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She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was. Except when she was… — Alice Sebold
Marcus Flutie slept with just about every girl on the Eastern Seaboard except me. Though, he tried to get into my panties when I was… — Megan McCafferty
I want something else. I'm not even sure what to call it anymore except I know it feels roomy and it's drenched in sunlight and… — Mark Z. Danielewski
Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What Your Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial… — Robert A. Heinlein
Because I was permanently confused, dissatisfied, unhappy, tormented by inadequacy, driven by wanting towards every kind of impossible future, the attitude of mind described by… — Doris Lessing
Birds, except when broiled and in the society of a cold bottle, bored him stiff. — P.G. Wodehouse
If I never have anything from him except this one moment I am going to take it. Take it now, or drown in regret later. — Lisa Kleypas
To touch and feel each thing in the world, to know it by sight and by name, and then to know it with your eyes… — Nicole Krauss
Nobody really knows her Except the chosen few Her secrets are kept hidden Behind that sun-kissed hue. If I reach out to touch her Sheâ€™ll… — Simone Elkeles
Miss Prism: ... And you do not seem to reealize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man coverts himself into a permanent public… — Oscar Wilde
Adrenaline kicks you in when youâ€™re starving. Thatâ€™s what nobody understands. Except for being hungry and cold, most of the time I feel like I… — Laurie Halse Anderson
It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that not only was I watching,… — Lisa Kleypas
If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth's change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty. But if otherwise--if regard springing from… — Jane Austen
Hamilton dabbed a tissue at the cut under his eye. "Except for the time I met the Great Khali, that was the coolest thing I've… — Gordon Korman
If you want to understand a society, take a good look at the drugs it uses. And what can this tell you about American culture?… — Bill Hicks
How can I find the words? Poets have taken them all and left me with nothing to say or do" "Except to teach me for… — Dorothy L. Sayers
I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the… — Daniel Handler
Poverty has its advantages. When you're that poor what would you have that anyone would want? Except your peace of mind. Your dignity. Your heart.… — Ana Castillo
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason — Charles Dickens
I like to receive money for my work. But I can pass that up this time. I like to have people know my work is… — Ayn Rand

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