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“The starlings swooped, writing a poem across the heavens that only God could read.”

God Poetry Sky Flight Birds

Book:The Book of Boy

Source: The Book of Boy

“His cell phone rang, one of those extremely annoying songs that cell phone owners are so in love with because for some reason they can't tolerate a plain old-fashioned ring.”

Cell Phone Ringing Tone

Author:Catherine Gilbert Murdock

“When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.”

Said Ends Stuff Relationship Dairy Queen

Book:Dairy Queen

Source: Dairy Queen

“And have your mother put my head on a stake? Do you have any notion what that would do to my handsome good looks?”

Looks Mother Parent Parenting Notion Obedience Stakes Handsome Looking Good

Book:Princess Ben

Source: Princess Ben

“Despite all my public misconduct, in the past year, I had learned the Elemental spells, the Doppelschläferin, and the preparation and flying of a magic broom; I had survived two months as prisoner of war, saving the life of captain Johanne in the process; I had escaped the dungeons of Fortress Drachensbett, and after an arduous journey successfully reunited with my double, so preserving her, and all Montagne, from Prince Flonian's rapacity, I would somehow master the despicable art of being a princess.”

“Every fairy tale, it seems, concludes with the bland phrase "happily ever after." Yet every couple I have ever known would agree that nothing about marriage is forever happy. There are moments of bliss, to be sure, and lengthy spans of satisfied companionship. Yet these come at no small effort, and the girl who reads such fiction dreaming her troubles will end ere she departs the altar is well advised to seek at once a rational women to set her straight.”

Source: Princess Ben

“It was like he was in a contest to see who could do the least work, only he was the only contestant.”

Contests Contestants

Book:Dairy Queen

Source: Dairy Queen

“And I have to tell you, as tough as farming is, the idea of farming when you’re losing money year after year... that’s not life even, that’s like death. That’s eternal damnation.”

Years Ideas Eternal Losing Tough Farming Damnation Losing Money

Book:The Off Season

Source: The Off Season

“How could I pretend to be someone else when I was already failing at being the person I already was?”

Persons Failing

Book:Front and Center

Source: Front and Center

“So what if Brian made me feel like fireworks were going off inside me. He could also make me feel like a big fat clod of heartsick dirt. It was like he could take any emotion I had and make it ten times stronger. Which is great when it's happiness but pretty darn awful if it's anything sad.”

Ifs Feels Made Bigs Emotion Ten Stronger Fats Awful What If Dirt Brian Fireworks

Author:Catherine Gilbert Murdock

“Oh. Listen, this is really hard for me . . . " "What is?" "You know. Being liked." I started to cry. I couldn't help it.”

Knows Hard Helping Cry

Author:Catherine Gilbert Murdock

“And that's where our conversation went from there, than God, both of us laughing our butts off at the thought of a hoops game between two teams on intravenous fluids. Which makes absolutely no sense at all; I know that. But that's why it cheered me up, because it was so absolutely stupid. It cheered me up more than I'd ever thought I'd be cheered up again.”

Knows Two Games Laughing Team Stupid Conversation Fluid

Book:Front and Center

Source: Front and Center

“Everyone's scared. So scared they can't sleep sometimes. Or eat. Or keep their weight on." "Then why bother playing?" I asked. It was a whisper, this question. "Because. You love the game. You love the people you play with. You love winning, maybe. You love that one moment when you get it right . . . I dunno. Why do you play?" "Because," I whispered, "it's who I am." Sounds like a good reason to me.”

People Sometimes Reason Play Moments Games Winning Sound Sleep Weight Scared Who I Am Bother Can't Sleep Why Bother Love Winning

Author:Catherine Gilbert Murdock

“I could not but wonder at the queen's unprecedented civility, until I realized with a flush of shame that it was my own improved behavior that motivated hers. So it is that we in life determine our own treatment.”

My Own Wonder Behavior Shame Determine I Realized Queens Treatment Motivated Civility Unprecedented

Author:Catherine Gilbert Murdock

“She says you're not truly human until you've had your heart broken and you've broken someone's heart.”

Humans Heart Broken

Book:Front and Center

Source: Front and Center

“But it turns out that even if I don’t talk a lot, when it’s something that matters I still have a lot to say.”

Ifs Stills Matter Turns

Book:Dairy Queen

Source: Dairy Queen

“I’d promised myself that I’d really work on talking more, talking about uncomfortable things, because I could see from Brian how well things could work out if you did.”

Ifs Wells Talking Work Out Uncomfortable Brian

Book:The Off Season

Source: The Off Season

“I swear, every person I know gets far more satisfaction from doing good deeds than receiving them. Maybe that’s the whole point in the end, all of us putting up with good deeds, tolerating them as best we can, counting the minutes until we have the opportunity to reciprocate.”

Knows Persons Ends Whole Opportunity Minutes Satisfaction Deeds Receiving Swear Good Deeds Counting Doing Good Reciprocate

Book:Front and Center

Source: Front and Center

“And if I didn’t, I’d spend the rest of my life wondering who I could have turned into if only I’d had the guts to try.”

Ifs Trying Wonder Guts

Book:Front and Center

Source: Front and Center

“Why was it that jam always coated me so?”

Jam

Book:Princess Ben

Source: Princess Ben

“Sometimes,well,all the time,I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff,and then maybe I think of it like five days later.”

Thinking Wells I Can Sometimes Stuff Five Dumb Dairy Queen

Book:Dairy Queen

Source: Dairy Queen

“Everyone I looked at, their whole lives, did exactly what they were supposed to do without even questioning it, without even wondering if they could do something different.”

Ifs Different Whole Wonder Whole Life Questioning

Book:Dairy Queen

Source: Dairy Queen

“It kind of struck me how great it would be to go out with a guy that size. And if you, you know, got tired of dating him, you could always use him as a house or something.”

Ifs Knows Kind Use Would Be Guy House Dating Tired Size

Author:Catherine Gilbert Murdock

“I hate it when people make fun of me and it turns out they're right.”

People Hate Turns Fun I Hate

Book:Dairy Queen

Source: Dairy Queen

“I milked, of course, and did some work around the barn, and tried not to think about Brian, which was like trying not to breathe.”

Thinking Trying Courses Breathe Brian Barns

Book:Dairy Queen

Source: Dairy Queen

“What is a staircase, but a corridor improved by elevation?”

Elevation Corridors Staircases

Book:Princess Ben

Source: Princess Ben

“I ultimately decided to hold my tongue and settle instead for the comfort of ignorance. Not knowing the truth, I retained hope, and that hope I held like a smooth warm stone against my heart.”

Heart Knowing Ignorance My Heart Comfort Stones Decided Warm Tongue Settling Not Knowing Smooth Knowing The Truth

Book:Princess Ben

Source: Princess Ben

“You can’t think about how much you have left to do because that’s just one thought, one sad thought, that’ll make you bummed out all day long. Instead you’ve got to think about how much you’ve already done.”

Thinking Long Done Left Just One Bummed Out

Book:Dairy Queen

Source: Dairy Queen

“Today exists between yesterday and tomorrow.”

Today Tomorrow Yesterday Yesterday And Tomorrow

Book:Heaven Is Paved with Oreos

Source: Heaven Is Paved with Oreos

“That which is priceless has no cost.”

Cost Priceless

Author:Catherine Gilbert Murdock

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