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description: "Browse 9 Paper Cup quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Paper Cup sayings and thoughts."
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> [LA doesn't have the heart of a paper cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/la-doesn-t-have-the-heart-of-a-paper-cup/)

[Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65e/raymond-chandler-629_cups_la-doesn-t-have-the-heart-of-a-paper-cup_2552894.jpg)

> [“I put my heart in a paper cup, so she’d be more likely to drink it up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-put-my-heart-in-a-paper-cup-so-she-d-be-more-likely-to-drink-it-up/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/jarod-kintz-2_drink_i-put-my-heart-in-a-paper-cup-so-she-d-b_28126.jpg)

> [Asking me to describe my son is like asking me to hold the ocean in a paper cup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/asking-me-to-describe-my-son-is-like-asking-me-to-hold-the-ocean-in-a/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/jodi-picoult-45_asking_asking-me-to-describe-my-son-is-like-ask_2644031.jpg)

> [A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/a-city-with-all-the-personality-of-a-paper-cup-on-los-angeles/)

[Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/raymond-chandler-629_cities_a-city-with-all-the-personality-of-a-pap_2931224.jpg)

> [“He could pour himself into my little paper cup heart and my emptiness would finally have a meaning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-elisabeth/he-could-pour-himself-into-my-little-paper-cup-heart-and-my-emptiness/)

[Jennifer Elisabeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-elisabeth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/jennifer-elisabeth-11351_anxiety_he-could-pour-himself-into-my-little-pap_2798191.jpg)

> [Life is much different from the days when there were lilies in my mother’s garden, and all my secrets fit into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/life-is-much-different-from-the-days-when-there-were-lilies-in-my/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/lauren-destefano-892_cups_life-is-much-different-from-the-days-whe_474220.png)

> [A bee rose up from a sun-filled paper cup, off to make slum honey from some diet root beer it had found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholson-baker/a-bee-rose-up-from-a-sun-filled-paper-cup-off-to-make-slum-honey-from/)

[Nicholson Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholson-baker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/nicholson-baker-3405_beer_a-bee-rose-up-from-a-sun-filled-paper-cu_2674474.png)

> [“Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, they slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beatles/words-are-flowing-out-like-endless-rain-into-a-paper-cup-they-slither/)

[Beatles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beatles/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/beatles-52990_across-the-universe_words-are-flowing-out-like-endless-rain_1134861.jpg)

> [“I didn’t know what to do for my project so I brought in a paper cup filled with dirt just hoping that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-regan/i-didn-t-know-what-to-do-for-my-project-so-i-brought-in-a-paper-cup/)

[Brian Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-regan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/brian-regan-3918_dirt_i-didn-t-know-what-to-do-for-my-project_545900.jpg)

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