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You spend so much time wondering who you are, don't you think? You flounder about, searching for your identity, when most of the time it… — Terry Brooks
He understood that she needed some time to get used to "them." He didn't. He knew exactly what was happening, and he didn't need another… — Cindy Gerard
What he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they were as easy to stop as glaciers. I believe that, too.… — Kurt Vonnegut
Then the lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of Heaven; and He overthrew those cities, and all… — Kurt Vonnegut
Say she rail; why, I'll tell her plain She sings as sweetly as a nightingale. Say that she frown; I'll say she looks as clear… — William Shakespeare
It's funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old… — Elizabeth Kostova
Only miracle is plain; it is in the ordinary that groans with the weight of glory. — Robert Farrar Capon
I can see you are a fine lady, but this boy is randy as a goat around you and it's plain to see. If he… — Karen Marie Moning
You want to believe in black and white, good and evil, heroes that are truly heroic, villains that are just plain bad, but I've learned… — Karen Marie Moning
He was poor, yet always appeared to be giving something away; a stranger, yet everyone was his friend; no longer young, but as happy-hearted as… — Louisa May Alcott
But to look back from the stony plain along the road which led one to that place is not at all the same thing as… — James A. Baldwin
But mostly, I remembered what Iâ€™ve always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most things in life… — Katherine Applegate
For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around… — Emma Donoghue
Oh, I didn't think it wise to hide it. Might not be able to find it again," I say, cheerily. "It's sitting in plain view… — Libba Bray
To espresso or to latte, that is the question...whether 'tis tastier on the palate to choose white mocha over plain...or to take a cup to… — Jasper Fforde
The men gasped at Nicholas. "That's the most I've heard him say in three years." Sam said. He turned to the others. "You ever hear… — Christine Feehan
The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Why, in truth, sir," was Monte Cristo's reply, "man is but an ugly caterpillar for him who studies him through a solar microscope; but you… — Alexandre Dumas
Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands. — Oscar Wilde
He was wearing a plain white oxford unbuttoned over a T-shirt, but something about the way they fit made him look put together, like an… — Claire LaZebnik

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