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5201 Asked quotes by 2862 unique authors
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Women of the Gallagher Academy, who comes here?" she asked. Just then, every girl at every table (even the newbies) stood and said in unison,…
— Ally Carter
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Who has not asked himself at some time or other: am I a monster or is this what it means to be a person?
— Clarice Lispector
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You are doing the best you can, and that best results in good to yourself and to others. Do not nag yourself with a sense…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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So you think that money is the root of all evil? [...] Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a…
— Ayn Rand
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She said she knew we were safe with you, and always would be, because once, when she asked you to, you'd given up the thing…
— Edith Wharton
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The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slow growing and wouldn't reach…
— John F. Kennedy
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A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is…
— Wendy Mass
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Itt iss Eevill…" "What is going to happen?" "Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!"… "And we’re not alone, you know, children," came Mrs.Whatsit, the comforter. "…some…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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When the poet Paul Valery once asked Albert Einstein if he kept a notebook to record his ideas, Einstein looked at him with mild but…
— Bill Bryson
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Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't mind you bending…
— Jeannette Walls
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When some drunken fool asked if she was a lesbian, she would say, 'In everything but sexual preference.
— Michael Chabon
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What does it mean to be yourself?†he asked. “If it means to do what you think you ought to do, then you’re doing that…
— Scott Adams
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Is it still there?" I asked, staring at his head, bent over, as he wedged the stethoscope beneath my left breast. And then, before I…
— Jennifer Weiner
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The waitress brought me another drink. She wanted to light my hurricane lamp again. I wouldn't let her. "Can you see anything in the dark,…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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If ever asked to look at yourself, don't.
— Bob Dylan
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She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I…
— Khaled Hosseini
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Yo! You’re my dope dealer not my thesis adviser. If I wanted your opinion about my dissertation, I’d have asked for it, Motherfucker!
— Mark Leyner
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To have her meals, and her daily walk, and her fill of novels, and to be left alone, was all that she asked of the…
— Anthony Trollope
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When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.
— Anton Chekhov
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The efficiency of the cleaning solution in liquefying wizards suggested the operation of an antithetical principal,which-" "Did you have to get him started?" Cimorene asked…
— Patricia C. Wrede
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