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59afd78
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We won't be seeing you,' Fred told Professor Umbridge, swinging his leg over his broomstick. 'Yeah, don't bother to keep in touch,' said George, mounting his own. Fred looked around at the assembled students, and at the silent, watchful crowd. 'If anyone fancies buying a Portable Swamp, as demonstrated upstairs, come to number ninety-three, Diagon Alley -- Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes,' he said in a loud voice, 'Our new premises!' 'Special discounts to Hogwarts students who swear they're going to use our products to get rid of this old bat,' added George, pointing at Professor Umbridge. 'STOP THEM!' shrieked Umbridge, but it was too late. As the Inquisitorial Squad closed in, Fred and George kicked off from the floor, shooting fifteen feet into the air, the iron peg swinging dangerously below. Fred looked across the hall at the poltergeist bobbing on his level above the crowd. 'Give her hell from us, Peeves.' And Peeves, who Harry had never seen take an order from a student before, swept his belled hat from his head and sprang to a salute as Fred and George wheeled about to tumultuous applause from the students below and sped out of the open front doors into the glorious sunset.
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weasley
george
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J.K. Rowling |
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b4d0e1e
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"Hermes smiled. "I knew a boy once ... oh, younger than you by far. A mere baby, really." , George said. Martha snapped. Hermes ignored them. "One night, when this boy's mother wasn't watching, he sneaked out of their cave and stole some cattle that belonged to Apollo." "Did he get blasted to tiny pieces?" I asked. "Hmm ... no. Actually, everything turned out quite well. To make up for his theft, the boy gave Apollo an instrument he'd invented-a lyre. Apollo was so enchanted with the music that he forgot all about being angry." So what's the moral?" "The moral?" Hermes asked. "Goodness, you act like it's a fable. It's a true story. Does truth have a moral?" "Um ..." "How about this: stealing is not always bad?" "I don't think my mom would like that moral." , suggested George. Martha demanded. , George said. . "I've got it," Hermes said. "Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment. How's that?"
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humor
george
martha
moral
rats
percy-jackson
hermes
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Rick Riordan |
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733d482
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"We've got it [Percy's Head Boy badge]," Fred whispered to Harry. "We're improving it." The badge now read ."
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weasley
george
percy
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J.K. Rowling |
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ae6770c
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"Hermes gazed up at the stars. "My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet-" "You invented the Internet?" , Martha said. , George said. "It was my idea!" Hermes said. "I mean the Internet, not the rats."
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humor
rat
george
martha
percy-jackson
hermes
internet
patience
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Rick Riordan |
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eda6e94
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"Well, you can't break an Unbreakable Vow...." "I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily enough. What happens if you break it, then?" "You die," said Ron simply. "Fred and George tried to get me to make one when I was about five. I nearly did too, I was holding hands with Fred and everything when Dad found us. He went mental," said Ron, with a reminiscent gleam in his eyes. "Only time I've ever seen Dad as angry as Mum. Fred reckons his left buttock has never been the same since." "Yeah, well, passing over Fred's left buttock --" "I beg your pardon?" said Fred's voice as the twins entered the kitchen."
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harry-potter
ron
vow
george
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J.K. Rowling |
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81c96a3
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"George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?"
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friendship
george
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Tamora Pierce |
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ae93011
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"I--buy, and I sell." "You're a thief."
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gary
thief
george
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Tamora Pierce |
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b0ebe80
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"You're right, my problems are the biggest problems ever," George said. "No, honestly, it's horrible to be me. I'm rich, talented, and I make girls cry." "How do you make girls cry, exactly?" George turned to her. His blue eyes widened. His lovely face took on a forlorn, deeply troubled expression. He leaned forward, and, in a theatrical whisper, said, "My past is tragic. I wouldn't want to burden you with it. It's a pain I must suffer alone. In the rain. In silence." --
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funny
fate-s-edge
ilona-andrews
the-edge
george
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Ilona Andrews |
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bc425d5
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"Doode," George said. He'd practiced all morning but still didn't get it quite right. "Nope, more , less . Duuude." "Dude." "Dude." "Okay, dude." George nodded. "How's it hanging?" Jack asked. "How am I supposed to answer that?" George looked at him. "I don't think Kaldar said anything about that. I guess 'good'? I don't get it. What's hanging anyway?" George shook his head. "Your stuff, you nimwit." His stuff... "In that case, it's hanging long!" Jack dissolved in giggles. "Long, get it?"
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funny
perverted
fate-s-edge
ilona-andrews
the-edge
hanging
george
jack
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Ilona Andrews |
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6aac37e
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"Did I hurt you in the parking lot?" "No, m'lady. I fell, so I could put a tracker on your car." Great."
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funny
fate-s-edge
ilona-andrews
the-edge
george
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Ilona Andrews |
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a48b44a
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"He found Podrick Payne asleep in a chair outside the door of the solar, and shook him by the shoulder. "Summon Bronn, and then tun down to the stables and have two horses saddled." (Tyrion). The squire's eyes were cloudy with sleep. "Horses". (squire) "Those big brown animals that love apples, I'm sure you've seen them. Four legs and a tail. But Bronn first." (Tyrion)"
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humor
tyrion-lannister
george
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George R.R. Martin |
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57a16f5
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Even if you fall on the runway, I wouldn't blame you. It would mean that we made a mistake in choosing you.
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romance
yukari
george
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Ai Yazawa |
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b69f07b
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"And I meant to tell you: that was a one-in-a-thousand shot." She raised her hand. "Don't." "It was awesome," George confirmed. "It really was," Jack said. "His head exploded."
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funny
ilona-andrew
fate-s-edge
kaldar
the-edge
shot
george
jack
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Ilona Andrews |
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fa8a32d
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"That's all right," she told him. "I can manage. I can sleep outside just fine." Four pairs of eyes looked at her with a distinctly male skepticism."
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funny
gaston
male-skepticism
fate-s-edge
kaldar
ilona-andrews
the-edge
george
jack
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Ilona Andrews |
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a419ee0
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A culture capable of imagining complexly is a humble culture. It acts, when it has to act, as late in the game as possibl, and as cautiously, because it knows its girth and the tight confines of the china shop it's blundering into. And it knows that no matter how well prepared it is -- no matter how ruthlessly it has held its projections up to intelligent scrutiny -- the place it is headed for is going to very different from the place it imagined. The shortfall between the imagined and the real, multiplied by the violence of one's intent, equals the evil one will do.
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morality
intelligence
saunders
complexity
ethics
george
humility
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George Saunders |
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dc15a91
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If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. -Lady Georgina Maitland-
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wish
george
harry
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Elizabeth Hoyt |
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c313bae
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George paid for college by working for Cutco. Cutco is a company that makes and sells knives. Their salespeople go door-to-door. George Pinkman talked his way into peoples' homes with a big bag of knives and sold them potential murder weapons. Do I have to add that he was their top salesman three years running? I do not.
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knives
george
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MaryJanice Davidson |
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1fd812d
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"there wasn't a damned thing I could say without coming off like a mega-bitch. And it wasn't even nine o'clock. I wanted to put off mega-bitchery until noon at least. Or save it for George. George! The perfect person to take my pissiness out on. I'd do what people all over the world did--take my domestic problems to work and punish the innocent with my inability to be in an adult relationship. That's the first time in the history of George that "the innocent" has referred to George."
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innocent
george
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MaryJanice Davidson |
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7c3d5b8
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All this to say Gallo wants to get into your Little Mermaid panties. And if you don't get that, you're dumber than I ever thought, which gives me such a headache to even contemplate. The massive amount of your dumbness. It hurts me,' he whined.
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humor
george
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MaryJanice Davidson |
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05a6c3a
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I wish you to believe whatever you think is true, at any and every cost.
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truth
editha
william-dean-howells
mgg
george
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William Dean Howells |
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e2c9770
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It's astonishing how well the worse reason looks when you try to make it appear the better.
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editha
realitivity
worse-reason
william-dean-howells
mgg
paradox
george
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William Dean Howells |