"I've never been this wet in my life, " said Kira. "Even immersed in a bathtub I swear I was dryer than I am now. " "Look on the bright side, " said Marcus. Kira waited. "This is the point at which you would traditionally suggest a bright side. " "I've never been a real traditional guy," said Marcus. "Besides, I'm not saying I know a bright side, I just think this would be a great time to look at one."

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Dan Wells

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Guy Quotes

“You know what I'm intrigued by? Like, space and wormholes and Stephen Hawking's theories and Richard Dawkins's theories. That's what I care about.”
“You can never have 'equality' between two things that are not equal by definition. And so, for example, you can have equality among 'people', but not between 'men' and 'women'.”
“Being fat worked, and I think that was what was confusing for me for a long time in my career.”

Source : "Ricki Lake: From Size 24 to Skinny" by Roxanna Sherwood, abcnews.go.com. January 5, 2011.
“Are you going to give a speech?' she asked gaily. He gave a choked laugh. 'Of course not,' he said. 'Not for ages.' 'My cousin Davey gave one on his very first day!' ... 'In the Lords, I remember. It was about how he didn't like strawberry jam.' 'Be nice, Charles! It was a speech about fruit importation, which I admit devolved into something of a tirade.' She couldn't help but laugh. 'Still, you could talk about something more important.' 'Than jam? Impossible. We mustn't set the bar too high, Jane.”
“If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.”
“People find a way through just about anything.”

Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.144, Random House Books for Young Readers
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You donâ€™t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”
“Love cannot be reduced to a catalogue of reasons why, and a catalogue of reasons cannot be put together into love.”

Source : Eleanor Catton (2013). “The Luminaries”, p.563, Granta Books

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