--- title: "12 Stared Window Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Stared Window quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Stared Window sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/trenton-lee-stewart-4808_enough_they-stared-out-their-window-at-night-en_2294428.jpg" --- > [They stared out their window at night enough to know where the darkest shadows lay, and it was to the darkest shadows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trenton-lee-stewart/they-stared-out-their-window-at-night-enough-to-know-where-the/) [Trenton Lee Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trenton-lee-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/trenton-lee-stewart-4808_enough_they-stared-out-their-window-at-night-en_2294428.jpg) > [“I barricaded myself and stared out the window, without seeing anything but my own unhappiness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bernhard/i-barricaded-myself-and-stared-out-the-window-without-seeing-anything/) [Thomas Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bernhard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/thomas-bernhard-3514_barricade_i-barricaded-myself-and-stared-out-the-w_177504.jpg) > [“They told me that Billy would never come back any more, and I stared out of the window at the sun which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-grahame/they-told-me-that-billy-would-never-come-back-any-more-and-i-stared/) [Kenneth Grahame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-grahame/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/kenneth-grahame-3489_billy_they-told-me-that-billy-would-never-come_2766218.jpg) > [I was the kid who stared out the window. I fantasized myself on the deck of pirate ships - Cussler at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-cussler/i-was-the-kid-who-stared-out-the-window-i-fantasized-myself-on-the/) [Clive Cussler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-cussler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/clive-cussler-6870_bridge_i-was-the-kid-who-stared-out-the-window_1853438.jpg) > [“Elizabeth who was only partially visible to her stared out the window very much awake as though she were contemplating the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-godbersen/elizabeth-who-was-only-partially-visible-to-her-stared-out-the-window/) [Anna Godbersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-godbersen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/anna-godbersen-3633_elizabeth_elizabeth-who-was-only-partially-visible_1889697.jpg) > [If it's us", she whispered, "how come you get to decide?" When he didn't answer - couldn't answer - she turned and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/if-it-s-us-she-whispered-how-come-you-get-to-decide-when-he-didn-t/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/jodi-picoult-45_answers_if-it-s-us-she-whispered-how-come-you-ge_2538724.jpg) > [“For the next thirteen-plus hours, I stared out the window at the passing towns and countryside. All those lives. All those untold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-klise/for-the-next-thirteen-plus-hours-i-stared-out-the-window-at-the/) [Kate Klise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-klise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e01/kate-klise-20844_beautiful-sad_for-the-next-thirteen-plus-hours-i-stare_2628490.png) > [“I stared out the window for the rest of the journey. Building, tree, car, car, van, wall, vacant lot, van. I stared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/i-stared-out-the-window-for-the-rest-of-the-journey-building-tree-car/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/carol-rifka-brunt-3944_journey_i-stared-out-the-window-for-the-rest-of_270491.png) > [“I stared out the window, at the whitecapped mountains in the distance. It was strange, looking at them from the other side.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin/i-stared-out-the-window-at-the-whitecapped-mountains-in-the-distance/) [Charles Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/charles-martin-4510_salt-lake-city_i-stared-out-the-window-at-the-whitecapp_949701.jpg) > [I wrapped my arms around my knees and stared through the window's wavy glass. The red velvet curtains were drawn around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-carter/i-wrapped-my-arms-around-my-knees-and-stared-through-the-window-s/) [Ally Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/ally-carter-530_arms_i-wrapped-my-arms-around-my-knees-and-st_104610.jpg) > [“By now he had stared at the window through a late summer so hot and wet that the air both day and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-frazier/by-now-he-had-stared-at-the-window-through-a-late-summer-so-hot-and/) [Charles Frazier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-frazier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/charles-frazier-3165_damp_by-now-he-had-stared-at-the-window-throu_1713290.png) > [“Pausing on the threshold, he looked in, conscious not so much of the few familiar sticks of furniture - the trucklebed, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/pausing-on-the-threshold-he-looked-in-conscious-not-so-much-of-the/) [Walter de la Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/walter-de-la-mare-9548_fear_pausing-on-the-threshold-he-looked-in-co_2542558.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stared-window/#itemlist", "name": "Stared Window Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They stared out their window at night enough to know where the darkest shadows lay, and it was to the darkest shadows they kept.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Trenton Lee Stewart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trenton-lee-stewart/they-stared-out-their-window-at-night-enough-to-know-where-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/trenton-lee-stewart-4808_enough_they-stared-out-their-window-at-night-en_2294428.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/trenton-lee-stewart-4808_enough_they-stared-out-their-window-at-night-en_2294428.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/trenton-lee-stewart-4808_enough_they-stared-out-their-window-at-night-en_2294428.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They stared out their window at night enough to know where the darkest shadows lay, and it was to the…” — Trenton Lee Stewart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I barricaded myself and stared out the window, without seeing anything but my own unhappiness.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Bernhard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bernhard/i-barricaded-myself-and-stared-out-the-window-without-seeing-anything/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/thomas-bernhard-3514_barricade_i-barricaded-myself-and-stared-out-the-w_177504.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/thomas-bernhard-3514_barricade_i-barricaded-myself-and-stared-out-the-w_177504.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/thomas-bernhard-3514_barricade_i-barricaded-myself-and-stared-out-the-w_177504.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I barricaded myself and stared out the window, without seeing anything but my own unhappiness.” — Thomas Bernhard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They told me that Billy would never come back any more, and I stared out of the window at the sun which came back, right enough, every day, and their news conveyed nothing whatever to me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kenneth Grahame" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-grahame/they-told-me-that-billy-would-never-come-back-any-more-and-i-stared/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/kenneth-grahame-3489_billy_they-told-me-that-billy-would-never-come_2766218.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/kenneth-grahame-3489_billy_they-told-me-that-billy-would-never-come_2766218.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/kenneth-grahame-3489_billy_they-told-me-that-billy-would-never-come_2766218.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They told me that Billy would never come back any more, and I stared out of the window at the sun which came…” — Kenneth Grahame", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was the kid who stared out the window. 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The red velvet curtains were drawn around the tiny alcove, and I was enveloped by an odd sense of peace, knowing that in twenty minutes, the halls were going to be crowded; music was going to be blaring; and I was going to go from being an only child to one of a hundred sisters, so I knew to savor the silence while it lasted.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ally Carter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-carter/i-wrapped-my-arms-around-my-knees-and-stared-through-the-window-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/ally-carter-530_arms_i-wrapped-my-arms-around-my-knees-and-st_104610.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/ally-carter-530_arms_i-wrapped-my-arms-around-my-knees-and-st_104610.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/ally-carter-530_arms_i-wrapped-my-arms-around-my-knees-and-st_104610.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wrapped my arms around my knees and stared through the window's wavy glass. 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That high cupboard in the corner, from which certain bodiless shapes had been wont to issue and stoop at him cowering out of his dreams; the crab-patterned paper that came alive as you stared; the window cold with menacing stars; the mouseholes, the rusty grate - trumpet of every wind that blows - these objects at once lustily shouted at him in their own original tongues. 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