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Twisted and perverse are the ways of the human mind," Jane intoned. "Pinocchio was such a dolt to try to become a real boy. He… — Orson Scott Card
I saw a man with a wooden leg and a real foot. — Steven Wright
I wanted to tell them that, in Kabul, we snapped a tree branch and used it as a credit card. Hassan and I would take… — Khaled Hosseini
I also have a brand-new prescription for gunfire jitters: When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase. Run up and down a… — Anne Frank
A Kiss," said Mogget sleepily. "Actually, just a breath would do. But you have to start kissing someone sometime, I suppose." "A breath?" she asked.… — Garth Nix
There was a brief silence in which the distant echo of Hagrid smashing down a wooden front door seemed to reverberate through the intervening years. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Unoka went into an inner room and soon returned with a small wooden disc containing a kola nut, some alligator pepper and a lump of… — Chinua Achebe
I'm sorry Finn. I'm a wooden-headed dummy.' Don't be so hard on yourself,' said Finn. 'You're just a straw-brained scarecrow. — Shannon Hale
There we were - demented children mincing about in clothes that no one ever wore, speaking as no man ever spoke, swearing love in wigs… — Tom Stoppard
Just for a while": Death's opening chat-up line in His great seduction, before he drugged you with soporific comforts, distracted you with minor luxuries and… — Christopher Brookmyre
Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it. There is always another appointment to be met, another bill… — Jodi Picoult
I miss him like one might miss a scar, or wooden leg, something disfiguring but characteristic. — Nick Hornby
I am running through a snowfall which is her thighs, he dramatized in purple. Her thighs are filling up the street. Wide as a snowfall,… — Leonard Cohen
There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she… — Ann Brashares
As I walked, I ran my fingers along the spines of hundreds of books. I let myself be imbued with the smell, with the light… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Knot the tie and go to work, unknot the tie and go to sleep. I sleep. I dream. I wake. I sing. I get out… — Richard Siken
I carefully lay out the provisions. One thin black sleeping bag that reflects body heat. A pack of crackers. A pack of dried beef strips.… — Suzanne Collins
If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to… — J.R.R. Tolkien
There was a small wooden gazebo built out over the water; Isabelle was sitting in it, staring out across the lake. She looked like a… — Cassandra Clare
I've never seen anyone sleep with their head hanging off the back of a wooden chair before - was the couch not comfortable enough for… — Tabitha Suzuma
There was nowhere to sit except the bunk, which was covered with rotting food, and a wooden stool, upon which sat a large fur-covered lump—an… — Dave Barry
We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings with his fingers… — Khalil Gibran
Are you armed?" Oliver asked her. She glanced down at her backpack and instantly, instinctively held back. "No." "Lie to me again and I'll put… — Rachel Caine
You didn't know I could do that, did you?" he asked, conversationally. "I did not, Your Majesty," Teleus gasped. "My grandfather killed a man that… — Megan Whalen Turner
It will be as if I'd never existed, he'd promised me. I felt the smooth wooden floor beneath my knees, and then the palms of… — Stephenie Meyer

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