Term Quotes
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No matter how clear things might become in the forest of story, there was never a clear-cut solution, as there was in math. The role…
— Haruki Murakami
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What the devil is Chocho?' Will whispered. Horace's grin broadened. 'You are. It's what the men call you,' he said. Then he added, 'It's a…
— John Flanagan
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What is this Chocho business?' Will muttered to himself. But his friends overheard the comment. 'It's a term of great respect,' they chorused, and he…
— John Flanagan
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The present moment, though, is outside of time, it’s Eternity. In India they use the word “karma†for lack of any better term. But it’s…
— Paulo Coelho
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Screwy," I said. "Is that a medical term?" "Of course.
— Ilona Andrews
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The Circle had been less than thrilled by its choice, but we'd finally come to terms. As in, they were no longer trying to play…
— Karen Chance
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To call someone 'anti-American', indeed, to be anti-American, (or for that matter anti-Indian, or anti-Timbuktuan) is not just racist, it's a failure of the imagination.…
— Arundhati Roy
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I prefer the term ‘sexual deviant’ myself,†Saiman said.
— Ilona Andrews
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Lucy said, 'We're so afraid of being sent away, Aslan. And you have sent us back into our own world so often.' 'No fear of…
— C.S. Lewis
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Grandmother pointed out my brother Perry, my sister Sarah, and my sister Eliza, who stood in the group. I had never seen my brother nor…
— Frederick Douglass
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You have heard the expression 'love is blind'" "I think it's bullshit. Lust dazzles, sure, at least for the short term. But love clears the…
— Nora Roberts
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Soulmate" is an overused term, but a true soul connection is very rare, and very real.
— Hilary Duff
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As if finding a guy to solve your problems isn't a contradiction of terms.
— Janette Rallison
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I do not like a high-organized church. I think that as soon as the congregation reaches a level of one hundred or so people, it…
— Charles M. Schulz
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. . .from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives,…
— Maurice Sendak
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a technician who uses the term “glitch†is like a Doctor who tells you you’re suffering from a “thingy,†except the doctor won’t tell you…
— John Connolly
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... the Kindle is a "roach motel" device: its license terms and DRM ensure that books can check in, but they can't check out.
— Cory Doctorow
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Free women," said Anna, wryly. She added, with an anger new to Molly, so that she earned another quick scrutinizing glance from her friend: "They…
— Doris Lessing
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The misconception which has haunted philosophic literature throughout the centuries is the notion of 'independent existence.' There is no such mode of existence; every entity…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long-term interests for a short-term reward.
— Michael Lewis
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