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Maybe you're graduating from fireballs to lightning bolts," Adrian suggested. "I bet it'd be a lot like throwing ninja stars. Except, well, you could incinerate… — Richelle Mead
I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless friend and I wanted to leave her. — Ruta Sepetys
He took a long drink, then grimaced. “I do not have a drinking problem,” he announced, his voice needlessly loud. “I have a Churchillian relationship… — John Green
I like it that they [disciples] feed me and pay for my clothes and protect me. And in return I will do for them what… — Colm Toibin
If I convince myself that this life has no other aspect than that of the absurd, if I feel that its whole equilibrium depends on… — Albert Camus
You can't blame me. I mean that literally. You're incapable of blaming me. You're human. Being human is choosing freedom over imprisonment, autonomy over dependency,… — Glen Duncan
When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I… — Oscar Wilde
No,''he said.''I was a Strigoi. I was one of them. I did...terrible things.'' The words were mild, but the tone of his voice spoke legions.… — Richelle Mead
Five hundred years before Christ was born, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus told his students that "everything changes except the law of change". He said: "You… — Dale Carnegie
So this is why I write. Because most times, your life isn’t funny the first time through. Most times, you can hardly stand it. That’s… — Chuck Palahniuk
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 I’m an English ninja,” Tanith replied. “We’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: I’ve been trying to forget about you and our day in Paris for nine months now, but as you can see, it’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 didn’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 nothing— 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

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