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It seems to be that way with most things. No one to do the really disagreeable jobs except oneself. — Kate DiCamillo
Most men go through life unchallenged, except at the final moment. — Frank Herbert
Infinite is a meaningless word: except – it states / The mind is capable of performing / an endless process of addition. — Louis Zukofsky
Felicity," Mrs. Featherington interurupted, "why don't you tell Mr. Brdgerton about your watercolors?" For the life of him, Colin couldn't imagine a less interesting topic… — Julia Quinn
I have never done anything except write, but I don't possess the vocation or talents of a narrator, have no knowledge at all of the… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- You look fine. - Right. I look fine. Except I don't, said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's nightshirt. This was why Kiki had… — Zadie Smith
There are no evil thoughts except one; the refusal to think. — Ayn Rand
Everyone has light around them, except for you. You have shadows. — Richelle Mead
That we can never know," answered the wolf angrily. "That's for the future. But what we can know is the importance of what we owe… — David Clement-Davies
Razo knew he was best at nothing, except maybe cramming two cherries into a single nostril. — Shannon Hale
I wanted to say something to cheer her up. I had a feeling that cheering her up might be a lot of work. I was… — Matthew Tobin Anderson
Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has damaged… — Steve Martin
The back windows looked out over the fields, then the Atlantic, maybe a hundred yards away. Actually, I'm just making that bit up. I had… — Marian Keyes
Ah men, why do you want all this attention? I can write poems for myself, make love to a doorknob if absolutely necessary. What do… — Margaret Atwood
Study nothing except in the knowledge that you already knew it. Worship nothing except in adoration of your true self. And fear nothing except in… — Clive Barker
Nothing can prevent your picture from coming into concrete form except the same power which gave it birth – yourself. (Genevieve Behrend) — Rhonda Byrne
Apparently, sir you Chinese are far ahead of us in every respect, except that you don’t have entrepreneurs. And our nation, though it has no… — Aravind Adiga
There is no communication in this world except between equals. — Ken Burns
Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull. — George Orwell
There is a huge body of evidence to support the notion that me and the police were put on this earth to do extremely different… — Hunter S. Thompson
I think hope is the worst thing in the world. I really do. It makes a fool of you while it lasts. And then when… — Marilynne Robinson
There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I feel more alive when I'm writing than I do at any other time--except maybe when I'm making love. — May Sarton
But no one except Lucy knew that as it circled the mast it had whispered to her, "Courage, dear heart," and the voice, she felt… — C.S. Lewis
There warn't anybody at the church, except maybe a hog or two, for there warn't any lock on the door, and hogs likes a puncheon… — Mark Twain

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