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5201 Asked quotes by 2862 unique authors
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For instance," said the boy again, "if Christmas trees were people and people were Christmas trees, we'd all be chopped down, put up in the…
— Norton Juster
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You said, 'They’re harmless dreamers and they’re loved by the people.' 'What,' I asked you, 'is harmless about a dreamer, and what,' I asked you,…
— Tennessee Williams
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If you want some advice—which I'm sure you don't—you guys should lay off on the magic. Christian still thinks you're moving in on Lissa." "What?"…
— Richelle Mead
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Do you even know what hammerd means?" I asked. "Something to do with drinking your American beer out of a hole in the side of…
— Jennifer Rardin
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A Kiss," said Mogget sleepily. "Actually, just a breath would do. But you have to start kissing someone sometime, I suppose." "A breath?" she asked.…
— Garth Nix
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When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it…
— Stephen King
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Reluctantly, I pulled out my necklace and showed it to them. Samuel frowned. The little figure was stylized; I suppose he couldn't tell what it…
— Patricia Briggs
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So when he asked about getting high, I didn't think, I agreed. We smoked some good California green. Took three tries to put me in…
— Ellen Hopkins
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Really, these wizards! You'd think no one had ever had a cold before! Well, what is it?" she asked, hobbling through the bedroom door onto…
— Diana Wynne Jones
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You will, Judas, my brother. God will give you the strength, as much as you lack, because it is necessary—it is necessary for me to…
— Nikos Kazantzakis
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As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I guess some stories…
— Khaled Hosseini
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I asked myself if I would kill my parents to save his life, a question I had been posing since I was fifteen. The answer…
— Miranda July
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He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much…
— Dodie Smith
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She asked where he lived. Second to the right,' said Peter, 'and then straight on till morning.
— James M. Barrie
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What would they do to me," he asked in confidential tones, "if I refused to fly them?" We'd probably shoot you," ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen replied. We?"…
— Joseph Heller
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Theresa strode over to us in a swish of cloth. "Enough of this, animator. He can't do it, so he pays the price. Either leave…
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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They asked him for help rebuilding the farm, but e only shook his head with a pang of longing in his heart. I'm tracking your…
— Christopher Paolini
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One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air…
— Alice Walker
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By the way, did you fellows know that a hummingbird weighs as much as a quarter? Do you think a hummingbird also weighs the same…
— Calvin Trillin
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She remembered that once, when she was a little girl, she had seen a pretty young woman with golden hair down to her knees in…
— Regina Doman
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