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What do these children do without storybooks?" Naftali asked. And Reb Zebulun replied: "They have to make do. Storybooks aren't bread. You can live without… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
You think this is a trap then?" the Count asked. "I always think everything is a trap until proven otherwise," the Prince answered. "Which is… — William Goldman
You owe the companies nothing. You especially don't owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They… — Banksy
And the joys I've felt have not always been joyous. I could have lived differently. When I was your age, my grandfather bought me a… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then… — Kurt Vonnegut
Whenever Iâ€™m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize… — Flannery O'Connor
I knew that our time together was almost over, I asked her if she liked sports, she asked me if I liked chess, I asked… — Jonathan Safran Foer
How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?" he asked. He waited a few minutes, but… — Ishmael Beah
You are okay?" he asked. "Not eaten by monsters?" "Not even a little bit." I showed him that I still had both arms and both… — Rick Riordan
I worked in a health food store once. A guy asked me, 'If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet? — Steven Wright
You learn something new everyday." "What are you learning?" Sophos asked. "To keep my mouth shut, I hope. — Megan Whalen Turner
Why do we have to listen to our hearts?" the boy asked. "Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure. — Paulo Coelho
Unfortunately, Childermass's French was so strongly accented by his native Yorkshire that Minervois did not understand and asked Strange if Childermass was Dutch. — Susanna Clarke
And as Jill gazed at its motionless bulk, she realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her… — C.S. Lewis
Do you think I'm wonderful? she asked him one day as they leaned against the trunk of a petrified maple. No, he said. Why? Because… — Jonathan Safran Foer
For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a cup of weak… — Neil Gaiman
prepare a little hot tea or broth and it should be brought to them . . . without their being asked if they would care… — Joan Didion
Thatâ€™s it?â€ Jason asked. â€œYou spent an hour talking about how lucky you were to be dying?â€ No, not dying, Son. Living. — Ted Dekker
A crossbow?â€ Pigeon asked. I left my battle-ax in my other jeans,â€ the man said. — Brandon Mull
Could you just call me Pigeon?â€ he asked the teacher when she read his name. â€œDoes your mother call you Pigeon?â€ â€œNo.â€ â€œThen to me… — Brandon Mull

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