Quotes about fine
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“The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.”

André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer

Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Friendship

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“Scenery is fine — but human nature is finer.”

John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet

Letter to Benjamin Bailey (March 13, 1818)
Letters (1817–1820)

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“Like I said… fine with me.”

Source: The Color Purple

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“There is a fine line between insanity and genius.”

Source: The Lost Symbol

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“You plan, you prepare, and you’ll do just fine.”

Nick Cole (1984) Player of American football

The Savage Boy

“Gymn says your fine. He's examined your internal organs and found nothing lacking.”

Donita K. Paul (1950) American writer

Source: DragonSpell

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“In this world, there is a fine line between enlightenment and brain damage.”

Neal Shusterman (1962) American novelist

Source: Antsy Does Time

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“Libertas et natale solum:
Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em.”

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet

Verses Occasioned by Whitshed's Motto on his Coach (1724); the Latin indicates "liberty and my native land", and Whitshed was a chief justice enraged by The Drapier's Letters

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“I’m fine. Indestructible.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student

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“Fine just fine.”

The Truth About Forever

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“Nah. I'm a tough cookie. Except for the cancer, I'm fine.”

Lisa Scottoline (1955) American writer

Source: Every Fifteen Minutes

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“You will always fine jealous people. They're the ones promoting you.”

Tyler Perry (1966) American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter
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“I am a connoisseur of fine irony. 'Tis a bit like fine wine, but it has a better bite.”

Lynn Kurland (2000) American writer

Source: Princess of the Sword

“Speak to me."
"I hate you."
"Okay." Mad Rogan let go of me. "You're fine.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Burn for Me

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“To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”

Mansfield Park (1814)
Works, Mansfiled Park
Context: "I shall soon be rested," said Fanny; "to sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment."

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“Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.”

First lines, Ch. 1
Variant translation: Somebody must have slandered Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.
Source: The Trial (1920)
Context: Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning. His landlady's cook, who always brought him his breakfast at eight o'clock, failed to appear on this occasion. That had never happened before.

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“Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

Recalling "what an old tutor of a college said to one of his pupils" April 30, 1773, p. 217
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II
Source: The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2

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“When I look back on the stuff I used to wear, I wonder why somebody didn't try to stop me. Just a friendly warning, "You may regret this," would have been fine.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

Source: The Funny Thing Is...

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“It was one of those fine little love stories that can make you smile in your sleep at night.”

Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author

Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

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“We're fine together, just like this: Our silence protects us from ourselves”

Yasmina Khadra (1955) Algerian writer

Source: The Attack

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“It's a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
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“I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Source: The Last Night of the Earth Poems

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