2,662 quotes found
“Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.”
“I dont want to freeze my eggs. I dont want to visit a sperm bank. I dont want to be a single parent, if I have any choice in the matter. I want a nuclear family. I want to put down roots, to let my...”
“Otter! Otter! Otter!Dont lead cows to slaughter!I love you, and I knowI shouldve told you soon-aBut you didnt buy the dolphin-safe tuna!”
“Crystal ball and candle light, I want your dance tonight. Show me the power of love as we stand together in the middle of the night.”
“Poetry destroyed? Genius banished? No! Mediocrity, no: do not let envy prompt you to the thought. No; they not only live, but reign, and redeem: and without their divine influence spread everywhere...”
“Why should I ignore them? In my own house? Spiteful snobs! Ive appalling taste, do I? Im skeletal, am I? Anyone would look skeletal next to them. They are both starting to look like porkers! As soo...”
“I dont remember the whole thing, because it was very long, but Atticus recited it for me once, and there was a line that went like this: Cry ham hock and let slip the hogs of war! I know you might ...”
“I may not hate all of the people all of the time, but I hate all of them some of the time, and I hate some of them all of the time.”
“I thought the trees down in Lady Zelanas country were about as big as a tree could get, he said, but the ones around here are so tall that they probably tickle the moons tummy when she goes by.”
“I'm not stupid... I'm just too lazy to show you the extend of my knowledge!”
“All I have is me, myself and I and we are all getting really tired of each other.”
“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.”
“Lipstick?" He arched a brow."I'm on the hunt for my perfect shade," I respond, de”
“There was an edge to his expression, like he didn't trust anyone who was more attractive than he was.”
“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of the evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill, shepherds the weak thro...”
“His rapier was at his belt, glittering as he swung. He reached down, ripped the sword clear. I jumped over a slashing frond of plasm, spun round with the water bottle in my hand. I hurled it across...”
“Jenna, standing in the doorway with her mouth and hand full of shelled pistachios, says, '"Real' is a dirty word in this place'.”
“Panicky despair is an underrated element of writing.”
“I bet there are a lot of women out there who want to sleep with a guy who reads. And being the head of the reading foundation, Im very well endowed.”
“Rule number four for me as a writer? Plotlines are like sharks: They either keep moving or they die. ~J.R. Ward”
