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In such times as we are in, whether the threats be global or local or in individual lives, I too pray for the children. Some… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Hereâ€™s exclusive Channel 5 video of a local man having his brain eaten by a winged gremlin. Local gremlin experts warn thatâ€” — David Wong
Iâ€™d heard he had started a fistfight in one of the seedier local taverns because someone had insisted on saying the word â€œutilizeâ€ instead of… — Patrick Rothfuss
....thinking you are attacking society when you condemn or ravage the hypothetical Nice Girl Next Door is the exact equivalent of thinking that stealing from… — Joanna Russ
Thereâ€™s no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in… — Douglas Adams
S'mimasen," Alyss said repeatedly as they brushed against passerby. "What does that mean?" Will asked as they reached a stretch of street bare of any… — John Flanagan
My sister's the type who religiously watches the fear segments of her local Eyewitness News broadcasts, retaining nothing but the headline...Everything is dangerous all of… — David Sedaris
When dreaded outcomes are actually imminent we don't worry about themwe take action. Seeing lava from the local volcano make its way down the street… — Gavin de Becker
We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head… — Ray Bradbury
They crested a rise, and there it was, in the hollow between rolling hillsâ€”a low, square building, ghostly gray in the moonlight. "Is that it?"… — Gordon Korman
Getting into a fight with a popular senior. Pissing off a school teacher and the local chief of police. Hanging with two major-league losers." She… — Harlan Coben
I like to borrow a metaphor from the great poet and mystic Rumi who talks about living like a drawing compass. One leg of the… — Elif Safak
The only true and effective "operator's manual for spaceship earth" is not a book that any human will ever write; it is hundreds of thousands… — Wendell Berry
He was beyond gorgeous. But Eastlake High was full of pretty people who acted like total freaks. I blame the local water supply. Which was… — Rachel Vincent
The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very long ago. Until then, where was all the food? Dear… — Joel Salatin
I'm as religious as the next man - which is to say I'll keep in with the local parson for form's sake and read the… — George MacDonald Fraser
Talking of the local Sheriff, Jake Valentine, tall and skinny and his wife Myra, "She was a short woman, maybe five feet tall in her… — Karin Slaughter
I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine how people would… — Joe Dunthorne
Anna followed, keeping a sharp eye out for things he might back into or over. She wondered if Isaac did this all the time-and, if… — Patricia Briggs
I read a lot. I always have, but in those two years I gorged myself on books with a voluptuous, almost erotic gluttony. I would… — Tana French

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