Best He Told Wisdom
376 He Told quotes by 281 unique authors
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Adieu, Lord Dain,” she answered without turning her head. “Have a pleasant evening with your cows.” Cows? She was merely trying to provoke him, Dain…
— Loretta Chase
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There once was a miller with a daughter as lovely as a grape. He told the king that she could spin gold out of common…
— Anne Sexton
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Jamie chose that moment to almost fall down the stairs. Mae took his whole weight and grabbed the banister. Seb reached out but Jamie shied…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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There are two goddesses in your heart,” he told them. “The Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Wealth. Everyone thinks they need to get…
— Christopher McDougall
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What do you want to want to be, anyway?" "I don't know; I guess what I want to be is a good Catholic." "What you…
— Thomas Merton
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When I was young, I asked my priest how to get to heaven and still protect yourself from all the evil in the world. He…
— Dennis Lehane
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You can call me Agent Mickelson,' he told me with a smile. 'What about you? Is Max short for something? Maxine?' 'No, Dean. It's just…
— James Patterson
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Gerald Westerby, he told himself. You were present at your birth. You were present at your several marriages and at some of your divorces, and…
— John le Carre
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I’ve stripped my life down,” he told me. “I don’t need much. I have all the company I want to keep right in here.” He…
— Holly Black
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My grandmother used to say that twisting paths always cross again," he told her. "And whose paths are more twisted than ours?
— Neal Shusterman
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He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself for the mortified…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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There's more to someone being lovable than the way they look." "...he told me that the way you can tell if a bug or a…
— Cassandra Clare
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I took a step back. "Here." He plunked his wet hat on my head. "Don't go anywhere," he told me, then turned away.
— Elizabeth Chandler
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I didn't want to understand. Bert had been thrilled that the police wanted to put me on retainer. He told me I would gain valuable…
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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Once, when I'd needed to meet Daniel to deliver a warning from Jeremy, I'd worn two-inch heels and had quite enjoyed the sensation of talking…
— Kelley Armstrong
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I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he told me, 'is…
— R. Scott Bakker
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I’m going to carry you now,” he told her, “so we can move even faster. I’m not asking you, I’m telling you. Any response from…
— Suzanne Brockmann
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Everything necessary to understand my grandfather lies between two stories: the story of the tiger’s wife, and the story of the deathless man. These stories…
— Tea Obreht
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He told me once to be brave, and though I have stood still while knives spun toward my face and jumped off a roof, I…
— Veronica Roth
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I shall have one, too," he told her. "So that you don't feel alone." She tried not to smile. "That is most generous of you."…
— Julia Quinn
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He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows.
— Paulo Coelho
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You know, I've lived a long time," he told me, massaging my calf more firmly now. "And I met a lot of people. But I…
— Karen Chance
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There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.
— Mark Twain
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He told me this while ripping through his duffel bag, throwing clothes into drawers with reckless abandon. Chip did not believe in having a sock…
— John Green
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He held my hand and told me a story about when he was six and threw a rock at a kid's head who was bullying…
— Nicole Krauss
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