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Isn't it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You'll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now.

"The Gift of the Magi" Della to Jim

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As I wished it twisted in my hands like a snake.
"The Monkey's Paw" Mr. White to his wife and son (Herbert)
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"It's people. Lots and lots of our kind of people."

Rosalind to David, after arriving in Sealand.

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The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

Julius Caesar Act 1, Scene ii Cassius to Brutus

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Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much; such men are dangerous.

Julius Caesar Act 1, Scene ii Julius Caesar to Antony

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Look out at what used to be your roses.
"The Possibility of Evil" An anonymous note to Miss Strangeworth
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Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at the very most 500 francs!
The Necklace Madame Forestier to Mathilde
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"Remember what I told you. They THINK they are the true image- but they can't know for sure. And even if the Old People were the same kind as I am and they are, what of it?"

Uncle Axel to David, describing Axel's voyage and David's "difference".

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I will this night, in several hands, in at his windows throw, as if they came from several citizens, writings, all tending to the great opinion that Rome holds of his name.

Julius Caesar Act 1, Scene ii Cassius to the audience, regarding Brutus

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He hath brought many captives home to Rome, whose ransoms did the general coffers fill

Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene ii Antony to the crowd

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It isn't fair, it isn't right!
"The Lottery" Tessie Hutchinson to the crowd of villagers
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She had no clothes, no shoes, nothing. And these were the only things she loved; she felt that she was made for them.
"The Necklace" Author's narration, concerning Mathilde
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I could have managed it all right myself if I'd had another hand.

The Chrysalids David to his mother when he had trouble bandaging his injured hand.

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And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell

Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene i Antony speaking alone onstage after the death of Caesar.

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Impatient of my absence, and grief that young Octavius with Mark Anthony have made themselves so strong- for with her death that tidings came- with this she fell distract, and (her attendants absent) swallowed fire.

Julius Caesar Act 4 Scene iii Brutus to Cassius, regarding Portia's suicide

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I shall ask him if it is indeed His will that a child should suffer and its soul be damned for a little blemish of the body.
The Chrysalids Harriet to Emily and Joseph Strorm
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For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!
"The Cask of Amontillado" Montresor to the reader
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"This is a war, between our kind and theirs. We didn't start it- we've just as much right to exist as they have."

Michael to Rosalind, after she kills someone during their escape

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Hail Caesar! Read this schedule!

Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene i Artemidorus to Julius Caesar

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Tear him to pieces! He's a conspirator!

Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene iii First Citizen/Plebeian to Cinna

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The wine sparkled in his eyes and the bells jingled.
"The Cask of Amontillado" Montresor, regarding Fortunato
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There wouldn't have been a town here at all if it hadn't been for my grandfather and the lumber mill.
"The Possibility of Evil" Miss Strangeworth to tourists
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He's fond of me. You've got to have as little as I have to know what that means. You've never known loneliness.

Sophie Wender to David Strorm, regarding Gordon Strorm

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Nature might stand up and say to all the world, This was a man!"

Julius Caesar Act 5, Scene v Antony to Octavius and his entourage, regarding Brutus

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Here, take thou the hilts, and when my face is covered, as 'tis now, guide thought the sword-- Caesar, thou art revenged, even with the sword that killed thee.

Julius Caesar Act 5, Scene iii Cassius to his servant (Pindarus)

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