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2182 Likely quotes by 1547 unique authors

I’ll be damned,” he muttered.“Most likely.” She folded the blanket with efficient snaps. “And I may be joining you, after what we just did. — Tessa Dare
It was this feminine conspiracy which made Southern society so pleasant. Women knew that a land where men were contented, uncontradicted ans safe in possession… — Margaret Mitchell
In perpetrating a revolution, there are two requirements: someone or something to revolt against and someone to actually show up and do the revolting. Dress… — Woody Allen
He left the key in the ignition. No one was likely to come up here and steal the truck- and if anyone did... well, he… — Patricia Briggs
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these… — Cory Doctorow
What does seem to me poisonous, what breeds a type of patriotism that is pernicious if it lasts but not likely to last long in… — C.S. Lewis
Ergo: girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole, less likely to be rejected than guys, (b) that way,… — John Green
The act of leaning in to kiss someone, or asking them, is fraught with the possibility of rejection, so the person least likely to get… — John Green
She warned me about Mr. Herondale, though, said he’d likely be rude to me, and familiar. She said I could be rude right back, that… — Cassandra Clare
It is not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism, that in our day and in this land is likely to quench the light… — Francis Chan
For the anointed, traditions are likely to be seen as the dead hand of the past, relics of a less enlightened age, and not as… — Thomas Sowell
He who seeks to regulate everything by law is more likely to arouse vices than to reform them. It is best to grant what cannot… — Baruch Spinoza
I like being on my own better than I like anything else, but I can't give up love. Maybe it's the tension between longing and… — Jeanette Winterson
I'd stood my ground against him. I wasn't going to jump when he said jump. I was more likely to give him the finger. — Gena Showalter
Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only a blur remained,… — Louis L'Amour
Is this what it means to go back to square one? Most likely. He had nothing left to lose, other than his life. — Haruki Murakami
Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking,' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think, but fill up with aimless… — Anne Bronte
Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig. — N. T. Wright
It is perhaps when our lives are at their most problematic that we are likely to be most receptive to beautiful things. — Alain de Botton
Rest. Heal. Sleep. I shall most likely kill you on the morrow.” “You? A Princess Bride quote?” I croaked. “What is that?” she asked. — Jim Butcher
It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read. — Daniel Handler
Faeries are fallen angels," said Dorothea, "cast down out of heaven for their pride." "That's the legend," Jace said. "It's also said that they're the… — Cassandra Clare
The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are… — Ian Mcewan
But each time you use spirit, you're more likely to go crazy.” “Already crazy about you, Sage. — Richelle Mead
... as recently as the mid-1970s, the most well-respected criminologists were predicting that the prison system would soon fade away. Prison did not deter crime… — Michelle Alexander

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