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4349 quotes by 2960 authors
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Mister Dresden," he said. "And Miss Rodriguez, I believe. I didn't realize you were an art collector." "I am the foremost collector of velvet Elvii…
— Jim Butcher
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Dreams of innocence are just that; they usually depend on a denial of reality that can be its own form of hubris.
— Michael Pollan
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I do shodo magic,†Dali said. “I curse through calligraphy. I have to write the curse out on a piece of paper and I can’t…
— Ilona Andrews
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To some I am known as Chief. And these are usually people who work in Radio Shack or try to sell me shoes. To others…
— Demetri Martin
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Seth and I had broken up twice and while I usually accepted that he had moved on, I knew that I would love him forever.…
— Richelle Mead
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Love in the real world doesn’t usually work out the way stories make us think it should. We don’t always get fairy-tale endings. People split…
— Richelle Mead
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The flock gets sight of a spot of blood on some chicken and they all go to peckin' at it, see, till they rip the…
— Ken Kesey
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She doesn’t usually back down that easily.†“Maybe she’s got class.†Eve snorted. “Trust me,†she said. “That girl’s got no class at all.
— Rachel Caine
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Death waits for no man - and if he does, he doesn't usually wait for very long.
— Markus Zusak
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There’s a writer for you,†he said. “Knows everything and at the same time he knows nothing.†[narrator]It was my first inkling that he was…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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What are you guys doing? If you anted me to take a shower, all you had to do was pay me ten bucks, like you…
— James Patterson
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You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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I used to smoke marijuana. But I’ll tell you something: I would only smoke it in the late evening. Oh, occasionally the early evening, but…
— Steve Martin
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I know that when people pull apart, they usually employ misunderstanding as a weapon, deliberately getting hold of the stick's wrong end, impaling themselves on…
— Salman Rushdie
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Catherine! Get out of my way. I need to have a word with that thing." Since she usually called Bones "filthy animal", I assumed "thing"…
— Jeaniene Frost
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Adrien, people get killed all the time. Since when is it your job to find out what happened to them?" "I'm not usually suspected of…
— Josh Lanyon
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p.61 He [Roark] was usually disliked, from the first sight of his face, anywhere he went. His face was closed like the door of a…
— Ayn Rand
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Yes, she was a scandal. Her brother simply didn’t know it. “I fell in the Serpentine today.†“Yes, well, that doesn’t usually happen to women…
— Sarah MacLean
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I shook my head. “I don’t think so. This isn’t a good idea. This isn’t right.†“There’s all kinds of right,†he murmured. “On the…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide feedback…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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