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You know what I noticed when I was with Jacob? In your world, people can reach each other in an instant. There's the telephone, and… — Jodi Picoult
And oil's not supposed to mix with water. But then someone invented mayonnaise, and wham - instant mixing. — Jackie Morse Kessler
I rented Ghostbusters, my all-time favorite inspirational movie. I picked up some microwave, popcorn, a KitKat, a bag of bite-sized Reese's peanut butter cups, and… — Janet Evanovich
After he made up his mind to spend the rest of the war in the hospital, Yossarian wrote letters to everyone he knew saying that… — Joseph Heller
The truth is that there are no good men, or bad men,' he said. 'It is the deeds that have goodness or badness in them.… — Gregory David Roberts
There's a space at the bottom of an exhale, a little hitch between taking in and letting out that's a perfect zero you can go… — Mary Karr
If, for example, I saw my grandparents or my daughter for an instant, would I recognize them? Probably not, because in looking so hard for… — Isabel Allende
How often, you wonder, has the direction of your life been shaped by such misunderstandings? How many opportunities have you been denied--or, for that matter,… — Kevin Brockmeier
Like you're riding a train at night across some vast plain, and you catch a glimpse of a tiny light in a window of a… — Haruki Murakami
What were the odds that she'd turn away at the same instant the ball came flying her way? And that she'd be holding a soda… — Nicholas Sparks
I must be without remorse or regrets as I am without excuse; for from the instant of my upsurge into being, I carry the weight… — Jean-Paul Sartre
He judged the instant and let go; he flung himself loose into the stars. — Annie Dillard
Please give me fifty more years of work and fun, then an instant death when I'm sleeping. — John Grisham
Under capitalism the common man enjoys amenities which in ages gone by were unknown and therefore inaccessible even to the richest people. But, of course,… — Ludwig von Mises
Didn't I tell you not to touch the Lamborghini? (Kyrian) (Hunter groused an instant before he cut the wheel and sent the vampire flying through… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
It isn't the great big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones--I've discovered the true secret of… — Jean Webster
For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me,… — Carlos Castaneda
I don’t want your lying kindness. Sure, you’ll smile and be so sweet to me that I’ll trust you, but the minute I don’t give… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
But one thing I realized with my brother is that you can’t toss your pearls before the swine. I think that’s why my mother insisted… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
It’s as if your kind needs adversity in order to achieve. (Leta) No, we don’t. That’s just a lie people tell themselves to feel better… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
And so it was I entered the broken world To trace the visionary company of love, its voice An instant in the wind (I know… — Hart Crane
Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really… — Soren Kierkegaard
I take this for myself, and you take up the thread of my life between your teeth, tin thread and tarnished with abuse, you shall… — Frank O'Hara
We stand there for a moment, looking at each other, and in that instant I feel our connection so strongly it's as though it achieves… — Lauren Oliver
(The tree bend over. Suddenly, a hiss and a meow sounded an instant before two cats darted off across the backyard.) Look, Lanie, it’s Mr.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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