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John Irving once told me he doesn't start a novel until he knows the last sentence. I said, 'My God, Irving, isn't that like working… — Tom Robbins
An agent once told me that if I would lose my English accent, I would never stop working in America. — Jane Seymour
He began to trace a pattern on the table with the nail of his thumb. "She kept saying she wanted to keep things exactly the… — Jodi Picoult
Grandma once told me it's easy to overthink love, to dissect it and question it until it is no more. — Ellen Hopkins
...wrote Lawrence Block. "Someone once told me that fear and courage are like lightning and thunder; they both start out at the same time, but… — Ralph Keyes
He once told me that an August evening was "as hot as three toads in a Cuisinart," a comparison that left me blinking two days… — Dean Koontz
My mother, Southern to the bone, once told me, “All Southern literature can be summed up in these words: ‘On the night the hogs ate… — Pat Conroy
Coraline opened the box of chocolates. The dog looked at them longingly. "Would you like one?" she asked the little dog. "Yes, please," whispered the… — Neil Gaiman
He [Ranger] peeled my [Stephanie] clothes off and wrangled me into bed. And then suddenly he was inside me. He once told me that time… — Janet Evanovich
Because fear kills everything," Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination. — Cornelia Funke
We walked on the beach, fed blue corn ships to the seagulls, and munched on blue jelly beans, blue saltwater taffy and all the other… — Rick Riordan
Nothing happened. And everything did. Your whole life you can be told something is wrong and so you believe it. Why should you question it?… — Francesca Lia Block
A homeless man once told me that dancing to rap music is the cultural equivalent of masturbating, and I'd sort of fell the same way… — Chuck Klosterman
Why could she remember nothing but stories of frightened people when Capricorn looked at her? She usually found it so easy to escape somewhere else,… — Cornelia Funke
I went out with a guy who once told me I didn’t need to drink to make myself more fun to be around. I told… — Chelsea Handler
A farmer once told me one of the greatest luxuries of his life was to wake up early only to go back to sleep again. — James Herriot
The High Septon once told me that as we sin, so do we suffer. — George R. R. Martin
My mother once told me that no women is naked when she comes equipped with a bad mood and a steady glare. — Mira Grant
A wise man from my home once told me that these mountains have seen far too much suffering and killing, and that each rock and… — Greg Mortenson
He looked down at her. "Have you found that peace?" Yes, she had. But it was so corny and cliched that she couldn't bring herself… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I give in and light another cigarette even though last night the surgeon general came on the television set and shook his finger at everybody,… — Kathryn Stockett
This is what I know. I look like my father. My father disappeared when he was seventeen years old. Hannah once told me that there… — Melina Marchetta
He'd once told me that the art of getting ahead in New York was based on learning how to express dissatisfaction in an interesting way.… — Don DeLillo
I remember that my mother once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference. — Emily Giffin
He once told Allie and I that if he'd had to shoot anybody, he wouldn't've known which direction to shoot in. He said the Army… — J D Salinger

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