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I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. But for now, at least… — John Green
Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering. Don't misunderstand me,… — William P. Young
We laughed and laughed, together and separately, out loud and silently, we were determined to ignore whatever needed to be ignored, to build a new… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I needed to temper (my dad's) enthusiasm a bit (about attending Princeton), and so I announced that I would be majoring in patricide...My mom was… — David Sedaris
She needed him to be him. Even if he could not be hers. — Julia Quinn
Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a… — Patrick Rothfuss
He thought with a kind of astonishment of the biological uselessness of pain and fear, the treachery of the human body which always freezes into… — George Orwell
Still, I couldn't help but wonder if it was a mistake for people like us to be tied to a place. If we weren't meant… — Alice Hoffman
Whoever had decided that school should start so early in the morning and last all day long needed to be hunted down and forced to… — Heather Brewer
Kartik places a sovereign in the lady's cup, and I know that it's likely all he has. "Why did you do that?" I ask. He… — Libba Bray
The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one… — Confucius
What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire for protracted, flowing… — Chuck Klosterman
I'll think of something," he temporized, and Horace nodded wisely, satisfied that Halt would indeed think of something. In Horace's world, that was what Rangers… — John Flanagan
Thus Carol hit upon the tragedy of old age, which is not that it is less vigorous than youth, but that it is not needed… — Sinclair Lewis
There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees… — Louisa May Alcott
Civilians are like beans; you buy 'em as needed for any job which merely requires skill and savvy. But you can't buy fighting spirit. — Robert A. Heinlein
Sometimes Webb believed that he would never experience a better feeling than when he was looking at her, would never see anything or anybody bursting… — Melina Marchetta
For all of my life I have needed more. — Elizabeth Wurtzel
On the plus side, if he ever had to fight through a roomful of adolescent girls, he only needed to blink (his velvet brown eyes… — Ilona Andrews
Back and forth she went each morning by the river, spring arriving once again; foolish, foolish spring, breaking open its tiny buds, and what she… — Elizabeth Strout
The world is filled with people who are no longer needed -- and who try to make slaves of all of us -- and they… — Woody Guthrie
It had been so good to see his enemy again. Positively heartwarming. Hallmark really needed to start up a line of revenge cards, the kind… — J R Ward
It hit her like a sledgehammer, and it was then that she knew what to feel. A liquid trail of hate flooded her chest. Knowing… — Toni Morrison
He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and books wanted to be read,… — John Connolly
They walked still farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?" No.… — Ray Bradbury

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