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Mnemosyne, one must admit, has shown herself to be a very careless girl. — Vladimir Nabokov
He only invited me because of you and Chase.' 'Right,' she said, following me inside. 'He's never shown the slightest interest in you before. I… — Claire LaZebnik
She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her… — Ken Follett
Please, Lord Maccon, use one of the cups. My delicate sensibilities.â€ The earl actually snorted. â€œMy dear Miss Tarabotti, if you possessed any such things,… — Gail Carriger
The future is an ever-shifting maze of possibilities until it becomes the present. The future I have shown you tonight is not yet fixed. But… — Terry Brooks
Because my mum and dad brought me up to believe that people are different but equal. And that I should treat everyone, no matter who,… — Malorie Blackman
The human mind is a fearful instrument of adaptation, and in nothing is this more clearly shown than in its mysterious powers of resilience, self-protection,… — Thomas Wolfe
It would then be brought abruptly to an end, for the brightness had shown suffering the way. — Markus Zusak
Corruption and envy and lust for power. Cruelty and coldness. A vicious probing curiousity. Pure, poisonous, toxic malice. You have never from your earliest years… — Philip Pullman
It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know… — Annie Dillard
Mom actually said that?" Cassie's face shown with happiness. "She always hated my math!" "Nah," Martin said. "She was just being that way for you.… — Clare B. Dunkle
And for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we… — C.S. Lewis
I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sitting-room, but I donâ€™t know… — Hugh Laurie
Michael had once read to her how God had cast a man and woman out of paradise. Yet, for all their human faults and failures.… — Francine Rivers
The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all systems of definition… — Alan Watts
To the primitive mind, everything is either friendly or hostile; but experience has shown that friendliness and hostility are not the conceptions by which the… — Bertrand Russell
My studies have shown that the process of falling into mature love happens in four steps. When you meet a woman, you subconsciously look for… — Jennifer Crusie
In his student days, he used to argue that if a woman has no other course open to her but starvation, prostitution, or throwing herself… — Margaret Atwood
You see, now that trials have come, they have shown that I am NOT a nice child. I was afraid they would. Perhaps... that is… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
Yes, it feels great to plan your life when you believe everything can turn out fine. But what about when you're shown, again and again,… — Jay Asher

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