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We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically.… — S.J. Watson
As with most things in life, Lady Maccon preferred the civilized exterior to the dark underbelly (with the exception of pork products, of course.) — Gail Carriger
Among her other talents were forgetting what she did not like and ignoring what she preferred not to see. — Anna Godbersen
Humans have always preferred to live their lives by daylight. I used to think it was because human beings have crappy night vision, and it… — Mira Grant
Piers looked up at him. 'You're new. What's your name?' 'Neythen, my lord.' 'Sounds like a terrible illness. No, more like a bowel problem. I'm… — Eloisa James
All the world knew that a maester forged his silver link when he learned the art of healing—but the world preferred to forget that men… — George R. R. Martin
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
The idea began to sink in, more than it ever had, that I might be crazy, in the traditional sense of the word. That I… — Marya Hornbacher
What does it cost to lose those weeks, that light, the very nights in the year preferred over all others? Can you evade the dying… — Joan Didion
Do you think my husband and his soldiers will be overly upset with me?" The priest broke into a wide grin. "I'll stand by your… — Julie Garwood
She'd preferred the uncertainty, if only because it allowed her to remember him the way he used to be. Sometimes, though, she wondered what he… — Nicholas Sparks
As a young boy, Charles Darwin made friends easily but preferred to spend his time taking long, solitary nature walks. (As an adult he was… — Susan Cain
I preferred my brand of beauty where Norah was more beautiful than any bimbette, and Mom was beautiful whether sized extra-small or extra-large. Where Peony… — Justina Chen
I like a girl with a substantial bottom,' said Renoir, drawing in the air the size bottom he preferred. — Christopher Moore
Charles preferred his deer to taste like meat and his pancakes to look like pancakes. Brother Wolf thought he was too picky. Brother Wolf was… — Patricia Briggs
In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest. — Orson Scott Card
We Deveauxs preferred to talk you to death, rather than face you in physical combat. — Maureen Johnson
I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get… — Frederick Douglass
More and more I find myself at a loss for words and didn't want to hear other people talking either. Their conversations seemed false and… — Paula McLain
Dory is what Mum used to call a "strong-looking woman," which means that, from the back, she looked like a man, and, from the front,… — Maggie Stiefvater
[defines a madman as] a man who preferred to become mad,in the socially accepted sense of the word, rather than forfeit a certain superior idea… — Antonin Artaud
Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group: I… — Philip Yancey
The man who knelt before her would have sprung from her needles, even down the ghostly flecks of silver in his hair. She had not… — Catherynne M. Valente
His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam.… — Roger Zelazny
My needs were simple I didn't bother much with themes or felicitous phrases and skipped fine descriptions of weather, landscapes and interiors. I wanted characters… — Ian Mcewan

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