Clich Quotes

112 Clich quotes by 107 unique authors

You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked… — Tom Robbins
Those around you can have their novellas, sweet, their short stories of cliché and coincidence, occasionally spiced up with tricks of the quirky, the achingly… — Marisha Pessl
With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy—something a lot of people didn’t notice and maybe still don’t. He brought… — Steven Erikson
Most mainline Protestant churches are, to one degree or another, post-Christian. If they no longer seem disposed to converting the unbelieving to Christ, they can… — Mark Steyn
If I made a joke about just dropping by, would you write me off as cliché? — Cassandra Clare
We are accustomed to repeating the cliché, and to believing, that 'our most precious resource is our children.' But we have plenty of children to… — Michael Chabon
Clary screamed out loud as he fell like a stone- And landed lightly on his feet just in front of her. Clary stared with her… — Cassandra Clare
Any time I’m not shooting my mouth off to a clichéd, two-bit creature of the night like you, it’s because I’m up to something. — Jim Butcher
Do you realize that people don't know how to read Kafka simply because they want to decipher him? Instead of letting themselves be carried away… — Milan Kundera
I hated roses. I hated them for being so trite, so clichéd, a default, all-purpose flower that said I love you, I'm sorry, and get… — Justina Chen
You swore an oath, just like the rest of us. I won’t have you preying on innocents in my town. (Talon) Ooo. How cliché, little… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I'm not going to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to Twain to Rice… — Chris Rose
Vampire? Such a provocative word, wrapped in too many clichés and girly novels. — Matt Haig
I remember thinking how easy it is to speak in clichés, to steal a line from pulp fiction and let it fall. We can only… — Siri Hustvedt
I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly. My first drafts are filled with lurching, clichéd… — Jennifer Egan
The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication. — Terry Pratchett
Clichés so often befall vain people. — Ann Beattie
Reality is a cliché from which we escape by metaphor. — Wallace Stevens
All of us, at some point in life, choose our cliché. — Jerry Stahl
Pretty That's what I am, I guess. I mean, people have been telling me that's what I am since I was two. Maybe younger. Pretty… — Ellen Hopkins
Happily for me, ninety-nine percent of all human life is spent simply repeating the same old actions, speaking the same tired clichés, moving like a… — Jeff Lindsay
I can make some calls. There is a guy. Dagfinn Heyerdahl. He used to be with Norse Heritage Foundation." Norse Heritage Foundation wasn't so much… — Ilona Andrews
about clichés. Avoid them like the plague. — Khaled Hosseini
Okay, I guess you can come in." "Um, Hannah, you have to, you know, open the front door so I can actually come in." "I… — Elizabeth Scott
I should hate to be a regular girl with a sugar-plum voice. I should hate to have swan-like lashes, and a thick, sooty neck. I… — Franny Billingsley

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