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• Lo que me resulta... inquietante es que muchos de estos legisladores proisraelíes formen parte de la Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales de la Cámara de Representantes a pesar del evidente conflicto de intereses que sus vínculos emocionales con Israel provocan... La ocupación israelí de todos los territorios debe terminar, incluido el Congreso.

  Cynthia McKinney

  Emotional, Israel, Attachment

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• Tis true, 'tis day; what though it be? O wilt thou therefore rise from me? Why should we rise, because 'tis light? Did we lie down, because 'twas night? Love which in spite of darkness brought us hither Should in despite of light keep us together.

  John Donne

  Lying, Night, Light

  John Donne (2013). “Love poems”, p.23, Lulu.com

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• In life we often look to others for simple, but difficult answers, despite the fact that we have those answers ourselves.

  James Frey

  Simple, Looks, Answers

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• A pesar de mis esfuerzos, ya te he visto desnudo antes, no me hace mucha gracia, así que no te preocupes.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Esfuerzo, Preocupación, Desnudo

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). "Amanecer: Crepúsculo", p.156, Hachette UK

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• Imaginé cómo sería sostener una mariposa en tus manos, algo enjoyado y atesorado, y saber que, a pesar de tu devoción, se estaba muriendo poco a poco.

  Jodi Picoult

  Butterfly, Hands, Dying

  Jodi Picoult (1995). “Harvesting the Heart: A Novel”, p.235, Penguin

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• Despite my dad's assurances I was strangely nervous my stomach tight ever since we'd hung up. Maybe Deb had picked up on this and it was why she'd pretty much talked nonstop since I'd approached her and asked for a ride. I'd barely had time to explain the situation before she had launched into a dozen stories to illustrate the point that Things Happened But People Were Okay in the End.

  Sarah Dessen

  Dad, People, Stories

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.59, Penguin

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• I'd dressed up and hoped and I was so tired of doing that, so tired of dreaming and being unable to stop it despite the fact that I'd seen, maybe better than anyone here, what dreams could do to you.

  Elizabeth Scott

  Dream, Tired, Facts

  Elizabeth Scott (2010). “Perfect You”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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• Mi sueño es encontrar a un chico que me quiera a pesar de mis defectos y que no me dé la espalda cuando pase por delante una chica perfecta. Puede que un chico así ni siquiera exista.

  Simone Elkeles

  Chica, Sueño, Chicos

  Simone Elkeles (2013). "Leaving Paradise", p.74, Simon and Schuster.

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• Esa es la explicación de la guerra, un ultraje de la humanidad a la humanidad a pesar de la humanidad.

  Victor Hugo

  Guerra, Humanidad, Indignación

  Victor Hugo (1980). "Los miserables", Viking Pr

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• They can fatten me up. They can give me a full body polish, dress me up, and make me beautiful again. They can design dream weapons that come to life in my hands, but they will never again brainwash me into the necessity of using them. I no longer feel allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despite being one myself.

  Suzanne Collins

  Beautiful, Dream, Hands

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.1455, Scholastic Inc.

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• But you have to learn to bend a little," said Clary with a yawn. Despite the story's content, the rhythm of Jace's voice had made her sleepy. "Or you'll break." "Not if your strong enough," said Jace firmly. He reached out, and she felt the back of his hand brush her cheek.

  Cassandra Clare

  Strong, Hands, Voice

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.186, Simon and Schuster

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• Soon you start craving that intense attention with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld you probably turn sick, crazy and depleted not to mention resentful of the dealer who encourage this addiction in the first place but who now refuses to pony up the good stuff anymore despite that you know that he has it hidden somewhere God dammit because you know that he used to give it to you for free.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Crazy, Addiction, Giving

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• There's power in the night. There's terror in the darkness. Despite all our accumulated history, learning, and experience, we remember. We remember times when we were too small to reach the light switch on the wall, and when darkness itself was enough to make us cry out in fear.

  Jim Butcher

  Wall, Night, Light

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.260, Penguin

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• Despite our differences, we did have a history. No one understood where I was coming from the way he did.

  Sarah Dessen

  Differences, Way, Understood

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.171, Penguin

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• With a resigned shrug, she screamed and collapsed into a faint. She stayed resolutely fainted, despite the liberal application of smelling salts, which made her eyes water most tremendously, a cramp in the back of one knee, and the fact that her new ball gown was getting most awfully wrinkled.

  Gail Carriger

  Eye, Water, Gowns

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• At that time I told myself that I didn't want to fall in love ever again. But that night while praying for your happiness Nana, I thought that despite all the wounds and all the pains it could cause I wanted to dream again, and love someone with all my heart.

  Ai Yazawa

  Dream, Falling In Love, Pain

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• Escribir era su única vía de escape, su único medio de supervivencia. Era un respiro en un mundo cruel, a pesar de un entorno aparentemente confortable.

  Danielle Steel

  Escritura, Media, Supervivencia

  Danielle Steel (2006). "El largo camino a casa", editorial Dell

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• Merripen, despite his fear of heights, had often climbed a ladder to wash the second floor window for her. He had wanted her view of the outside world to be clear. He had said the sky should always be blue for her.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Blue, Views, Sky

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• Who in the world has not yearned for a loved one, has never said, If only he or she could come back just once, just one more time...? Despite the fact that it can never happen, never ever. Surely this is the saddest thing about our mortal world, and its sadness will go on shrouding human life like a blanket of fog until its final extinction.

  Ismail Kadaré

  Sadness, Fog, Finals

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• Don't expect me to be perfect. Despite all my lives, I'm still only human. I can't deliver perfection, and I'll only disappoint you. But I want you to know that you are the most important person to me. I'm trying to protect you. Sometimes I screw things up. I may even tell a white lie every now and then. But you have to give me the benefit of the doubt.

  Kirsten Miller

  Lying, White, Giving

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• No estoy preocupado, Harry -dijo Dumbledore, con la voz un poco más fuerte a pesar del agua helada-. "Estoy contigo.

  J. K. Rowling

  Hope, Voice, Water

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• Puedo hacer algunas llamadas. Hay un tipo. Dagfinn Heyerdahl. Solía estar con la Fundación Herencia Nórdica". La Fundación del Patrimonio Nórdico no era tanto sobre patrimonio como sobre vikingos, en el sentido más cliché del mundo. Bebían grandes cantidades de cerveza, se peleaban y llevaban cascos con cuernos, a pesar de todas las pruebas históricas en contra. "¿Solían serlo?" preguntó Curran. "Lo echaron por borracho y violento". Curran parpadeó. "¿La herencia nórdica?" "Mhm." "¿No hay que estar borracho y violento para entrar?", preguntó. "¿Hasta qué punto se puso desordenado?

  Ilona Andrews

  Cerveza, Borracho, Guy

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• And the thought of that makes me want to open a vein, experience pain, know I'm alive, despite this living death.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Pain, Veins, Alive

  Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Impulse”, p.78, Simon and Schuster

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• That stirring which had fluttered in her on first glimpsing the sea—that stirring landlocked children know so well—moved in her now, with the golden stars over head, and the green fireflies glinting on the wooded shore. She carefully unfolded the stirring that she had so tightly packed away. It billowed out like a sail, and she laughed, despite herself, despite hunger and hard things ahead.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Stars, Children, Firefly

  Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making”, p.176, Feiwel & Friends

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• Love doesn't always come when you want it to. Sometimes it just happens, despite your will.

  Virginia C. Andrews

  Want, Sometimes, Happens

  Virginia C. Andrews (2004). "Flores en el ático"

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