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I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect. My gift, or fatal flaw, is for nostalgia. I have sometimes been accused… — Tana French
Because Iâ€™m an English ninja,â€ Tanith replied. â€œWeâ€™re just like regular ninjas, except we wear leather and flirt more. — Derek Landy
Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different. — Mae West
Dear Willem: Iâ€™ve been trying to forget about you and our day in Paris for nine months now, but as you can see, itâ€™s not… — Gayle Forman
Women," Mat declared as he rode Pips down the dusty, little-used road, "are like mules." He frowned. "Wait. No. Goats. Women are like goats. Except… — Robert Jordan
There is no sorrow except in captivity. — Rajneesh
The real truth is that the war didn't have much to do with it except that it provided a perfect limbo in which two people… — Meg Rosoff
Money has no religion except itself. — Louis de Bernieres
I didnâ€™t care about anything except her and the way touching her drove me wild, even as her calm and steady presence soothed the storms… — Richelle Mead
She's always polite and kind, but her words lack the kind of curiosity and excitement you'd normally expect. Her true feelings- assuming such things exist-… — Haruki Murakami
Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with… — Erich Fromm
Day, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my heart. He is… — Marie Lu
I learned about life from life itself, love I learned in a single kiss and could teach no one anything except that I have lived… — Pablo Neruda
For the moment I can think of nothingâ€” except that I am a sentient being stabbed by the miracle of these waters that reflect a… — Henry Miller
Romance is a universally unspoken language understood by all living organism on this planet except heterosexual men. — Steve Kluger
I miss the days when I was alone with my characters and no one else knew them except me. — Lian Hearn
A real fighter never cries, never lets the weight of any blow bring him down. Except that final blow, the inevitable one, but even then… — J.A. Redmerski
I finally knew... why Christ's prayer in the garden could not be granted. He had been seeded and birthed into human flesh. He was one… — Wendell Berry
She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence. — Clive Barker
But this post-college world felt different from everything that had come before it; art was still central, but now everyone had to think about making… — Meg Wolitzer

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