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I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays. — Henny Youngman
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. — Henny Youngman
At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave… — Alberto Manguel
Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now? — Douglas Adams
When we traded homemaking for careers, we were implicitly promised economic independence and worldly influence. But a devil of a bargain it has turned out… — Barbara Kingsolver
Crazy people made him crazy. It was as if he personally resented them giving into madness - in part, because he so frequently labored to… — John Irving
This fall I think you're riding for—it's a special kind of fall, a horrible kind. The man falling isn't permitted to feel or hear himself… — J D Salinger
...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't have the slightest… — Katherine Paterson
Mostly, I could tell, I made him feel uncomfortable. He didn't understand me, and he was sort of holding it against me. I felt the… — Albert Camus
Here was a thing that would grow old; here was a thing that would turn beautiful and lose that beauty, that would inherit the grace… — Andrew Sean Greer
That was what she really wanted. To forget so thoroughly she'd never have another memory again, the bitter so bitter you gave up the sweet. — Janet Fitch
The question the doubter does not ask is whether faith was really useless or simply not used. What would you think of a boy who… — Os Guinness
I wish there really was such a thing as a Time-Clock Puncher, though. I wish some gigantic, surly, stone-fisted Soap Mahoney-type guy went around the… — David James Duncan
Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things. — Maurice Sendak
There were now and then, though rarely, the hours that brought the welcome shock, pulled down the walls and brought me back again from my… — Hermann Hesse
Or if I truly gave up I could be like Wet Lindsay. When Robbie dumped her she got all pale and even wetter than normal.… — Louise Rennison
Is there a short-eared koobish, then?' Mmmyes ...' said J.Lo. 'But it is technically not really a koobish. Is more alike a kind of singing… — Adam Rex
The truth about autobiographical songs, he realized, was that you had to make the present become the past, somehow: you had to take a feeling… — Nick Hornby
I sped through heaven and saw god at work. I suffered holy pains. I dropped all my defenses and was afraid of nothing in the… — Hermann Hesse
Dad, you played rounders with me, even though you hated it and wished I'd take up cricket. You learned how to keep a stamp collecion… — Jenny Downham
Needless to say, they refused to submit to the Empire, conducting such a persistent guerrilla war that the Romans gave up hope of conquering Scotland,… — Terry Pratchett
To my everlasting relief, he’d also stopped with the starch a few years back . The military made him big on spray starch, but I… — Lilith Saintcrow
Well, what did you have for lunch?” I snapped. “Surely that’s not top secret superhero information.” “Steak with mashed potatoes and a side salad,” Striker… — Jennifer Estep
Why do women want to dress like men when they’re fortunate enough to be women? Why lose femininity, which is one of our greatest charms?… — Tasha Tudor
They walked to school, talking about how much they were longing for the summer holidays. "Oh, I am planning things," said Jamie. "Great, great things.… — Sarah Rees Brennan

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