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It is easy to see things in retrospect. But I was ignorant then of everything but my own happiness, and I donâ€™t know what else… — Donna Tartt
Take it from me, there's nothing like a job well done. Except the quiet enveloping darkness at the bottom of a bottle of Jim Beam… — Stephen Colbert
...nothing ever happens quickly (except when it does). Nothing is ever, ever easy (except when it is). And, most of all, nothing ever goes perfectly… — Ally Carter
...Emma Morley wasn't such a paragon either: pretentious, petulant, lazy, speechifying, judgmental. Self-pitying, self righteous, self-important, all the selfs except self-confident, the quality that she… — David Nicholls
All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had… — Leo Tolstoy
What are letters?â€ â€œKinda like mediaglyphics except theyâ€™re all black, and theyâ€™re tiny, they donâ€™t move, theyâ€™re old and boring and really hard to read.… — Neal Stephenson
I'm not good enough for you. But no one is. And most men, good or bad, have limits to what they would do, even for… — Lisa Kleypas
I am thinking of one woman and the rest is blotto. I say I am thinking of her, but the truth is I am dying… — Henry Miller
All of the Ten Commandments that are good were old; all that were new art foolish. If Jehovah had been civilized he would have left… — Robert Green Ingersoll
After... The seas have dried out The trains have come to a shrieking holt The hounds of the abyss cease to howl The prisons have… — Henry Rollins
Black Stache had no love for the Queen, no love for women of any sort, except for his ma. He had a real soft spot… — Dave Barry
There was nowhere to sit except the bunk, which was covered with rotting food, and a wooden stool, upon which sat a large fur-covered lumpâ€”an… — Dave Barry
I pound on the glass, screaming my head off. Everyone ignores me except for some Capitol attendant who appears behind me and offers me a… — Suzanne Collins
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Grace Brisbane. There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers,… — Maggie Stiefvater
When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot be… — Stephen King
Remind me again what's wrong with Dave Matthews?" "Basically everything, except technical proficiency," Walter said. "Right." "But maybe especially the banality of the lyrics. 'Gotta… — Jonathan Franzen
Hello, hello.â€ Magnus swept toward them..."Alec, my darling, Clary. And rat-boy." He swept a bow toward Simon, who looked annoyed. "To what do I owe… — Cassandra Clare
The Three Laws of Robotics: 1: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm;… — Isaac Asimov
Beautiful. He'd called her beautiful. Nobody had ever called her that before, except her mother, which didn't count. Mothers were required to think you were… — Cassandra Clare
Found one of my old journals. from right around the time we were heading out on tour with NFG in the UK early 2008. i… — Hayley Williams

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