Quotes about well
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“Are you guys busy?" Juniper asked.
"Well," I said, "we're in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we're trying not to die."
"We're not busy," Annabeth said.”

Variant: Juniper: Are you guys busy?
Percy: Well, we’re in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we’re trying not to die.
Annabeth: We’re not busy.
Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

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“Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.”

Pt. I
Source: Under Western Eyes (1911)
Context: Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. I have been for many years a teacher of languages. It is an occupation which at length becomes fatal to whatever share of imagination, observation, and insight an ordinary person may be heir to. To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

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“How do you accidentally kill a lord in his own manor?'

with a knife to the chest… well a pair of knives actually, one can never be too careful”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

Variant: How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?"
"With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest...
Source: The Final Empire

“Von Linden really should know me well enough by now to realise that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or with anything remotely resembling dignity.”

Variant: Von Loewe really should know me well enough by now to realize that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or with anything remotely resembling dignity.
Source: Code Name Verity

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“Well, he died. You don't get any older than that.”

Source: Catch 22

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“I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

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“And reality has a well-known liberal bias.”

Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor

White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (2006)
Context: I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in "reality." And reality has a well-known liberal bias.

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“Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.”

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman
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“Relationship Principle 9
Every guy knows he can find a girl who is simply satisfied with satisfying him. They are much more turned on by a woman who cares about her own pleasure as well.”

Sherry Argov (1977) American writer

Variant: Every guy knows he can find a girl who is simply satisfied with satisfying him. They are much more turnd on by a woman who cares about her own pleasures as well.
Source: Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart

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“If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.”

Esther M. Friesner (1951) American writer

Source: My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

“A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: A Wallflower Christmas

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“Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.”

Source: The Goldfinch

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“I thought, "Well if I'm gonna react might as well overreact!”

Alan Moore (1953) English writer primarily known for his work in comic books
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“Well, to put it delicately, she has the power to suck out people's brains.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

Source: Playing with Fire

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“All struggle, all resistance is -- must be -- concrete. And all struggle has a global resonance. If not here, then there. If not now, then soon. Elsewhere as well as here.”

Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist

Source: At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches

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“Well,' the Goddess said, 'your heart didn't heal straight the last time it broke. So we'll break it again and reset it so it heals straight this time.”

Jane Yolen (1939) American speculative fiction and children's writer

Source: The Books of Great Alta

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“All is well that ends well”

Emily Rodda (1948) Australian fiction writer, for children as Rodda (pseudonym), mystery for adults as Rowe (real name)
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“Books may well be the only true magic.”

Alice Hoffman (1952) Novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer
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“Well I won't back down,
No I won't back down.
You could stand me up at the gates of hell,
But I won't back down.”

Tom Petty (1950–2017) American musician

I Won't Back Down, written with Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)
Source: Conversations with Tom Petty

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“Yeah, well, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, then we’d never go hungry. (Syn)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Born of Fire

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“Inspiration is what keeps us well.”

Source: The Tenth Insight: Holding the Vision

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