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It smells terrible in here.' Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to forget in this… — John Kennedy Toole
From the first time he’d met her, he’d sensed an air of contradiction about her. She was very much a woman, but still retained a… — Charles de Lint
The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it. — Terry Pratchett
But a few choosing to venture deeper into the painful corridors of their affliction, found after a while that they could now grind and polish… — Thomas Pynchon
Dumbledore had not raised his voice, he did not even sound angry, but Harry would have preferred him to yell; this cold disappointment was worse… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
They were so close to each other that they preferred death to separation. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death… — Yann Martel
...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't have the slightest… — Katherine Paterson
Coraline shivered. She preferred her other mother to have a location: if she were nowhere, then she could be anywhere. And, after all, it is… — Neil Gaiman
You are putting yourself in serious danger...' I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame… — Marjane Satrapi
You know, I preferred you as an evil monk. Would have made killing you a whole lot easier. — Chris d'Lacey
...It looked very different from the Statue of Liberty, but what did that matter? What was the good of having the statue without the liberty,… — Josephine Baker
Like all the other arrivals to the tournament, Hank had erected a banner in front. It was a long, tapering pennant with a blue and… — James A. Owen
I used to think I preferred getting old to the alternative, but now I'm not sure. Sometimes the momotony of bingo and sing-alongs and ancient… — Sara Gruen
He didn't like very many people any more, or very many things either. He preferred not to be this way, but there it was, he… — David Guterson
The rules took a while to sort out. Lena and Carmen wanted to focus on friendship-type rules, stuff about keeping in touch with one another… — Ann Brashares
It wasn't as if she was terrified of heights, she simply preferred to be closer to solid ground, where words like plummet and plunge did… — Victoria Alexander
At least I was true. My intellectual abilities gave me a release, and an excuse. I shunned company because I preferred books; and the dreams… — Robin McKinley
We cannot indefinitely avoid depressing subject matter, particularly it it is true, and in the subsequent quarter century the world has had to hear a… — Elie Wiesel
All human plans [are] subject to ruthless revision by Nature, or Fate, or whatever one preferred to call the powers behind the Universe. — Arthur C. Clarke
It was a lame excuse, and I knew that wasn't the reason he was canceling. If he wanted to avoid me, I would have preferred… — Richelle Mead
I didn't know whether to trust Alaska, and I'd certainly had enough of her unpredictability - cold one day, sweet the next; irresistibly flirty one… — John Green
Other people salted away money for their old age, but Nanny preferred to accumulate memories. — Terry Pratchett
It was not going to be the end of the world. Just the end of the Cullens. The end of Edward, the end of me.… — Stephenie Meyer
...but I preferred reading the American landscape as we went along. Every bump, rise, and stretch in it mystified my longing. — Jack Kerouac

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