"It was one of those problematic occasions with……" — Terry Pratchett
"It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice."
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1,149 Quotes by Terry Pratchett
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Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness.
— Willa Cather
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Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of…
— Edward Burnett Tylor
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Morning exercise, walking in the free, invigorating air of heaven, or cultivating flowers, small fruits, and vegetables, is the surest…
— Ellen G. White
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We all wish to be of importance in one way or another. The child coughs with might and main, since…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.
— Joshua Bell
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And in bed, deep inside the building, are all the headaches that won't go away. The failed kidneys, the rashes,…
— Jenny Downham
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I don't think pandemics make us afraid of death, I think they make us afraid of oblivion. They force us…
— John Green
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Gazzy: (Hugging himself and jumping up and down) "I'm brilliant! I'm a genius! I can blow up the world!" Max:…
— James Patterson
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Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life.
— Terry Pratchett
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He works at the kennel with Nana," Ben piped up. "And I think him and Mom are dating." At that,…
— Nicholas Sparks
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Chance. Stupid, dumb, blind chance. Just a part of the strange mechanism of the world, with its fits and coughs…
— Lauren Oliver
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Sometimes life coughs up coincidences no writer of fiction would dare copy.
— Stephen King
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