Mike Quotes

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Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?
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P.G. Wodehouse (Mike and Psmith (Psmith, #1))
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Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the faintest idea what the heck is really going on.
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Mike Royko
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You speak rabbit?” asked Princess Sophie. β€œOf course,” said Lady Ariana. β€œAnd cat, dog, mouse, pig, and chicken. Fish, too. I am a magician, after all.
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Mike Martin (Princess Sophie and the Christmas Elixir)
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Repeat one word of what I just said and I'll cheerfully beat you to death, Mike.
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Stephenie Meyer
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So, did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or what? I've never seen him act like that.
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Stephenie Meyer (Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1))
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She sees ghosts,” said Samuel, impatient with my whining. "I see dead people,” I deadpanned back. Oddly, it was Uncle Mike who laughed. I hadn’t thought he’d be a moviegoer.
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Patricia Briggs (Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3))
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We’re never gonna understand women. They’re way too complex. You’ve got too many variables to consider. PMS, bad hair days, miscellaneous mood swings . . . there’s no way to tell what’s causing their attitude. - Mike
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Susane Colasanti (When It Happens)
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I'm telling you this for one reason and one reason only: No matter how sure you are of someone's love, it's always nice to hear it.
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Mike Gayle (Turning Thirty)
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There is a classic moment in β€˜The Sun Also Rises’ when someone asks Mike Campbell how he went bankrupt, and all he can say in response is, β€œGradually and then suddenly.” When someone asks how I lost my mind, that’s all I can say too.
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Elizabeth Wurtzel (Prozac Nation)
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A hundred yards away, Mike Newton was lowering Bella's limp body to the sidewalk. She slumped unresponsively against the wet concrete, her skin chalky as a corpse. I almost took the door off the car.
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Stephenie Meyer (Midnight Sun [2008 Draft])
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Hemingway has his classic moment in "The Sun Also Rises" when someone asks Mike Campbell how he went bankrupt. All he can say is, "Gradually, then suddenly." That's how depression hits. You wake up one morning, afraid that you're gonna live.
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Elizabeth Wurtzel (Prozac Nation)
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Solitude is the soil in which genius is planted, creativity grows, and legends bloom; faith in oneself is the rain that cultivates a hero to endure the storm, and bare the genesis of a new world, a new forest.
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Mike Norton (White Mountain)
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Yahweh: You've been unhappy because you've desired things that cannot be. Lucifer: That's what desire IS. The need for what we can't have. The need for what's readily available is called greed.
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Mike Carey (Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong)
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Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring, and valuable friends.
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Mike Norton (Just Another War Story)
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In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: "In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I'm treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' No,'" I answered, 'but I served in a company of heroes.
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Stephen E. Ambrose (Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest)
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Navarre asserted, β€œWe have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!” the American Lieutenant General β€œIron Mike” O’Daniel also shared that opinion.
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Michael G. Kramer (A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One)
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She winced and covered her ears as Eric,onstage, wrestled with his microphone. "Sorry about that, guys!" he yelled. "All right. I'm Eric, and this is my homeboy Matt on the drums. My first poem is called 'Untitled.'" He screwed up his face as if in pain, and wailed into the mike. "Come my faux juggernaut, my nefarious loins! Slather every protuberance with arid zeal!" Simon slid down in his seat. "Please don't tell anyone I know him." Clary giggled. "Who uses the word 'loins'?" "Eric," Simon said grimly. "All his poems have loins in them." 'Turgid is my torment!" Eric wailed. "Agony swells within!" "You bet it does," Clary said.
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Cassandra Clare (City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1))
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We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.
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Mike Carey (The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity)
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Fall. Stand. Learn. Adapt.
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Mike Norton (Fighting For Redemption)
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Oh, no,” said Princess Sophie to her favourite rabbit friend, Hopper. β€œWe have to do something. We can’t have Christmas without that special Christmas feeling. What can we do?
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Mike Martin
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First Pallas and now you,” the gray-haired man said, shaking his head at Nick. β€œIt’s like I’m running a goddamn dating service around here.
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Julie James (A Lot like Love (FBI/US Attorney, #2))
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Winston, how’s she going b’y?” asked Herb in the familiar Newfoundland greeting. Windflower gave the appropriate response. β€œShe’s going good, b’y.
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Mike Martin (Too Close For Comfort: The Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series Book 15)
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It is not what you can do for your country, but what you can do for all of mankind.
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Mike Norton
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Are you sure this will work?” asked Princess Sophie as she was pulling the cart away from Lady Ariana’s cottage. β€œIf you believe, it will work,” said Lady Ariana.
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Mike Martin (Princess Sophie and the Christmas Elixir)
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Mike drank straight from the carton, wiped his mouth, and stared at her. "You've been acting freaky. Are you high? Can I have some if you are?
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Sara Shepard (Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars, #1))
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A librarian can’t live by books alone, and I wouldn’t eat them if I could. Feel too much like cannibalism.
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Mike Mullin (Ashfall (Ashfall, #1))
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Thoughts Become Things... Choose The Good Ones!
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Mike Dooley
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Sometimes those who give the most are the ones with the least to spare.
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Mike McIntyre (The Kindness of Strangers)
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How do we keep it?” asked Princess Sophie. β€œHow do we keep the spirit of Christmas?” β€œThat’s the real magic,” said Lady Ariana. β€œIf we love something so much, we have to give it away. When we do that, we get to keep it ourselves, too.
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Mike Martin (Princess Sophie and the Christmas Elixir)
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I don’t eat cauliflower,” said Tizzard after thinking about it for a while. β€œMy dad says that β€˜aΒ cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education’.” β€œI think that’s Mark Twain,” said Windflower. β€œAnd my dad,” said Tizzard.
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Mike Martin (Too Close For Comfort: The Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series Book 15)
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Are you still scared of Mike's room?" I say, giggling. He falls face first onto the pillow I just threw at him. In a muffled voice he replies, "No, I'd rather just stay with you.
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Miranda Kenneally (Catching Jordan (Hundred Oaks, #1))
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For the first time ever, I felt ashamed of my species. The volcano had taken our homes, our food, our automobiles, and our airplanes, but it hadn't taken our humanity. No, we'd given that up on our own.
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Mike Mullin (Ashfall (Ashfall, #1))
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Dreams are what guide us, art is what defines us, math is what makes it all possible, and love is what lights our way.
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Mike Norton
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I’m so glad you’re okay,” she said, hugging him closely. She knew better than to ask for details. He almost never talked about the difficult parts of his police work. He said that he didn’t want to bring that home with him.Β 
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Mike Martin (Too Close For Comfort: The Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series Book 15)
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I was wishing I was invisible. Outside, the leaves were falling to the ground, and I was infinitely sad, sad down to my bones. I was sad for Phoebe and her parents and Prudence and Mike, sad for the leaves that were dying, and sad for myself, for something I had lost.
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Sharon Creech (Walk Two Moons)
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The bittersweet about truth is that nothing could be more hurtful, yet nothing could be more helpful.
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Mike Norton (Just Another War Story)
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Mike, however, heard nothing at all. Lost in her breathlike touch, he knew only one thing for sure: In the instant their lips first met, there was a flicker of something almost electrical that made him believe the feeling would last forever.
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Nicholas Sparks (The Guardian)
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Hunger of choice is a painful luxury; hunger of necessity is terrifying torture.
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Mike Mullin (Ashfall (Ashfall, #1))
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You should never start a company with the goal of getting rich. Your goal should be making something you believe in and making a company that will last.
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Walter Isaacson (Steve Jobs)
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Some catastrophic moments invite clarity, explode in split moments: You smash your hand through a windowpane and then there is blood and shattered glass stained with red all over the place; you fall out a window and break some bones and scrape some skin. Stitches and casts and bandages and antiseptic solve and salve the wounds. But depression is not a sudden disaster. It is more like a cancer: At first its tumorous mass is not even noticeable to the careful eye, and then one day -- wham! -- there is a huge, deadly seven-pound lump lodged in your brain or your stomach or your shoulder blade, and this thing that your own body has produced is actually trying to kill you. Depression is a lot like that: Slowly, over the years, the data will accumulate in your heart and mind, a computer program for total negativity will build into your system, making life feel more and more unbearable. But you won't even notice it coming on, thinking that it is somehow normal, something about getting older, about turning eight or turning twelve or turning fifteen, and then one day you realize that your entire life is just awful, not worth living, a horror and a black blot on the white terrain of human existence. One morning you wake up afraid you are going to live. In my case, I was not frightened in the least bit at the thought that I might live because I was certain, quite certain, that I was already dead. The actual dying part, the withering away of my physical body, was a mere formality. My spirit, my emotional being, whatever you want to call all that inner turmoil that has nothing to do with physical existence, were long gone, dead and gone, and only a mass of the most fucking god-awful excruciating pain like a pair of boiling hot tongs clamped tight around my spine and pressing on all my nerves was left in its wake. That's the thing I want to make clear about depression: It's got nothing at all to do with life. In the course of life, there is sadness and pain and sorrow, all of which, in their right time and season, are normal -- unpleasant, but normal. Depression is an altogether different zone because it involves a complete absence: absence of affect, absence of feeling, absence of response, absence of interest. The pain you feel in the course of a major clinical depression is an attempt on nature's part (nature, after all, abhors a vacuum) to fill up the empty space. But for all intents and purposes, the deeply depressed are just the walking, waking dead. And the scariest part is that if you ask anyone in the throes of depression how he got there, to pin down the turning point, he'll never know. There is a classic moment in The Sun Also Rises when someone asks Mike Campbell how he went bankrupt, and all he can say in response is, 'Gradually and then suddenly.' When someone asks how I love my mind, that is all I can say too
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Elizabeth Wurtzel (Prozac Nation)
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In the beginning, the price of giving great love is risking that it won't be returned. Until you understand, of course, that great love is always returned. With interest.
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Mike Dooley
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Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth
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Mike Tyson
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They used to call the devil the father of lies. But for someone whose sin is meant to be pride, you'd think that lying would leave something of a sour taste. So my theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth. And he lets you find your own way to hell.
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Mike Carey
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The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.
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Mike Murdock
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Mike Tyson: β€œEverybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face.
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J.K. Franko (Eye for Eye (Talion #1))
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Originality is the best form of rebellion.
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Mike Sasso (Being Human: Everything you didn't want to know about life.)
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One of the Georges - I forget which - once said that a certain number of hours' sleep each night - I cannot recall at the moment how many - made a man something which for the time being has slipped my memory.
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P.G. Wodehouse (Mike and Psmith (Psmith, #1))
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She talks with a broken heart - Her voice lutes brokenly like a heart lost, musically too, like in a lost grove, it's almost too much to bear sometimes like some fantastic futuristic Jerry Southern singer in a nightclub who steps up to the mike in the spotlight in Las Vegas but doesn't even have to sing, just talk, to make men sigh and women wonder I guess...
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Jack Kerouac (Big Sur)
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He mixed his sacred medicines and smudged. Afterward, he sat there for a moment to allow the smoke to come into his body and spirit. This one act connected him, even if briefly, to himself and to what he believed was the spirit world. In that space he offered thanks to those who had come before him and asked for help in this world, not just for himself but for anyone who might be struggling this morning.
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Mike Martin (Too Close For Comfort: The Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series Book 15)
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Never say that you can't do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can't be done, no matter how discouraging or harrowing it may be; human beings are limited only by what we allow ourselves to be limited by: our own minds. We are each the masters of our own reality; when we become self-aware to this: absolutely anything in the world is possible. Master yourself, and become king of the world around you. Let no odds, chastisement, exile, doubt, fear, or ANY mental virii prevent you from accomplishing your dreams. Never be a victim of life; be it's conqueror.
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Mike Norton
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Don't mess with me, lady. I've been drinking with skeletons.
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Mike Mignola
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Michael: There's nothing here to fear. Lucifer: Well, there's always the truth.
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Mike Carey
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But Mike was like a Bjork song-all happy and giddy and fun on the surface, but bubbling with turmoil and pain underneath.
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Sara Shepard (Unbelievable (Pretty Little Liars, #4))
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Beethoven said that it's better to hit the wrong note confidently, than hit the right note unconfidently. Never be afraid to be wrong or to embarrass yourself; we are all students in this life, and there is always something more to learn.
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Mike Norton
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Irony and cynicism were just what the U.S. hypocrisy of the fifties and sixties called for. That’s what made the early postmodernists great artists. The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates. The virtuous always triumph? Ward Cleaver is the prototypical fifties father? "Sure." Sarcasm, parody, absurdism and irony are great ways to strip off stuff’s mask and show the unpleasant reality behind it. The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, "then" what do we do? Irony’s useful for debunking illusions, but most of the illusion-debunking in the U.S. has now been done and redone. Once everybody knows that equality of opportunity is bunk and Mike Brady’s bunk and Just Say No is bunk, now what do we do? All we seem to want to do is keep ridiculing the stuff. Postmodern irony and cynicism’s become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try to talk about ways of working toward redeeming what’s wrong, because they’ll look sentimental and naive to all the weary ironists. Irony’s gone from liberating to enslaving. There’s some great essay somewhere that has a line about irony being the song of the prisoner who’s come to love his cage.
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David Foster Wallace
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All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and out of the grave.
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Mike Carey (Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong)
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There was no pretention here, no hidden meanings in the phrases they spoke, no elaborate plans designed to impress the other. Though it had always been easy to spend time with Mike, she suddenly realized that in the whirlwind of the past couple of weeks, she'd almost forgot how much she enjoyed it.
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Nicholas Sparks (The Guardian)
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Lady, I was gonna cut you some slack, 'cause you're a major mythological figure...but now you've just gone nuts!
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Mike Mignola (Hellboy, Vol. 2: Wake the Devil)
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I’ve been kissed by men who did a very good job. But they don’t give kissing their whole attention. They can’t. No matter how hard they try parts of their minds are on something else. Missing the last busβ€”or their chances of making the galβ€”or their own techniques in kissingβ€”or maybe worry about jobs, or money, or will husband or papa or the neighbors catch on. Mike doesn’t have technique . . . but when Mike kisses you he isn’t doing anything else. You’re his whole universe . . . and the moment is eternal because he doesn’t have any plans and isn’t going anywhere. Just kissing you.
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Robert A. Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land)
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I think that's what we all want, in the end. To know that we left footprints when we passed by, however briefly. We want to be remembered. So remember us. Please. Remember us.
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Mike A. Lancaster (Human.4 (Point 4, #1))
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Those who unlock your compassion are those to whom you've been assigned.
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Mike Murdock
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No, there are no special places in hell. Hell is a democracy.
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Mike Carey (Lucifer, Vol. 2: Children and Monsters)
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Attack is the proof that your enemy anticipates your success.
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Mike Murdock
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So long as we are brave enough to accept the consequences of our actions, no one can take away our freedom of choice.
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Mike Norton
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Everyone that you fight is not your enemy and everyone who helps you is not your friend.
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Mike Tyson
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For a man who walks in the light, to stay humble is not to walk in the dark; you don't need to project yourself to be thought an honest man.
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Mike Norton
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One of the greatest evils is the foolishness of a good man. For the giving man to withhold helping someone in order to first assure personal fortification is not selfish, but to elude needless self-destruction; martyrdom is only practical when the thought is to die, else a good man faces the consequence of digging a hole from which he cannot escape, and truly helps no one in the long run.
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Mike Norton (Just Another War Story)
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The best way to be appreciative for your life is to live it; don't die for any other reason but love. Dreams are what guide us, art is what defines us, math is makes it all possible, and love is what lights our way.
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Mike Norton (White Mountain)
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You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.
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Mike Murdock
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There are only 3 things that can make your dreams come true: your thoughts, your words, and your actions.
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Mike Dooley
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Nature always wins. It has never lost, and I pray it never will.
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Mike Ma (Harassment Architecture)
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Good,” said Gideon. β€œIt means the effect of the alcohol is wearing off. One question, by the way: what did you want a hairbrush for?” β€œI wanted it as a substitute for a mike,” I murmured through my fingers. β€œOh, my God! I’m so horrible.” β€œBut you have a pretty voice,” said Gideon. β€œEven I liked it, and I told you I hate musicals.” β€œThen how come you can play songs from them so well?” I put my hands in my lap and looked at him. β€œYou were amazing! Is there anything you can’t do?” Good heavens, I heard myself sounding like a groupie. β€œNo. Go ahead, you’re welcome to think me some kind of god!” He was grinning now. β€œIt’s rather sweet of you!
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Kerstin Gier (Saphirblau (Edelstein-Trilogie, #2))
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In all tests of character, when two viewpoints are pitted against one another, in the final analysis the thing that will strike you the most, is not who was right or wrong, strong or weak, wise or foolish.... but who would go to the greatest lengths in considering the other's perspective.
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Mike Dooley
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But like a gambler at a slot machine, hoping the next spin would change her life for the better, she closed in before she lost her nerve. Taking his hand, she pulled him toward her, near enough to feel his body against her. She looked up at him, tilting her head slightly as she leaned in. Mike, recognizing what was happening but still having trouble believing it, tilted his head and closed his eyes, their faces drawing near.
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Nicholas Sparks (The Guardian)
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Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal.
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Mike Ditka
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I took a strong dislike to him right then to save time and effort later.
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Mike Carey (The Devil You Know (Felix Castor, #1))
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You will never become rich, until you hate poverty
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Mike Murdock
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Sometimes it's easy to walk by because we know we can't change someone's whole life in a single afternoon. But what we fail to realize it that simple kindness can go a long way toward encouraging someone who is stuck in a desolate place.
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Mike Yankoski
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I did not say it was true, only that I believe it.
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Mike Mignola (Hellboy, Vol. 7: The Troll Witch and Others)
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Sometimes life just walks up to you, excuses itself and punches you in the face.
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Mike Kunda
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You will only be remembered for two things: the problems you solve, or the ones you create.
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Mike Murdock
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Taking Mike home is a great idea," Donny said. "See you tomorrow. Thanks for your help." Gabe kissed her hand. "I'll be back in an hour, honey." She snatched her hand away. "No need, sweetheart. We're all fine here. See you tomorrow at school. We'll lock up when we leave." "Sixty minutes, sugarplum." He leaned in for a kiss. "Get you pleather-wearing, long-haired paws off me--" Gabe kissed her soundly, cutting off her protest.
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Gwen Hayes (Falling Under (Falling Under, #1))
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The chatterer reveals every corner of his shallow mind.
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Mike Bell
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Sometimes, when things take longer than you thought they would, it's just a gentle reminder from your greater self that you have more time than you thought, and that there's a journey to enjoy.
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Mike Dooley
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don't give up till the buzzer sounds -coach joey
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Mike Lupica
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Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring.
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Mike Yaconelli (Dangerous Wonder: The Adventure of Childlike Faith)
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Whatever you have been given is what someone needs.....
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Mike Murdock
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Mastering the art of seduction gives one a great power, and like any power, it's to be wielded with responsibility; a man who wields the art of seduction without a sense of responsibility and restraint is a walking proximity bomb of viral epidemics, needless procreation, heartbroken families, and shattered dreams.
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Mike Norton
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I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.
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Mickey Spillane (The Big Kill (Mike Hammer, #5))
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His thoughts went to Kismaayo, and lately, particularly of Abdi. If there were a hero in this story, it was Abdi. Jon thought, this young man from Maine had left that war weary husk of a country called Somalia and had come to these United States of America to pursue the dream of happiness, security, and hope.
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Mike Bennett (Las Vegas on Twelve Dollars a Day)
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That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested bastard any day of the week; at least you can play chicken with him and know he'll stick to the rules.
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Mike Carey (Vicious Circle (Felix Castor, #2))
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The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things. Yet still, they began their journeys.
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Mike Dooley
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You believe in God?" demanded Billy Karma. "I believe in thirty-seven separate and distinct gods," answered Argyle proudly. "That puts me thirty-six ahead of you." "It makes you a pagan." "It makes you a man of limited vision," said Argyle.
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Mike Resnick (The Outpost (Birthright, #26))
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When you are with women, you are alone.When you are with homosexuals, you are alone.When you are with men far oustide your socioeconomic class, you are alone. You will, for a majority of your life, be alone. Some people are lucky enough to find like-minded men of similar status.Those are the men that you stand by for life.
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Mike Ma (Harassment Architecture)
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Two people may suffer the same disappointment, one might be saddened, the other understanding. Two people may receive the same insult, one might be hurt, and the other compassionate. Two people may have the same disagreement, one might be angered, the other feel love. How you react to circumstances, people and things, IS A CHOICE, YOUR CHOICE... based on YOUR use of compassion, understanding and love.
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Mike Dooley
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Outcasts, callused from being in exile for too long, learn to thrive on being the hated; the attention and infamy of our actions fuel us to become antiheroes. Too often do we forget: we risk self-destruction if we fail to follow what we know is right; our talents too often become misplaced, misdirected, misguided from what could have been something wonderful.
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Mike Norton (Fighting For Redemption)
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I truly believe we can either see the connections, celebrate them, and express gratitude for our blessings, or we can see life as a string of coincidences that have no meaning or connection. For me, I’m going to believe in miracles, celebrate life, rejoice in the views of eternity and hope my choices will create a positive ripple effect in the lives of others. This is my choice.
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Mike Ericksen (Upon Destiny's Song)
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Think that it's fun, that you're guided, and that all is well. Think that there's time, that life is easy, and that the best is yet to come. Think that the reasons that elude you will one day catch up, that the lessons that have stumped you will one day bring joy, and that the sorrows that have crippled you will soon give you wings. Think that you're important, that you cannot fail, and that happiness always returns. And think that you're beautiful.
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Mike Dooley
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I know what it's like. I've seen it played out a zillion times. You're waiting for that magical day when someone makes the connection and recognizes who you really are. Maybe they'll first catch the sparkle in your eye. Or perhaps they'll marvel at your insights and the depth of your spirit. Someone who will help you connect the dots, believe in yourself, and make sense of it all. Someone who will understand you, approve of you, and unhesitatingly give you a leg up so that life can pluck your ready, ripened self from the branch of magnificence. Well, I'm here to tell you, your wait is over. That someone, is you.
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Mike Dooley
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Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. But fear is your best friend. Fear is like fire. If you learn to control it, you let it work for you. If you don’t learn to control it, it’ll destroy you and everything around you. Like a snowball on a hill, you can pick it up and throw it or do anything you want with it before it starts rolling down, but once it rolls down and gets so big, it’ll crush you to death. So one must never allow fear to develop and build up without having control over it, because if you don’t you won’t be able to achieve your objective or save your life.
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Mike Tyson (Undisputed Truth)