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If you are thinking about something that happened a long time ago: Somebody asked you a question and you did not know the answer. That… — Richard Brautigan
He said he would come in,' the White Queen went on, `because he was looking for a hippopotamus. Now, as it happened, there wasn't such… — Lewis Carroll
Want to talk about Shakespeare's sonnets?" asked Orphu of Io. Are you shitting me?" The moravecs loved the ancient human colloquial phrases, the more scatological… — Dan Simmons
a man was on his way to the gallows when he met another, who asked him: where are you going, my friend? and the condemned… — Jose Saramago
D'ye think I don't know?" he asked softly. "It's me that has the easy part now. For if ye feel for me as I do… — Diana Gabaldon
How come it canâ€™t fly no better than a chicken?â€™ Milkman asked. Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Canâ€™t nobody… — Toni Morrison
She was wearing a pair of my pajamas with the sleeves rolled up. When she laughed I wanted her again. A minute later she asked… — Albert Camus
No one asked you to be happy. Get to work. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
What does he say?' he asked. 'Heâ€™s very sad,â€™ Ãšrsula answered, â€˜because he thinks that youâ€™re going to die.' 'Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling,… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Did you know that wasnâ€™t me, the other Max?â€ I asked. â€œYeah.â€ â€œWhen?â€ â€œRight away.â€ â€œHow?â€ I persisted. â€œWe look identical. She even had identical… — James Patterson
What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Ã‰owyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Mamma," whispered Rannoch as he nestled by her side, "what is man?" Bracken looked into her calf's eyes. "Man? Man is something you must always… — David Clement-Davies
When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didnâ€™t know. "Oh, sure you know," the photographer said. "She wants," said Jay… — Sylvia Plath
You asked me once,' said O'Brien, 'what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing… — George Orwell
What, did you think," she asked, laughing as he struggled up the bank, "that I, a Gaulish maiden, could not swim?" "I did not think… — G.A. Henty
Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was. "Is there any tea on this spaceship?"… — Douglas Adams
But why do only unimportant things?" asked Milo, who suddenly remembered how much time he spent each day doing them. "Think of all the trouble… — Norton Juster
galatea was a serious girl. she was pale and looked like tears all over. big ed passed his hand through his hair and said hello.… — Jack Kerouac
How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline. "I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my own mother's grave."… — Neil Gaiman
What is it really like to be engaged?" asked Anne curiously. "Well, that all depends on who you're engaged to," answered Diana, with that maddening… — Lucy Maud Montgomery

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