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317 quotes by 270 authors

In every way that counted, I was dead. Inside somewhere maybe I was screaming and weeping and howling like an animal, but that was another… — Neil Gaiman
Then I celebrated my Wall of Books. I counted the volumes on my twenty-foot-long modernist bookshelf to make sure none had been misplaced or used… — Gary Shteyngart
Sure, there was no guarantee any of these things would actually happen as he envisioned. But maybe that wasnâ€Ÿt the point.It was the planning that… — Sarah Dessen
I do remember what I said. The promise. To protect her. If I'd done that ... even if I didn't make it, you wouldn't've had… — Joss Whedon
I will go forth as a real outlaw," he said, "and as men do robbery on the highway I will do right on the highway;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
But life, if nothing else, had taught her promises weren't always to be counted on, and what appeared at first a shining chance might end… — Susanna Kearsley
I prefer the retro chic of spending Christmas just like Joseph and Mary did - Traveling arduously back to the place of your birth to… — Tina Fey
He was demanding. He always would be. But sometimes, he was so vulnerable and she realized she had power in the relationship as well. She… — Christine Feehan
To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
In the parallel universe the laws of physics are suspended. What goes up does not necessarily come down, a body at rest does not tend… — Susanna Kaysen
Aâ€”risâ€”ta?â€ Degan asked, sounding horse. â€œWhat is it?â€ â€œA rat bit me,â€ she said, once again shocked by her own rasping voice. â€œJasper does that… — Michael J. Sullivan
Many of our tribe went to the cliff each night to count the number killed during the day. They counted the dead otter and thought… — Scott O'Dell
In a perfect world, I don't think it [one's sexual orientation] is anyone else's business, but I do think there is value in standing up… — Anderson Cooper
He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the… — Melina Marchetta
History had a slow pulse; man counted in years, history in generations — Arthur Koestler
You were the first in every way that counted. — Josh Lanyon
She didn't know a lot about politics â€“ yet â€“ but she'd learned enough in her history classes to know politics could always be counted… — David Weber
It was strange to find them here, still alive, with their shared bits of past that suddenly counted for nothing. — Paolo Giordano
I did not realize that when money becomes a core value, then education drives towards utility or that the life of the mind will not… — Jeanette Winterson
She ran her hands over her body as if to bid it good-bye. The hipbones rising from a shrunken stomach were razor-sharp. Would they be… — Steven Levenkron

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