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not wanted Quotes
Four of the best book quotes about not wanted
01
“What people do not want they usually destroy.”
Henrietta Branford
author
Fire, Bed, and Bone
book
hunting dog
character
destroying
ᐧ
not wanted
concepts
02
″‘It is Aunt Caroline, Aunt Caroline,’ said the lady, her voice whining and creaking irritably. ‘I have been told by my lawyer that I am your aunt. I did not expect it, I did not seek it, but I shall not shrink from it.‘”
Philip Pullman
author
The Ruby in the Smoke
book
Caroline Rees
ᐧ
aunts
characters
strained relationships
ᐧ
not wanted
ᐧ
duty
concepts
03
″‘She has a real pony out of doors,’ said the spotted rocking horse. ‘What can you imagine she would want with you?‘”
Ursula Moray Williams
author
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
book
the little wooden horse
ᐧ
the little girl
ᐧ
the rocking horse
characters
real
ᐧ
ponies
ᐧ
not wanted
concepts
04
“You are one of those things that are ever found when least wanted, and when you are wanted, never!”
Emily Brontë
author
Wuthering Heights
book
Catherine Earnshaw Linton
ᐧ
Edgar Linton
characters
hard to find
ᐧ
irony
ᐧ
not wanted
ᐧ
to want
concepts
Source: Chapter 12, Paragraph 50
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the little girl
real
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the rocking horse
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Catherine Earnshaw Linton
Edgar Linton
irony
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