Using Quotes

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So what rhyming poems do is they take all these nearby sound curves and remind you that they first existed that way in your brain.… — Nicholson Baker
However, as words become particularized, and as men begin - in however small a way - to use them in personal, arbitrary ways, so their… — Yukio Mishima
Let's just say that if these scientist had been using their brilliance for good instead of evil, cars would run off water vapor and leave… — James Patterson
Inigo Montoya: He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using. — William Goldman
And this Atlantean Destroyer is now leading the Daimons and sending them out to battle against Acheron, who is just using us and the humans… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Maybe we ought to look at a guy's response to our microwave from now on." Aunt Annie said. Really." Mom said. "The narcissist looks at… — Deb Caletti
I am aware that somewhere along the line, I've subconsciously turned down the pitch of my speech, like a silencer of a gun that softens… — Koren Zailckas
In a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage… — Lev Grossman
Tiny Cooper is splayed out across the thin carpet, using his backpack as a pillow. Heâ€™s wearing skinny jeans, which look very much like denim… — John Green
...but Dimitri...well, my former lover and instructor was in a category all his own. His fighting skills were beyond anyone else's, and he was using… — Richelle Mead
Did I ever mention I used to be a delivery driver too? I was. I can read a map. Whatâ€™s more, using a brilliant mixture… — Patrick Rothfuss
Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted,… — C.S. Lewis
at first I thought you were just using me" she said "I definitely am." I just wasn't sure for what. "Asshole!" she said, and punched… — Paul Neilan
i wish the whole world was dead serious about food instead of silly rockets and machines and explosives using everybody's food money to blow their… — Jack Kerouac
she got a reputation for an easy smile and a sharp tongue, and using one to balance the other, she seemed friendly but distant — Dorothy Allison
So what's the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? I just don't understand that. — Stephen Chbosky
My grandfather says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an… — Jhumpa Lahiri
The career of a movie star consists of helping everyone else forget their troubles. Using charm and beauty and good cheer to make life look… — Chuck Palahniuk
I used to tell your mother she looked like Sophia Lauren." He looks at me, frowning, and then it registers. "Oh God, some guy's using… — Melina Marchetta
If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word 'equilibrium,' or 'normal distribution,' do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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