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It seemed to Coraline that it was crouching, and staring down at her, as if it were not really a house but only the idea… — Neil Gaiman
My mind and gut are never simpatico: Every time I think somebody likes me, she doesn't; every time I think somebody doesn't like me, she… — Chuck Klosterman
My whole life I've been a fraud. I'm not exaggerating. Pretty much all I've ever done all the time is try to create a certain… — David Foster Wallace
Evolution has meant that our prefrontal lobes are too small, our adrenal glands are too big, and our reproductive organs apparently designed by committee; a… — Christopher Hitchens
There were certain things, learned so young and remembered so deep that they felt like little stones in the center of her mind. — Hugh Howey
It is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words. — Haruki Murakami
It's not that I want you to be a certain way--don't you want a boyfriend?" "Why bother with that? Let's find incubi." "Incubi?" "Demons. Plural.… — Holly Black
But magic, like everything else, follows certain natural laws. Magic needs energy wherever it can find it. If no other source of energy is available,… — Michael Scott
Probably all of us, writers and readers alike, set out into exile, or at least into a certain kind of exile, when we leave childhood… — Roberto Bolano
There is beautiful you are." "No," said Marged, between a sigh and a sob. "Yes," said Owen. "No," said Marged, not so certain. "Behold," Owen… — Richard Llewellyn
There is little hope of the repentance and redemption of certain some until they have committed one or another of the many wrong things of… — George MacDonald
His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they had been going in when he had his fall. He… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The fire. The odor of burning juniper is the sweetest fragrance on the face of the earth, in my honest judgment; I doubt if all… — Edward Abbey
I came to Him because I did not know which way to turn. I remained with Him because there is no other way I wish… — Ravi Zacharias
Truth is not only a matter of offense, in that it makes certain assertions. It is also a matter of defense in that it must… — Ravi Zacharias
I can see,â€™ Miss Emily said, â€˜that it might look as though you were simply pawns in a game. It can certainly be looked at… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, / The muttering retreats / Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels / And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:… — John Green
It's time for a new National Anthem. America is divided into two definite divisions. The easy thing to cop out with is sayin' black and… — Jimi Hendrix
I'm still picking pockets--I just do it as legally as I can. Being married to a cop limits certain activities. — Nora Roberts
Whenever people are certain they understand our peculiar situation here on this planet, it is because they have accepted a religious Faith or a secular… — Robert Anton Wilson

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