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"Butler snapped his fingers. "Focus, Artemis! Time enough for your Atlantis Complex later. We have the Atlantis outside that door and six miles of water above it. If you want to stay alive, you need to stay alert." He turned to Holly. "This is ridiculous. I'm pulling the plug." Holly's mouth was a tight line as she shook her head. "Navy rules, Butler. You're on my boat, you follow my orders." "As I remember, I brought the boat." "Yes, thanks for bringing my boat."
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holly
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Eoin Colfer |
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I took my orders, too. But if i couldn't keep you alive, I thought I could at least keep you together. In the middle of a big war, you go looking for a small idea to believe in. When you find one, you hold it the way a soldier holds his crucifix when he's praying in a foxhole.
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foxhole
middle-of-a-big-war
war
religion
orders
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Mitch Albom |
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"I don't mind taking orders from them as has the right to give them," she said, "but take orders from that ridiculous bird I will not." --
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house-keeper
orders
parrot
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Enid Blyton |
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You can order the sun to come up if you time it right. I'm not driving this bus. Making it do what I want would be like talking someone out of a seizure.
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seizures
sun
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James S.A. Corey |