"Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."Hazel tried not to laugh. "What did he say?""With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top."Frank looked incredulous. "I ..."
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"I get that. For you, it’s more than following a bunch of rules—no sex, no booze, no swear words, pray every night and twice on Sunday."
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"Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school."
- S.A. Tawks
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- Simon Pegg
"That’s when I have to ask him. “Can you really talk like that? Being holy and all?”“What? Because I’m a priest?” He finishes the dregs of his coffee. “Sure. God knows what’s important."
- Markus Zusak
"Damn,' someone behind me says. 'I was hoping we would get to scrape some Stiff pancake off the pavement later."
- Veronica Roth
"I had heard my brothers and sisters use curse words but had never dared use one myself in front of anyone. But I had practiced alone in my room lots of times, trying out different cadences and into na..."
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