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But it is the knowledge of how contingent my unease is, how dependent on a baby that wails beneath my window one day and does… — J M Coetzee
I thought this was a cookout. You know, dogs and burgers, Tater Tots, ambrosia salad" Dexter picked up a box of Twinkies, tossing them into… — Sarah Dessen
I’m busy sorting through our new collection of rhinestone jewelry. Should anyone be in the market for sparkly accessories the size of a hubcap, this… — Jen Lancaster
You picked a lemon, throw it away lemonade is overrated. Freaks should remain at the circus, not in your apartment. You already have one asshole.… — Greg Behrendt
Remember something, if you will, about voting: Voting is not a horse race, you're not going there thinking "Gee, I gotta pick the winner so… — Jesse Ventura
Khufu carefully picked out everything that ended with-o—Doritos, Oreos, and some chunks of meat. Buffalo? Armadillo? I was scared to even ask. — Rick Riordan
What have you gotten me into?" I hissed at him. "Me? What have you gotten yourself into? Couldn't I have just picked you up at… — Richelle Mead
Her, cheer up. Zoey's grandma didn't say the Raven Mockers actually ate people. She said they just picked them up with their humongous beaks and… — P. C. Cast
She picked up the book and then walked back past him into the tent, but as she did so, she brushed the top of his… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Would you like to borrow a pair of my panties to wave around at the next Council meeting to get the point across?” His eyes… — Ilona Andrews
The phone rang. I picked it up. "Kate Daniels" "It's me," Curran said. "I—" I hung up. — Ilona Andrews
I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who… — Bill Hicks
Remember when you picked me up like a frisbee and tossed me across you yard? — Alyson Noel
Ranger picked up and there was a moment of silence as if he was sensing me at the other end, taking my body temperature and… — Janet Evanovich
The rest, with very little exaggeration, was books. Meant-to-be-picked-up books. Permanently-left-behind books. Uncertain-what-to-do-with books. But books, books. Tall cases lined three walls of the room,… — J D Salinger
But when the other end of the line picked up, it was his voicemail that answered, not the man himself. "I know how devastated you… — Richelle Mead
When you want genuine music -- music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like strychnine whisky, go… — Mark Twain
I'm afraid that my wife picked up a number of colorful expressions from the Yanks and such, Frank offered, with a nervous smile. True, I… — Diana Gabaldon
What I didn't say was that each time I picked up a German dictionary or a German book, the very sight of those dense, black,… — Sylvia Plath
If it winds up earlier, you should have a movie picked out. This is assuming she isn’t sending you the ‘let’s go back to my… — Nora Roberts
He picked up the wrench and broke the guy’s wrist with it, one, and then the other wrist, two, and turned back and did the… — Lee Child
Finch picked up one of the ancient fax-mags and brought it over to me. "I don't need anything to read," I said. "I'll just sit… — Connie Willis
It was an odd relationship, but then she was an extraordinary woman: a prioress who doubted much of what the church taught; an acclaimed healer… — Ken Follett
Just sit tight. Reinforcements should be here soon. Hopefully nothing happens before-" Lightning crackled overhead. The wind picked up with a vengeance. Worksheets flew into… — Rick Riordan
Like a girl, a baby running after her mother, begging to be picked up, and she tugs on her skirts, holding her back as she… — Homer

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