Typical Quotes

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Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them.… — Terry Pratchett
The near side of a galaxy is tens of thousands of light-years closer to us than the far side; thus we see the front as… — Carl Sagan
In a typical mental health catch-22, the alienating nature of depression tends to keep its sufferers from finding their way to the very support groups… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Rosemary felt that this swim would become the typical one of her life, the one that would always pop up in her memory at the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Indeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
We'd spent maybe ten minutes together, during which time I'd accidentally swung a sword at her, she'd saved my life, and I'd run away chased… — Rick Riordan
Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. He was bigger than his… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
I stared up at the Erlking, and with my typical pithy brilliance said, "Uh-oh. — Jim Butcher
It was a typical day of suckage and blowage.â€™ (Chris) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
You know, Miss Holly, you look very dramatic like that, backlit by the fire. Very attractive, if I may say so. I know you shared… — Eoin Colfer
A typical weeknight when he was home like this: 1. Sit down and try to do homework. 2. Get interrupted by Jeffrey: â€œPlease play with… — Jordan Sonnenblick
Then she opened her eyes, Veronika did not think 'this must be heaven'. Heaven would never use a fluorescent tube to light a room, and… — Paulo Coelho
The typical imperative from biology is not "Thou shalt... ," but "If ... then ... else. — Steven Pinker
Look," I whisper to Cat, "Shooting star! That's good luck." She rolls her eyes. "It's a plane, you idiot," she says, and when I look… — Cathy Cassidy
One of the chief things which my typical man has to learn is that the mental faculties are capable of a continuous hard activity; they… — Arnold Bennett
If that isn't typical male stupidity! If something doesn't work, kick it or swear at it! — Nora Roberts
Typical" Kisten said, his eyes dramatically sad. "Try to do something nice for a person, cheer her up, and what do I get? Abused and… — Kim Harrison
There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy. — Carl Sagan
A typical National World Weekly would tell the world how Jesus' face was seen on a Big Mac bun bought by someone from Des Moines,… — Neil Gaiman
A typical master. Right to the end, he didnâ€™t give me a chance to get a word in edgeways. Which is a pity, because at… — Jonathan Stroud

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