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True names,â€ said September wonderingly. â€œThese are all true names. Like, when your parents call you to dinner and you donâ€™t come and they call… — Catherynne M. Valente
We're so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing who we are… — Charles de Lint
...and the renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He then had another… — Douglas Adams
Folks think a lifetime is a thing stretched out over years. It ain't. It can happen quick as a match in a dark room. — Esi Edugyan
But I am I now; and so many other millions are so irretrievably their own special variety of 'I' that I can hardly bear to… — Sylvia Plath
I take a few quick sips. "This is really good." And I mean it. I have never tasted tea like this. It is smooth, pungent,… — Amy Tan
Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope. — Trudi Canavan
Men were always quick to believe in the madness of women. — Alison Goodman
The trouble with him was that he was without imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things,… — Jack London
The quick and the dead are all the same. Everyone's just looking for home. — J R Ward
So do I wish I was to be king? That is not a question I ask myself. I ask myself, Would I be a good… — Sharon Shinn
This must be what an addict feels like, I think, trying to fight the pull of one last, quick read. My fingers itch toward the… — Jodi Picoult
Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design grief greater than… — Homer
You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn't choose right, things got narrow real quick. — Ron Rash
The universe is not short on wake-up calls. Weâ€™re just quick to hit the snooze button. — BrenÃ© Brown
I will see to this; you see to your sister. Be quick about it. It wonâ€™t be long before I come for you, and youâ€™d… — Sylvia Day
Poireaux vinaigrette aux grains de caviar.â€ I did a quick translation. â€œLeeks and fish eggs in vinegar?â€ He grinned. â€œIt sounds better in French.â€ Yeah,… — Karen Chance
Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all… — Jonathan Carroll
Hey, I'm going to Super Dog for a quick bite and to pass along a message from a dead guy to his girlfriend. You should… — Darynda Jones
Can we get back to how weâ€™re going to kill Nick? And whatâ€™s this about a dead body? Youâ€™d better start talking quick, Ivy, â€™cause… — Kim Harrison

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