Extra Quotes
945 quotes by 818 authors
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Ne te quaesiveris extra." (Do not seek for things outside of yourself)
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Sweet mother of chaos," he breathed. "Rachel, you are indeed one of us. Have your time in the sun. You're worth the extra wait.
— Kim Harrison
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He went through the cupboards, found the olive oil, and started upstairs again. He glanced down at the green and gold label and had to…
— Josh Lanyon
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That might be nice, an extra pair of arms," Jace said. "Handy in a fight." "Not if they're growing out of your..." Dorothea paused and…
— Cassandra Clare
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With lacquerware there is an extra beauty in that moment between removing the lid and lifting the bowl to the mouth, when one gazes at…
— Junichiro Tanizaki
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I had extra thick light sabers because mine kept getting bent. I'd be halfway through a fight and it would be like 'Oops, sorry! Mine's…
— Ewan McGregor
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My sheets had never been so clean as they had in the past few months. I hardly got them on again before something else happened…
— Robin McKinley
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If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.
— Rick Riordan
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All right, cupcakes. You are about to see the Grand Canyon. Try not to break it. The skywalk can hold the weight of seventy jumbo…
— Rick Riordan
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There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in…
— Sylvia Plath
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Can I see some ID?" "WE DON'T HAVE ID," said Jay, loudly. "'CAUSE WE'RE CANADIAN. WE DON'T USE ID...THERE. AND THAT'S WHY WE LOOK SO…
— Adam Rex
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it it strange, suddenly having a memory come back out of nowhere. you think you're going crazy; you wonder where this recollection has been hiding…
— Jodi Picoult
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When Rae got back, she spread her empty hands wide and said "Okay, guess where I hid it." She even turned around for me, but…
— Kelley Armstrong
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A pretty face had been damaged by acne scars and she wore and extra forty pounds on her frame like a threat. Her eyes were…
— Dennis Lehane
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The sun's champagne streamed from one body into another. And there was a couple on the green silk of the grass, covered by a raspberry…
— Yevgeny Zamyatin
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I have developed a rash on my body where the rough cloth rubs on my skin. I wanted to take a bath, thinking that the…
— Karen Cushman
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It's a shame for women's history to be all about men--first boys, then other boys, then men men men. It reminds me of the way…
— Elizabeth Kostova
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Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb.…
— Truman Capote
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I always needed that extra fantasy world. I had to have another world I could be in at the same time.
— Stephenie Meyer
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Carmen prayed hard. She prayed while standing near the priest in hopes it would give her request extra credibility. What she prayed for was nothing.…
— Ann Patchett
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