"I'm bored," she said. "Learn how to tap-dance," he suggested, without turning around."
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"Well," he said, "f’r example, if they ask where you’ve come from, you could say ‘Behind me,’and if they asked where you’re going, you’d say ‘In front of me."
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"Nobody's American," said Wednesday. "Not originally. That's my point."
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"So," he asked. "How's death?" "Hard," she said. "It just keeps going."
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"Bod shrugged. "So?" he said. "It's only death. I mean, all of my best friends are dead."
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"Just go with it. It won't hurt.' I stared at him. Adults only ever said that when it, whatever it happened to be, was going to hurt so much."
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"Time is fluid here', said the Demon."
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"This is a roadside attraction,' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power."
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"They didn’t get me, I should have said. They saved me."
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"Sarah: "Not bad. You look almost human." Lena: "Thanks." Sarah: "I said almost." Lena: "Well, then, almost thanks."
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"Maybe, the hope said. Maybe."
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"Nobody ever said life was fair."
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"Just as Daniel Balalcazar said, it makes no sense to suffer in advance a misfortune that may never occur."
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"Turtles don't feel, stupid," said Jem. "Were you ever a turtle, huh?"
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"All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor."
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"Direct thy attention to what is said. Let thy understanding enter into the things that are doing and the things which do them."
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"Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)"
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"Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers."
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"I wasn't particularly afraid of death itself. As Shakespeare said, die this year and you don't have to die the next."
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"Wasn't he the one who said you shouldn't trust anybody who calls himself an ordinar man? - Naoko"
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