. “I regret hurting both of you.” He smoothed his hand over my hairline. “When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hawkins/do-you-regret-marrying-her-i-whispered-i-regret-hurting-both-of-you/)

[Jessica Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hawkins/)

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