Are you smarter than my chicken cried a weathered, wild-haired woman holding a nonplussed bird over her head. At her feet was a wooden board covered with numbers and arcane symbols. Lay your bets! Test your wits against a trained fowl! One coppin a try! Are you smarter than my chicken You might be in for a surprise!
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Scott Lynch,
The Republic of Thieves
Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!
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J.K. Rowling,
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
My parents danced together, her head on his chest. Both had their eyes closed. They seemed so perfectly content. If you can find someone like that, someone who you can hold and close your eyes to the world with, then you’re lucky. Even if it only lasts for a minute or a day. The image of them gently swaying to the music is how I picture love in my mind even after all these years.
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Patrick Rothfuss,
The Name of the Wind
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
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Graham Chapman,
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Book: Mønti Pythøn Ik Den Hølie Gräilen
Science is not a collection of facts. Nor is science something that happens in the laboratory. Science happens in the head. It’s a flight of imagination beyond the constraints of ordinary perception. Columbus chapter -The Virgin and the Mousetrap
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Chet Raymo
She re-read his email four times, feeling offended and breathless, like he had casually grabbed her head and stuffed it into a pile of wet leaves.
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Molly Ringle,
The Ghost Downstairs
But I am king. And the well-being of my kingdom depends on my sound judgment and clear head. And those things depend on my state of happiness. And I have known for a long time that my state of happiness depends on you.
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Sharon Shinn,
Summers at Castle Auburn
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