Backward Quotes

439 quotes by 383 authors

Lily and James only made you Secret-Keeper because I suggested it,â€ Black hissed, so venomously that Pettigrew took a step backward. â€œI thought it was… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see… — George Eliot
Though you did eat all the pizza." "I only had five slices," Simon protested, leaning his chair backward so it balanced precariously on its two… — Cassandra Clare
I used to belong to a family unit, with a foster mom and dad and my little sister, Bean, but that's over and I don't… — Rodman Philbrick
They had their faces twisted toward their haunches and found it necessary to walk backward, because they could not see ahead of them. ...And since… — Dante Alighieri
XI I sang his name instead of song; Over and over I sang his name: Backward and forward I sang it along, With my sweetest… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
That's when I realized that certain moments go on forever. Even after they're over they still go on, even after you're dead and buried, those… — Lauren Oliver
The sad truth is that certain types of things can't go backward. Once they start going forward, no matter what you do, they can't go… — Haruki Murakami
The Fomorians skittered backward, away from me, looking justifiably confused. I mean, really, how many human women actually run to them? And I was a… — P. C. Cast
Ture stories can't be told forward, only backward. We invent them from the vantage point of an ever-changing present and tell ourselves how they unfolded. — Siri Hustvedt
He says you don't often find angels in places like happy homes and rich people's backyard parties. He says that angels flock to places like… — Carol Plum-Ucci
Iâ€™m not good at talking,â€ Naoko said. â€œHavenâ€™t been for the longest while. I start to say something and the wrong words come out. Wrong… — Haruki Murakami
Thereâ€™s a writer for you,â€ he said. â€œKnows everything and at the same time he knows nothing.â€ [narrator]It was my first inkling that he was… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
part of the humor of living on this backward planet is listening to the hominids rationalize their predations. — Robert Anton Wilson
The merry-go-round was running, yes, but... It was running backward. The small calliope inside the carousel machinery rattle-snapped its nervous-stallion shivering drums, clashed its harvest-moon… — Ray Bradbury
I always thought the purpose of time was to move forward, not backward. — Michelle Moran
What are you doing in there, waxing your mustache?â€ Iggy yelled, pounding on the bathroom door. I yanked the door open and pushed him backward… — James Patterson
Youâ€™re impinging on my private space,â€ I said, inching backward. Patch gave a barely-there smile. "Impinging? This isnâ€™t the SAT, Nora. — Becca Fitzpatrick
I know the past will drag you backward and down, have you snatching at whispers of wind and the gibberish of trees rubbing together, trying… — Lauren Oliver
Neither look forward where there is doubt nor backward where there is regret. Look inward and ask not if there is anything outside you want,… — Quentin Crisp

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