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Emperors per se did not unnerve Miles . . . . Emperor Gregor had been raised along with Miles practically as his foster-brother; somewhere in the back of Miles's mind the term emperor was coupled with such identifiers as somebody to play hide-and-seek with. In this context those hidden assumptions could be a psychosocial land mine. Lois McMaster Bujold
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "You can't know somebody, I thought, till you've followed him..."
You can't know somebody, I thought, till you've followed him home. Barbara Kingsolver
Jonah-John-if I had been a Sam, I would have been a Jonah still-not because I have been unlucky for others, but because somebody or something has compelled me to be certain places, at certain times, without fail. Conveyances and motives, both conventional and bizarre, have been provided. And, according to plan, at each appointed second, at each appointed place this Jonah was there. Kurt Vonnegut
Jo vanished without a word. Rushing upstairs, she startled the invalids by exclaiming tragically as she burst into the room, 'Oh, do somebody go down quick; John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it! Louisa May Alcott
The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to stand out. Such ambition has no use for a gung fu man, who rejects all forms of self-assertiveness and competition Bruce Lee
Iris Murdoch quote: " coffee unless it is very good and made by somebody else is..."
... coffee unless it is very good and made by somebody else is pretty intolerable at any time. Iris Murdoch
Sylvia Plath quote: "If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed."
If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed. Sylvia Plath
Evil exists," he says, not flinching at the word. "I believe that what the rich have done to the poor people in this city is something that a preacher would call evil. Somebody has power. Pretending that they don't so they don't need to use it to help people-that is my idea of evil. Jonathan Kozol
I had a good-talking candle last night in my bedroom. I was very tired but I wanted somebody to be with me, so I lit a candle and listened to its comfortable voice of light until I was asleep. Richard Brautigan
I've had sex with lots of guys, but I think I did it mostly out of fear. I was scared not to have somebody putting his arms around me, so I could never say no. That's all. Nothing good ever came of sex like that. All it does is grind down the meaning of life a piece at a time. Haruki Murakami
Mercedes Lackey quote: "If he didn't get out of here - right now - Harrier was either..."
If he didn't get out of here - right now - Harrier was either going to break into hysterical laughter or strangle somebody. Mercedes Lackey
Neil Gaiman quote: "Have you ever had one of those days when something just seems..."
Have you ever had one of those days when something just seems to be trying to tell you somebody? Neil Gaiman
What is the knocking? What is the knocking at the door in the night? It is somebody who wants to do us harm. No, no, it is the three strange angels. Admit them, admit them. David Herbert Lawrence
Chuck Klosterman quote: "Somewhere, at some point, somehow, somebody decided that death..."
Somewhere, at some point, somehow, somebody decided that death equals credibility. Chuck Klosterman
John Bunyan, author of the classic book the Pilgrim’s Progress, said “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who cannot pay you back.” Make a decision that you will live to give. Be on the lookout each day for somebody you can bless. Don’t’ live for yourself; learn to give yourself away, and your life will make a difference. Joel Osteen

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