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1459 Closed quotes by 1055 unique authors

I'd thought once, actually, of taking your mind, if you asked. I'd thought I could help you fall asleep at night." He opened his mouth… — Kristin Cashore
She looked at him, and oh, the weariness to her, of the effort to understand another language, the weariness of hearing him, attending to him,… — D. H. Lawrence
Jace. This can't happen." I closed my eyes, thinking it would be easier to say without him looking back at me. But it wasn't. "This… — Rachel Vincent
His brothers could tease him about his height or the number of scars he was collecting on his body. He could take the joke when… — Shannon Hale
He leaned closer, their faces drawing near, and he could feel the heat of her breath mingling with his. He closed his eyes against the… — Nicholas Sparks
Westly, Westly, Westly, Westly, Westly,--darling Westly, adored Westly, sweet perfect Westly, whisper that I have a chance to win your love." And with that, she… — William Goldman
His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that… — William Golding
He learned to live with the truth. Not to accept it, but to live with it. It was like living with an elephant. His room… — Nicole Krauss
Here you discover that so long as books are kept open, then minds can never be closed. — Ronald Reagan
Possibility was not a bag or box that could be closed and sealed, it was a vast open chute which received everything, everything; one could… — Janet Frame
For once, he slept first. She lay in the dark, listening to him breathe, stealing a little of his warmth as her own body cooled.… — Nora Roberts
I tried to breathe, failing. I clutched her to me, tears slipping from under my closed eyes. It was as if her soul was liquid… — Kim Harrison
When did you get so smart?" He tapped his forehead. "Brain transplant. They put in a whale's. I'm passing all my classes with my eyes… — Maggie Stiefvater
I fell in love once, if love be that cruelty which takes us straight to the gates of Paradise only to remind us they are… — Jeanette Winterson
That was the thing: Once, the difference between light and dark had been basic. One was good, one bad. Suddenly, though, things weren’t so clear.… — Sarah Dessen
Look, we're trying to explore other options to your retirement," the whitecoat said. "You might be useful to us in other ways." Because we're not… — James Patterson
What's this?" Nick said. "Bedtime?" No one answered him. I kept my eyes closed. You look positively content, Clayton," Nick continued, thumping down on the… — Kelley Armstrong
For her everything was red, orange, gold-red from the sun on the closed eyes, and it all was that color, all of it, the filling,… — Ernest Hemingway
Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put… — Stephen Chbosky
Sure, nothing succeeds like success. Fact is, dearest, we are fools. We cling to an ideal no one wants or cares about. I am the… — Emma Goldman
It got so that when he closed his eyes, letters and words danced in his mind. He thought of little else during that time. — Christopher Paolini
Demon. Gremlin. Poltergeist. Ghost. Phantom. Spirit. Shadow. Ghoul. Devil. People are afraid of them, so they relegate their existence to stories, volumes of books that… — Garth Stein
The pain was as unexpected as a thunderclap in a clear sky. Eddis's chest tightened, as something closed around her heart. A deep breath might… — Megan Whalen Turner
So keeping the box closed just keeps you in the dark, not the universe. — John Green
So Mo began filling the silence with words. He lured them out of the pages as if they had only been waiting for his voice,… — Cornelia Funke

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