Clamped Quotes

16 quotes by 15 authors

The most prudent thing any intelligent animal can do, if it would prefer its descendents not to spend a lot of time on a slab… — Terry Pratchett
I prefer a little free speech to no free speech at all; but how many have free speech or the chance or the mind for… — James Agee
It was a different planet in 1967, the Broadway theatre. It had a little ashtray clamped to the back of every seat and the author… — Tom Stoppard
...the problem of space remained, she thought, taking up her brush again. It glared at her. The whole mass of the picture was poised upon… — Virginia Woolf
There is within every human being a deep well of thinking over which a heavy iron lid is kept clamped. — Sherwood Anderson
After perhaps thirty meters, just as a soldier turned around, the girl was felled. Hands were clamped upon her from behind and the boy next… — Markus Zusak
Next out of the hall came the sisters and their husbands. Before I could say anything, the captain had clamped his hand over my mouth… — Christopher Moore
He f**ks even better than he looksâ€, I settled on saying. Several heads turned. I didnâ€™t care; I was pissed. â€œAnd that beautiful face is… — Jeaniene Frost
But all that is warm will go cold. My ears will fall off and my eyes will melt. My mouth will be clamped shut. My… — Jenny Downham
I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I… — Suzanne Collins
You've always asked me to wait, as if we had time in abundance. But time is too precious, Perry. We've wasted years, when we could… — Lisa Kleypas
Her heart began to ache, and she felt the numbness slip away. Misery welled up inside her. She clamped down on it, trying to hold… — Lili Wilkinson
Justine reached for a fresh tissue and clamped it to Lucyâ€™s nose as if she was a child. â€œFriends are the support bras of life.… — Lisa Kleypas
There's no quiet place here on earth for our love, not in the village and not anywhere else, so I picture a grave, deep and… — Franz Kafka
His gaze narrowed and she could see his hands twitching again like heâ€™d love nothing more than to throttle her. She was beginning to think… — Maya Banks
Illegibility of this world. All things twice over. The strong clocks justify the splitting hour, hoarsely. You , clamped into your deepest part, climb out… — Paul Celan

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15 authors contributed a total of 16 Clamped Quotes as follows: