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1493 Finished quotes by 1163 unique authors
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Have you finished your column for tomorrow's headline?" It was Vee. She came up beside me, jotting notes on the notepad she carried everywhere. "I'm…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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I leaned back in my chair, stretching luxuriantly, delibrately letting my jacket fall open. Predictably, his eyes moved down my body-some things outlast even the…
— Karen Chance
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He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache.…
— George Orwell
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I will not take up your time, dear boy, with telling you what is the matter with me. Life is brief, and you might pass…
— Jerome K. Jerome
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Poetry isn't like any writing I've ever heard before. I don't understand all of it, just bits of images, sentences that appear half-finished, all fluttering…
— Lauren Oliver
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But just as soon as this war's over and finished with,I'll get back home and marry her.I've grown up with her, Joey, known her all…
— Michael Morpurgo
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When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.
— Czeslaw Milosz
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Was it all in my head? A Lunar trick?†Her stomach twisted. “No.†She shook her head, fervently. How to explain that she hadn’t had…
— Marissa Meyer
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Hey," Dopey said when I was finished reading. "How come they never mentioned me? I'm the one who found the skeleton." "Oh, yeah," Sleepy said…
— Meg Cabot
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When finally she finished and stood herself up, he put his arm around her, best-buddy style, and they walked on. There was no request for…
— Markus Zusak
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Yes,†I told him. “I think the guy playing the Pirate King was awesome.†He stopped where he was. “What?†I asked, frowning at the…
— Patricia Briggs
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I suddenly had an idea of how adults can hold on to a feeling for very long periods of time, long after the event is…
— Reif Larsen
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Before a Cat will condescend To treat you as a trusted friend, Some little token of esteem Is needed, like a dish of cream; And…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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Obviously a garden is not the wilderness but an assembly of shapes, most of them living, that owes some share of its composition, it’s appearance,…
— W S Merwin
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Colin emphatically pushed the book cover shut when he finished reading. "Did you like it?" His dad asked. "Yup," Colin said. He liked all books,…
— John Green
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We were not finished yet, not even close. I could still smell her. I remembered what she felt like. What she tasted like. This wasn’t…
— Ilona Andrews
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Perhaps you're not finished with your story, and who knows if you'll ever finish it or not. Honestly, it's not that important.
— Miguel Angel Ruiz
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She sat down at the table and spent a good hour talking about her husband. She told Judith how they'd met, how he relentlessly pursued…
— Julie Garwood
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I, on the other hand, am a finished product. I absorb electrical energy directly and utilize it with an almost one hundred percent efficiency. I…
— Isaac Asimov
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When we finished the kiss she said laughing, I can taste your loneliness - it tastes like vinegar. That annoyed me. Everyone knows loneliness tastes…
— Steve Toltz
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