Double Quotes
986 quotes by 819 authors
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A child, thought Carl, is not the only result of childbirth. A mother, too, is born. You see them every day--nondescript women with a bulge…
— Joshua Ferris
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I caught the look Benjamin gave me. "What?" "Nothing. We just thought a svetocha would be more, well, difficult." Leon's mouth twitched. "I do seriously…
— Lilith Saintcrow
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I felt like I had just double-tapped Santa.
— Jim Butcher
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Oh! captive, bound, and double-ironed," cried the phantom, "not to know, that ages of incessant labour, by immortal creatures, for this earth must pass into…
— Charles Dickens
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My sheets had never been so clean as they had in the past few months. I hardly got them on again before something else happened…
— Robin McKinley
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It's always awkward when someone doesn't realize you're joking and devotes thought time to what you've said. Double that when the person is wearing tinfoil.
— Maureen Johnson
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So we grew together like to a double cherry, seeming parted, but yet an union in partition, two lovely berries molded on one stem.
— William Shakespeare
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Freedom is a double-edged ideal, because true freedom comes without the protection of laws that also enslave us by defining us--female, male; Christian, Islamic; good,…
— Ellen Hopkins
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If a double decker bus Crashes into us To die by your side Oh the pleasure, the prvilige is mine
— Steven Morrissey
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Her name is Wanda, not it. You will not touch her. Any mark you leave on her, I will double on your worthless hide.
— Stephenie Meyer
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Wolves eat coyotes," Gordon said[...] If he weren't an old man, I had some rude things I could have said to that. "Yes," observed Adam…
— Patricia Briggs
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To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help.…
— Dan Ariely
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Faith seems to grab people and not let go, but hope is a double-crosser. It can beat it on you anytime; it's your job to…
— Judy Blundell
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Your half-caf, double vanilla latte is getting cold over here, Francis.
— Eric Kripke
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You've got to S-M-I-L-E To be H-A-Double-P-Y
— Shirley Temple
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Jenk shook his head as he headed for the rental car counter. He felt his shoulders tightening as he walked away, certain that Izzy wasn't…
— Suzanne Brockmann
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Rule One, boy: shoot first then ask questions Rulw Two, Double tap just for good measure. Better safe then sorry. -Bubba
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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DON PEDRO Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick. BEATRICE Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile; and I gave…
— William Shakespeare
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And Zach was taking his jacket off and draping it around my shoulders, which (according to Liz, who double checked with Macey) is the single-sexiest…
— Ally Carter
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When you are happy, so happy you have no sense of needing Him, so happy that you are tempted to feel His claims upon you…
— C.S. Lewis
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