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The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at… — Douglas Adams
Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'. — Harper Lee
Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour. “No, I’m not,” retorted Hermione. “I’m hoping to do some good… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. Miss Lemon: I don't even see that. — Agatha Christie
You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given me cake. I… — Oscar Wilde
Come, dear, [Gwendolen rises] we have already missed five, if not six, trains. To miss any more might expose us to comment on the platform. — Oscar Wilde
You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, I told him, like you'll not only miss the people you love but… — Azar Nafisi
I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. — Maya Angelou
When I am lonely for boys it’s their bodies I miss. I study their hands lifting the cigarettes in the darkness of the movie theaters,… — Margaret Atwood
If you live in a past dream, you don't enjoy what is happening right now because you will always wish it to be different than… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Love her as in childhood Through feeble, old and grey. For you’ll never miss a mother’s love Till she’s buried beneath the clay. — Frank McCourt
The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I wonder that religion can live or die on the strength of a faint, stirring breeze. The scent trail shifts, causing the predator to miss… — Barbara Kingsolver
Oh Christ, the exhaustion of not knowing anything. It's so tiring and hard on the nerves. It really takes it out of you, not knowing… — Martin Amis
Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress. — George Eliot
In books, day breaks, and night falls. In life, night rises from the ground. The day hangs on for as long as it can, bright… — Hugh Laurie
Miss Morland, no one can think more highly of the understanding of women than I do. In my opinion, nature has given them so much,… — Jane Austen
Do you know how sometimes - when you are riding your bike and you start skidding across sand, or when you miss a step and… — Jodi Picoult
Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life. — Charlotte Bronte
Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef Boy-Ar-Dee… — Bill Watterson
Bill Door was impressed. Miss Flitworth could actually give the word "revenue", which had two vowels and one diphthong, all the peremptoriness of the word… — Terry Pratchett
The important thing about adventures, thought Mr. Bunnsy, was that they shouldn't be so long as to make you miss mealtimes. — Terry Pratchett
Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of… — George Lucas
And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond… — Robert Louis Stevenson

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