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Sometimes we have thoughts that even we don’t understand. Thoughts that aren’t even true—that aren’t really how we feel—but they’re running through our heads anyway… — Jay Asher
In the hours that followed, I learned that Ademic hand gestures did not actually represent facial expressions. It was nothing so simple as that. For… — Patrick Rothfuss
It's not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts. — E. M. Forster
Gemma, you see how it is. They've planned our entire lives, from what we shall wear to whom we shall marry and where we shall… — Libba Bray
They mean hot like 'I'm too good for you I got my own money don't be frontin' me.' You're more like 'Be my boyfriend I'll… — Laurie Halse Anderson
When little ones say they want to go home, they almost never mean it. They mean they are tired of this particular game and would… — Catherynne M. Valente
When people say " I just don't have enough time " they mean " I prioritized something else. — Tom Hodgkinson
Eat bitter, taste sweet," Frank said. "I hate that proverb." "But it's true. What do they call it these days---no pain, no gain? Same concept.… — Rick Riordan
It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can't people say what they mean at the time? — Jonathan Safran Foer
Life sometimes separates people so that they can realize how much they mean to each other. — Paulo Coelho
Oh, terrific," Dan muttered. "Just what we need. Another code! Why can't people just say what they mean? Why can't they say THE MAP IS… — Judy Blundell
I am so used to hints and mixed messages, saying things that might mean what they sort of sound like they mean. Games and contests,… — David Levithan
I live in the borderlands. The word ghost sounds like memory. The word therapy means exorcism. My visions echo and multiplymultiply. I don't know how… — Laurie Halse Anderson
We are full of words whose true meaning we haven't been taught, and one of those words is suffering. Another is the word death. We… — Alessandro Baricco
If this had ever happened before, it couldn't be happening now. That's what they mean by 'once in a lifetime'. — Rachel Vincent
It all began when... they're funny, those words. Everyone uses them, without thinking what they mean. When does anything begin? With everyone it begins when… — John Marsden
You have no idea about presents or what they mean. The last present you gave me was a stick.” “You wanted a weapon.” “It was… — Derek Landy
But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean? — Graeme Simsion
People talk about the pain of grief, but I don't know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled. — Veronica Roth
I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean… — Sheryl Crow
Acting doesn't have anything to do with listening to the words. We never really listen, in general conversation, to what the other person is saying.… — Jack Lemmon
Lots of English people say exactly the opposite of what they mean. — Leon Krier
One of the things that is very important to me is how I feel about my team. And not just what their jobs are but… — Anne Sweeney
Everything about The Bradshaws is controversial, fluid, uncertain: their age - perhaps 30,000 years old, perhaps older, perhaps more recent - who painted them, what… — Richard Flanagan
When they boo you, you know they mean you. — George Halas

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