M. K. Hobson Quotes
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Nothing is ever what you want it to be. The harder you grab for it, the more deeply it cuts. And it mocks you for being foolish enough to reach for it at all. You come to fear touching anything at all, because you know that if you do, it will become terrible.
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I really do believe some people are naturally novelists and some people are short story writers. For me, when I was in middle school or high school, I started with novels.
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I don’t think that’s the answer he was looking for. It’s not the answer I was looking for. But maybe it’s the right one.
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There is a difference between not understanding and being willfully obtuse.
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'What kind of idiot do you think I am?''I have no idea what kind of idiot you are,' Miss Jesczenka said. 'That’s why I’m asking.'
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Emily pounded on the door, assuming it would do no good, but finding the act of pounding very satisfying indeed.
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I love those books like 'Gone with the Wind,' the huge, sweeping family sagas.
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You know, there’s one thing about you that always astonishes me. The longer you talk, the wronger you get.
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'Was your mother furious?''She’ll get over it,' Stanton said. 'Perhaps not in this lifetime, but I happen to believe in reincarnation, so there’s still hope.'
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'I’m sorry Mr. Stanton, really I am. I didn’t mean to miss it. Things...happened.''Oh, well. Things happened. How nice to have that cleared up.'
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Emily’s chestnut-colored hair was thick and shiny as silk floss-an extraordinary female endowment. But like most female endowments, it was generally more trouble than it was worth.
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In New Bethel, we take the word serious. We whip whores, we hang thieves, and we burn sorcerers.
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The obsessive rules of etiquette struck Emily as mean-spirited, like the old trick of tying someone’s shoelaces under the table. It was only fun if you liked watching people fall down.
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Love. Such a lot of damn fuss.