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"There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it."
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"Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting."
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"If it weren't for the last minute nothing would get done."
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"And if I talk to him, I'll say something wrong, give something away. I can feel it coming, a betrayal of myself."
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"This was not of the nature of a Christlike lesson for Owen Meany to learn, as he lay in the manger, that someone you hate can give you a hard-on."
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"Cheap booze is a false economy."
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"Sergeant Colon of the Ankh-Morpork City Guard was on duty. He was guarding the Brass Bridge, the main link between Ankh and Morpork. From theft.When it came to crime prevention, Sergeant Colon found it safest to think big."
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"Kemp: I demonstrated conclusively this morning that invisibility--I.M: Never mind what YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED!--I'm starving, said the voice, and the night is--chilly for a man without clothes."
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"I hope you're not smoking in front of her,' Lucia says to him.'Yeah, I lie in bed and puff in her face, Lucia,' he says, irritated."
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"Niagara ... is the first disappointment in the married life of many Americans who spend their honeymoon there."
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"How did the hearing go? she asked."We won, sort of, Kaldar said. "We die at dawn."The court gave the Sheeriles twenty-four hours, William corrected."Yes, but 'we die at dawn the day after tomorrow' doesn't sound nearlyas dramatic."Does it have to be dramatic all the time? Catherine murmured."Of course. Everyone has a talent. Yours is crocheting and mine ismaking melodramatic statements."
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"Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches."
Love
"Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water."
Truth
"Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched."
Consequence
"The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part."
Character
"One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this."
Courage
"From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment."
Reading
"Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water."
Truth
"Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn."
Power
"Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience."
Experience
"God bears with the wicked, but not forever."
God
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