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One of the world's most popular entertainments is a deck of cards, which contains thirteen each of four suits, highlighted by kings, queens and jacks,… — Daniel Handler
But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to… — Mark Twain
The trouble with Jim was he looked at the world and could not look away. And when you never look away all your life, by… — Ray Bradbury
I took my coffee into the dining room and settled down with the morning paper. A woman in New York had had twins in a… — Shirley Jackson
A girl who is thirteen-which is hard, and difficult, and beautiful, and painful, and exhilarating. — Jodi Picoult
I believed in immaculate conception and spontaneous combustion. I believed in aliens from outer space and vampires, prophecy, and the resurrection of the dead. I… — Kate Braverman
Mr. Freeman sighs. "No imagination. What are you thirteen? Fourteen? You've already let them beat your creativity out of you! — Laurie Halse Anderson
Beli at thirteen believed in love like a seventy-year-old widow who's been abandoned by family, husband, children and fortune believes in God. — Junot Diaz
Not an insult sweetie. That was a thirteen word kiss. — Dean Koontz
Sig Sauer. Nine millimetres. Thirteen in the magazine. Big bullets. One of these hits you and it could blow your head off; something even the… — Eoin Colfer
Be proud, Bonito, pretty boy. You can go home and tell your father, Yes, I beat up Ender Wiggin, who was barely ten years old,… — Orson Scott Card
It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what… — Sophie Kinsella
A piratical ghost story in thirteen ingenious but potentially disturbing rhyming couplets, originally conceived as a confection both to amuse and to entertain by Mr.… — Neil Gaiman
Your ideal possession candidate's a thirteen-year-old recently orphaned schizophrenic girl three days away from her period on her way to see the shrink with whom… — Glen Duncan
Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that Dickens… — Nick Hornby
I'll try if I know all the things I used to know. Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is… — Lewis Carroll
The lesson here is very simple. But it is striking how often it is overlooked. We are so caught in the myths of the best… — Malcolm Gladwell
She's thirteen. Time will remedy that. — Karen Marie Moning
Justin, honey, you were my very first kiss. My very first hand to hold. But you were nothing more than an average guy. And I… — Jay Asher
She had the underwear of a thirteen-year-old, as well, he thought. He glanced back at her. But the shoes of a courtesan. — Anne Stuart
The battle was over. Our casualties were some thirteen thousand killed--thirteen thousand minds, memories, loves, sensations, worlds, universes--because the human mind is more a universe… — John Fowles
It was like seeing Bill Gates at age thirteen, times two. And half of him was wearing a cheerleader uniform. Yes, I know that’s a… — Jordan Sonnenblick
Someone needs to give the Pope thirteen babies. Just for a week or so. See how he likes no birth control then. — Laura Moriarty
Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last… — Suzanne Collins
...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing school when I… — Jeannette Walls

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