Perl Regex Replace Smart Quotes & Sayings

His joy was a release of Paul's conversion, not the heavy backslapping practical-joking humor of the Victorians, nor the cynical satire or the flippancy of the twenty first century mass media, just the gift of not taking himself or his adversaries too seriously. — John Charles Pollock

To gain confidence, constant practice is essential. Just as a musician needs to practice regularly to retain his touch, the watercolourist needs to be constantly in touch with the medium. — Robert A. Lovett

Why do we think God is watching us? Maybe God is the one doing the whole trip. — Art Hochberg

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully. — Fay Weldon

What are you say it out loud tell me the basic thing vampires eat — Stephenie Meyer

How do you live again, knowing what waits for you in the end? — Amie Kaufman

They [Erasers] were bad fliers," Angel chimed in, "And in their minds, they weren't all kill the mutants, like they usually are. They were like, remember to flap! — James Patterson

I try not to think of myself as a person
but a metal object, built suddenly by machines in complete darkness
something impossible to hurt with a shovel — Tao Lin

magazines don't exist to make you feel good about yourself. They exist to keep you insecure so you'll buy their magazines looking for answers. — Trent Shelton

I will assist you to become an Auror if it is the last thing I — J.K. Rowling

Beauty of your love-filled smile created a mark on the stone wall of my heart, I can erase it never. — Debasish Mridha

Realism...is a kind of disappointed tribute to the ideal. — Roger Scruton

Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing - but it's basically just nosiness. It also helps me gauge where I'm at: Am I normal? — Mindy Kaling

I had to admit it was a nice backside. She caught me looking at her and hurriedly turned away. "Defending my honor," Phillip asked. — Laurell K. Hamilton

A successful life for a man or for a woman seems to me to lie in the knowledge that one has developed to the limit the capacities with which one was endowed; that one has contributed something constructive to family and friends and to a home community; that one has brought happiness wherever it was possible; that one has earned one's way in the world, has kept some friends, and need not be ashamed to face oneself honestly. — Eleanor Roosevelt