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I rented Ghostbusters, my all-time favorite inspirational movie. I picked up some microwave, popcorn, a KitKat, a bag of bite-sized Reese's peanut butter cups, and… — Janet Evanovich
Judges... are picked out from the most dextrous lawyers, who are grown old or lazy, and having been biased all their lives against truth or… — Jonathan Swift
Derek picked the spot? Had he been hoping I'd be blinded by the morning sun and stumble off the edge? — Kelley Armstrong
You cannot imagine what sorrow and anger seize one's whole soul when a great idea, which one has long and piously revered, is picked up… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Baudelaire) had descended to the bottom of the inexhaustible mine, had picked his way along abandoned or unexplored galleries, and had finally reached those districts… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
I knew something as I watched: almost everyone was saying goodbye to me. I was becoming one of the many little-girl-losts. They would go back… — Alice Sebold
Grace: I picked up my sweater from the floor and crawled back into bed. Shoving my pillow aside, I balled up the sweater to use… — Maggie Stiefvater
We settled Mama into the wheelchair and loaded her down with both our pocketbooks and a vase of flowers I had picked to present to… — Bailey White
He thought how sad it was to be an Animal who had never had a bunch of violets picked for him. — A A Milne
It was something... the way a person's life picked up speed, the way a life was like a bullet aimed at one final target, impossible… — Joe Hill
He put the box in Kahlan's lap. As she picked it up, she gave him the biggest smile he had ever seen. Before he even… — Terry Goodkind
The car picked up speed, and the sound seemed to lull me.I could relax, I thought as I felt the tingling of circulation in my… — Kim Harrison
George unhinged his jaw and coughed up a little plastic bottle filled with chewable vitamins. "You're kidding," I said. "Are those Minotaur-shaped?" Hermes picked up… — Rick Riordan
Here is a semi-transparent pebble I picked up on the way to my EKG. Probably worthless but it is my heart so take it. — Dean Young
Food for her is not food, it is terror, dignity, gratitude, vengeance, joyfulness, humiliation, religion, history, and, of course, love. As if the fruit she… — Jonathan Safran Foer
[in reference to turkey bowling] He [Tommy] squinted and picked his target, then took his steps and sent the bird sliding down the aisle. A… — Christopher Moore
Where is the sound?" someone hastily scribbled on the blackboard, and they all waited anxiously for the reply. Milo caught his breath, picked up the… — Norton Juster
Of course the Man was wild too. He was dreadfully wild. He didn't even begin to be tame till he met the Woman, and she… — Rudyard Kipling
Susan hardly had begun to slow down when Tera appeared from between a couple of buildings and loped over to the car. I leaned forward,… — Jim Butcher
You know, Qhuinn's an interesting character." Saxton reached out with an elegant hand and picked up his port. "He's one of my favorite cousins, actually.… — J R Ward
She had always been a reader… but now she was obsessed. Since her discovery of the book hoard downstairs from her job, she’d been caught… — Louise Erdrich
You are a child if you thought I didn’t know, for all your smothering yourself under that hot lap robe. Of course, I knew. Why… — Margaret Mitchell
If Hunter hadn't been there, I would've picked up the phone to call Eric. I would've asked him to bring a shovel and come to… — Charlaine Harris
A storm was brewing. The wind has picked up and a mass of purple clouds was coming in from the West. It felt good to… — Elizabeth Chandler
You picked that out?” Caine asked. “That pink, plastic toy?” I turned to look at him. “I happen to have been a little girl, once… — Jennifer Estep

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