Box Quotes
1451 quotes by 1150 authors
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On the sled, in the box, lay a third man whose toil was over, - a man whom the Wild had conquered and beaten down…
— Jack London
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Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves; just as in the experiment,…
— Laura Esquivel
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Face red, but brave in spite of it, Ethan offered an even smaller box. My hands shook as i opened it. Set in a gold…
— Ellen Hopkins
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Once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this…
— Lewis Carroll
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Coraline opened the box of chocolates. The dog looked at them longingly. "Would you like one?" she asked the little dog. "Yes, please," whispered the…
— Neil Gaiman
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And the Top spoke no more of his old love; for that dies away when the beloved objects has lain for five years in a…
— Hans Christian Andersen
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Every single day was just a box on the calendar that I could put a red X through; each one brought me closer to Lucas…
— Claudia Gray
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On that night after Phoebe had given her Pandora report, I thought about the Hope in Pandora's box. Maybe when everything seemed sad and miserable,…
— Sharon Creech
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Any place you love is the world to youâ€, explained the pensive Catherine Wheel, who had been attached to an old deal box in early…
— Oscar Wilde
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Sometimes I had the feeling that all of us in his family were like pets to him. The dog you take for a walk, the…
— Bernhard Schlink
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Jenks enthusiastically leaned against the counter and opened the box. Bypassing the plastic knife, he broke off about a third of it and took a…
— Kim Harrison
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I was never young. Whoever I was then is dead. That's more of your quills. I don't want a hide full, thanks. I have always…
— Ray Bradbury
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Advice, then, young yeoman: When referring to the king's middle daughter, state that she is fair, speculate that she is pious, but unless you'd like…
— Christopher Moore
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She wished she had a little yellow house of her own, with a flower box full of real flowers and herbs – pansies and rosemary…
— Francesca Lia Block
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Dr Strauss said I had something that was very good. He said I had a good motor-vation. I never ever knew I had that. I…
— Daniel Keyes
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Love That’s it: The cashless commerce. The blanket always too short. The loose connexion. To search behind the horizon. To brush fallen leaves with four…
— Gunter Grass
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Just for a while": Death's opening chat-up line in His great seduction, before he drugged you with soporific comforts, distracted you with minor luxuries and…
— Christopher Brookmyre
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I past another telkhine, who was so startled he dropped his Lil' Demons lunch box. I left him alive - partly because he had a…
— Rick Riordan
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We have begun to slam doors, and to throw things. I throw my purse, an ashtray, a package of chocolate chips, which breaks on impact.…
— Margaret Atwood
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I rented Ghostbusters, my all-time favorite inspirational movie. I picked up some microwave, popcorn, a KitKat, a bag of bite-sized Reese's peanut butter cups, and…
— Janet Evanovich
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