Occasions Quotes
1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors
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He inclined his head at my dress. "What's the occasion?" "Homecoming," I said, twirling. "Like?" "Last I heard, Homecoming requires a date." "About that," i…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Would you like to assist me with my choice of underwear as well?” My sarcasm whistled right over his head. “I would be delighted. While…
— Ilona Andrews
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Let’s talk.” I pinned Red to his chair with my stare. I did deranged quite well, when the occasion required.
— Ilona Andrews
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Pray on all occasions." Unlocked page 38.
— Karen Kingsbury
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Says the girl dressed up in formal Goth mourning," Shane said. "Seriously, who buys a black lace veil? You keep that on hand for special…
— Rachel Caine
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It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake.
— Dorothy Dunnett
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Never in his life had occasion to ask himself, "Why are things the way they are?" Why should he bother, when the way they were…
— Philip Roth
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Did you just kiss me?" Will inquired. Magnus made a slip-second decision. "No." "I thought-" "On occasion the aftereffects of the painkilling spells can result…
— Cassandra Clare
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It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice.
— Terry Pratchett
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Men are not dogs. We merely think we are and, on occasion, act as if we are. But, by believing in our nobler nature, women…
— Neil Strauss
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Amen" Lula said and she made the sign of the cross. "I thought you were Baptist." "Yeah, but we don't got any hand signals for…
— Janet Evanovich
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Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion…
— Jane Austen
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You go first. Go through the door before me. Enter the limousine while I wait by your side. Enter the shops while I stand behind,…
— Jean Sasson
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From an early age she had developed the art of being alone and generally preferred her own company to anyone else’s. She read books at…
— Sebastian Faulks
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It may...be judged indecent in me to come forward on this occasion; but when I see a fellow-creature about to perish through the cowardice of…
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda water the day after. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of…
— Lord Byron
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If we are to be happy, decent and secure of our souls: drink some kind of fermented liquor with one's food; go on the water…
— Hilaire Belloc
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Scotsmen, she had occasion to observe, often did have nice knees. Perhaps that was why they insisted upon kilts.
— Gail Carriger
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We often dream about people from whom we receive a letter by the next post. I have ascertained on several occasions that at the moment…
— Carl Jung
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A little lifting up of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, an interior act of adoration, even though made on the march and…
— Brother Lawrence
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In this office we do not have problems. We have interesting developments. We have challenges. If we absolute must we may, on occasion, have a…
— Karen Miller
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There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly…
— Nikolai Gogol
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Rick: Can you swim? Evelyn: Well, of course I can swim if the occasion calls for it. Rick: [throwing her overboard] Trust me. It calls…
— Max Allan Collins
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Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.( Bevinda Singh taxi…
— William Dalrymple
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Swearing relieves the feelings - that is what swearing does. I explained this to my aunt on one occasion, but it didn't answer with her.…
— Jerome K. Jerome
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