Blanket Quotes

334 Blanket quotes by 280 unique authors

And what an example of the power of dress young Oliver Twist was! Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, he… — Charles Dickens
It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we… — Marilyn Ferguson
The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when… — Bertolt Brecht
She was tired of hugging pillows, counting on blankets for warmth, and reliving romantic moments only in her dreams. She was tired of hoping that… — Cecelia Ahern
Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without… — Ron Paul
All I really wanted to do was cuddle back under the blankets, maybe with a certain stuffed toy penguin I knew. Yeah, hiding sounded good. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Down in the city are the nice houses and the so-so houses and the lovers making out in dark yards and the babies crying for… — George Saunders
All hopes of eternity and all gain from the past he would have given to have her there, to be wrapped warm with him in… — D. H. Lawrence
The huge round lunar clock was a gristmill. Shake down all the grains of Time—the big grains of centuries, and the small grains of years,… — Ray Bradbury
The blanket was there, but it was the boy's embrace that covered and warmed him. — Jerry Spinelli
Forgiveness is an act of creation. You can choose from many ways to do it. You can forgive for now, forgive till then, forgive till… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Just think how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm. — Franz Kafka
She pulled down the blanket and aimed baby Sophie's bottom at him like she might unleash a fusillade of weapons-grade poopage such as the guileless… — Christopher Moore
For ten years I had been protected, wrapped up in something like a blanket that had been stitched together from all kinds of different things.… — Banana Yoshimoto
He wondered if she'd mind if he threw her down on the blanket and tore off her clothing. (..) She looked heartbreakingly innocent. Alex sighed.… — Julia Quinn
Despite my best efforts, I'm not quite perfect. Let's just say I'm like one of those Hopi blankets where they leave a tiny flaw so… — Jen Lancaster
The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healing—a blanket—the comfort of a friend.… — Douglas Coupland
Wrapped in a police blanket, I watched the rain and smoked one black cigarette after another... — Che Guevara
This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and anger she had been carrying under her… — Jodi Picoult
I know why people die of hopelessness. It comes on like a thick blanket, covering your thoughts, your confidence, creeping into your mind and filling… — Joan Lowery Nixon
Night falls. Or has fallen. Why is it that night falls, instead of rising, like the dawn? Yet if you look east, at sunset, you… — Margaret Atwood
It's come at last," she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache. When there wasn't enough food in… — Betty Smith
Here was a torture that Greek inventors of the Feast and the Stone had omitted from their Hades: the Blanket of Self-Deception. A lovely warm… — Jonathan Franzen
But she woke up just then, and in the moonlight covered herself with a blanket. She smiled at him drowsily and called him "Yero, my… — Gregory Maguire
Riley was quiet for a minute. She gathered her blanket all around her. "Paul always loved you, Alice. He knows I know that. I know… — Ann Brashares

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