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He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything;…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon...
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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It's not the sort of night for bed, anyhow.
— Kenneth Grahame
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You could put your confusion and upset and worries into whatever book you were reading. You could sort of set them down in there, and…
— Deb Caletti
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You know, in Fairyland-Above they said that the underworld was full of devils and dragons. But it isn’t so at all! Folk are just folk,…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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Aziraphale. The Enemy, of course. But an enemy for six thousand years now, which made him a sort of friend.
— Terry Pratchett
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I stopped watching for ridicule, the scorpion's tail hidden in his words. He said what he meant; he was puzzled if you did not. Some…
— Madeline Miller
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He’s sort of a homeless horse,†I said. “I’m leaving for the airport in two seconds, and I won’t be back for a couple days.…
— Janet Evanovich
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The angel said, "I like black-and-white films more than color because they're more artificial. You have to work harder to overcome your disbelief. It's sort…
— Jonathan Carroll
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What's the biggest thing you've zapped with a fireball?' I asked. 'That would be a tiger,'said Nightingale. 'Well don't tell Greenpeace,' I said. 'They're an…
— Ben Aaronovitch
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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering…
— C.S. Lewis
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And it came to Marcus suddenly that slaves very seldom whistled. They might sing, if they felt like it or if the rhythm helped their…
— Rosemary Sutcliff
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I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who doesn’t feel too…
— Jim Butcher
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Gabriel’s green eyes sought Will. “It was demon pox, wasn’t it? You know all about it, don’t you? Aren’t you some sort of expert?†“Well,…
— Cassandra Clare
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They're sort of ancillary anyway, friends. I mean, they're important -- everybody knows that; the TV tells you so -- but they come and go.…
— Ned Vizzini
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I have a lot on my mind and not a lot to do so it's going to come out, all of it, and then, then,…
— Bryan Lee O'Malley
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Do you like me?†No answer. Silence bounced, fell off his tongue and sat between us and clogged my throat. It slaughtered my trust. It…
— Anne Sexton
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There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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I felt the sort of soaring, ceilingless tedium that transcends tedium and becomes worry.
— David Foster Wallace
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I'm merely trying to give you the sort of argument that would appeal to your intelligence.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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