"I could not help staring back, for they……" — Kenneth Oppel
"I could not help staring back, for they made quite a contrast: Kate's pale skin and elegant purple suit, Nadira's dusky skin and exotic fiery sari. "Do we clash?" Nadira said dryly. "We certainly do," said Kate. "Would you like me to move?" "Don't trouble yourself."
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33 Quotes by Kenneth Oppel
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The world of 'The Hunger Games' is a paranoid survivalist's dream.
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It's somewhat disquieting that the same parents and educators who are horrified by the notion of child soldiers have bestowed…
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His speech failed to rouse an enthusiastic cheer, but no one dared contradict him.
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It's the way you look whenever she mentions her fiance. My cat looks like that before he hacks up a…
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I poo poo the chit.' The attendant looked stunned. 'You cannot poo-poo the chit!' I do.' Kate said solemnly. 'I…
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But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can…
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I know you pretty well." "Better than anyone I think." I smiled. Her compliment was like a gift itself, only…
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You can't eat [literature], that's the problem," he said. "I've tried, it's very dry, and not at all nutritious.
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You two were in a cave together?’ said Miss Simpkins in horror. ‘Yes,’ said Kate, ‘and it was very, very…
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IMBECILE!" the chef shouted. "Next time why don't you just put your whole HAND in the food, hey? Yes, your…
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You flatter me shamelessly. I like it. Good.
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Everyone watched, wondering if this could be the same lunatic who'd nearly berthed his ornithopter in the restaurant. I swallowed,…
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More Clash Quotes
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There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.
— Nikolai Berdyaev
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I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
— Billy Bragg
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No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that's what the West is all…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Many people in Europe and the U.S. dispute the thesis that we are living through a clash of civilisations between…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree…
— Paul Cezanne
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When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the…
— Marc Chagall
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She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak…
— Lee Child
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Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our…
— Louis Aragon
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We will be misguided in our intentions if we point at one single thing and say that it will prevent…
— Leslie Groves
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From inside fortifications, the gun has no equal among weapons. It is the supreme weapon on the field before the…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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There is not one state truly alive if it is not as if a cauldron burns and boils in its…
— Sukarno
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Today, people are talking about many things: the danger of war and frequent clashes, water and air pollution, hunger, the…
— Fethullah Gulen
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