Quotes about stay
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“Percy: We're staying together. You're not getting away from me. Never again.
Annabeth: As long as we're together.”

Variant: We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
Source: The Mark of Athena

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“Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.”

Variant: Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat.
Source: Factotum

Augusten Burroughs photo
Anne Lamott photo
Cassandra Clare photo
Paulo Coelho photo
Ann Brashares photo
Suzanne Collins photo
James Thurber photo
Chuck Palahniuk photo
Lord Dunsany photo
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“I shot up, now as angry and frusterated as him. I had a feeling if i stayed, we'd both snap. In and undertone, I murmured,"this isnt over. i won't give up on you."
" I've given up on you,"he said back, voice also soft. "Love fades. Mine has.”

Variant: Rose. Please stop. Please stay away."
[... ]
In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you."
"I've given up on you," he said back, voice also soft. "Love fades. Mine has.
Source: Spirit Bound

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“Stay.
Fight.
Live.
Take it.
Cry.
Cry.
Cry.”

James Frey (1969) American screenwriter and media presenter
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“You can't stay mad at someone who makes you laugh.”

Jay Leno (1950) American comedian, actor, writer, producer, voice actor and television host
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“Oh the things you can find
If you don't stay behind!”

On Beyond Zebra! (1955)

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“But now I am six. And I'm clever as clever. And now I think I'll stay six now forever and ever.”

The End.
Source: Now We Are Six (1927)
Context: When I was One,
I had just begun.
When I was Two,
I was nearly new.
When I was Three
I was hardly me.
When I was Four,
I was not much more.
When I was Five,
I was just alive.
But now I am Six,
I'm as clever as clever,
So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.

Anaïs Nin photo
Rachel Cohn photo
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“Invent nothing, deny nothing, speak up, stand up, stay out of school.”

David Mamet (1947) American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director

Source: True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor

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Suzanne Collins photo
Daniel Handler photo
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“Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put on his beret. “Staying alive is harder.”

Laurie Halse Anderson (1961) American children's writer

Source: The Impossible Knife of Memory

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Joni Mitchell photo

“Won't you stay
We'll put on the day
And we'll talk in present tenses”

Joni Mitchell (1943) Canadian musician

Source: Chelsea Morning [With] CD

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Joe Hill photo

“Gold don't come off. What's good stays good no matter how much of a beating it takes.”

Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World

Source: NOS4A2

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“Things always seem to glide away.
They come to you, stay a moment, then leave again.”

Markus Zusak (1975) Australian author

Source: Getting the Girl

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“If I speak, I am condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!”

Source: Les Misérables

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Michael Cunningham photo
Rachel Cohn photo

“There. I've said everything I wanted to say without actually having to use the words "please stay”

Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer

Source: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

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Dorothy Parker photo

“If I didn't care for fun and such,
I'd probably amount to much.
But I shall stay the way I am,
Because I do not give a damn.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

16 August 1925
Source: Enough Rope (1926)

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John Wooden photo
Jim Morrison photo
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“Keep calm and carry on.
Also, stay in and hide because the Ripper is coming.”

Maureen Johnson (1973) writer from the USA

Source: The Name of the Star

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“On chameleons - Stay green. Stay in the woods. Stay safe.”

Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer

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