Classic Quotes

815 Classic quotes by 616 unique authors

A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite probably never heard).… — Edith Wharton
If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day. — Emily Bronte
I don't lack for bed partners, so I don't need to scrounge for unwilling scraps.-Spade — Jeaniene Frost
A vibrator can last all night, too, vampire! - Denise — Jeaniene Frost
Fool!" cried the hunchback. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in… — William Goldman
It was like the classic scene in the movies where one lover is on the train and one is on the platform and the train… — Lorrie Moore
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. — Mario Puzo
One glance and I knew exactly who and what he was. The classic alpha male, the kind who had spurred evolution forward about five million… — Lisa Kleypas
Everybody is, I suppose, either Classic or Gothic by nature. Either you feel in your bones that buildings should be rectangular boxes with lids to… — Dorothy L. Sayers
All i want is a dress with puffy sleaves — Lucy Maud Montgomery
A classic,' suggested Anthony, 'is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation. Then it's safe, like a style… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which… — Kate Chopin
Happy is one of the many things I'm likely to be over the course of a day and certainly over the course of a lifetime.… — Carrie Fisher
All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had… — Leo Tolstoy
He became fubar in the classic way, which is to say that he was the victim of a temporary arrangement that became permanent. — Kurt Vonnegut
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. — Marlon Brando
I'm not really sure what makes a book a 'classic' to begin with, but I think it has to be at least fifty years old… — Jeff Kinney
The reasoning is classic in its clarity. If God does not exist, Kirilov is god. If God does not exist, Kirilov must kill himself. Kirilov… — Albert Camus
Classic author moment, "Oh dear, did I kill that character or not? — Gail Carriger

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