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207 quotes by 184 authors

...When this map was made, there was only empty forest in the south," Gran told Birle."Not empty," Granda corrected her. "The forest is never empty. — Cynthia Voigt
My cousin Roger once told me, on the eve of his third wedding, that he felt marriage was addictive. Then he corrected himself. I mean… — Anne Tyler
So, to add to a momentous day, I corrected a misconception that my family had held for at least fifteen years and came out to… — Graeme Simsion
The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must be always ready… — Marcus Aurelius
She was, in fact, quite a pleasant looking girl, even if her bosom had clearly been intended for a girl two feet taller; but she… — Terry Pratchett
Then it's settled," Harriet said. "We shall work out the smaller roles later.""What about you?" Elizabeth demanded."Oh, I'm going to be the goddess of the… — Julia Quinn
The mighty hunter," I quipped as we snuck out the backdoor, escaping into the yard. "He can take down vicious rabids and rampaging boars, but… — Julie Kagawa
A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made a minor social error, which… — Graeme Simsion
Once, in a spasm of sappiness, you asked Q-Jo if she thought your dreams would ever come true. 'You aren't talking about dreams,' she corrected… — Tom Robbins
How was I to know? ... You didn't say anything.""I said lots of things," he corrected gently. "You just didn't hear them. — Melissa Marr
A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case,… — Thomas Reid
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled. — Xunzi
Can injustice one way be corrected without the interim reaction that tries to impose injustice the other way? — William Stafford
But I get frightened sometimes," she admitted."I know. Fear is only fear, though.""And somehow you live without it.""No," he corrected her. "You live with it. — Nicole Mones
Inner silence is for our race a difficult achievement. There is a chattering part of the mind which continues, until it is corrected, to chatter… — C.S. Lewis
"So basically, that entire theory is blown to hell."Not basically," Win corrected. "Entirely." — Harlan Coben
Gentlemen, four-fifths of the earth's surface is covered by seas; that is unquestionably too much; the world's surface, the map of oceans and dry land,… — Karel Capek
Oh, God. God, isn't that perfect? He's Dad. He's Dad with a layer of nerd. Solid, steady, chipping away so patiently, you don't even know… — Nora Roberts
Peter erred in life and in doctrine. Paul might have dismissed Peter's error as a matter of no consequence. But Paul saw that Peter's error… — Martin Luther
The world doesn't want to be punished. It wants to remain in darkness. It doesn't want to be told that what it believes is false.… — Martin Luther

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