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1459 Closed quotes by 1055 unique authors

Everyone who has eyes to see can see that if the God of Abraham exists, He is an utter psychopath--and the God of Nature too.… — Sam Harris
I nudged myself closer to the ledge and closed my eyes and thought 'Oh what a life this is, why do we have to be… — Jack Kerouac
I have told the story I was asked to tell. I have closed it, as so many stories close, with a joining of two people.… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Another train will come. Why rush? Why worry? Why go crazy? Another train will come. And sure enough, another train going my way was pulling… — Esmeralda Santiago
She answered by standing and kissing him first and held his cheeks and closed her eyes and felt sure as bones and deep as blood… — Shannon Hale
Oh, Myr," he chokes out. "I hate having to ask this of you..." He glances towards the car again, and I crouch down in the… — Margaret Haddix
So, instead of panicking, I closed my eyes and spent the twenty minutes' drive with Edward. I imagined that I had stayed at the airport… — Stephenie Meyer
Toward the end of their relationship she'd told him once, "I wish I could give you what you're looking for, but I don't know what… — Nicholas Sparks
The gym is always open, except when it's closed. — Trenton Lee Stewart
I closed my eyes and rested my head against his chest, wishing sincerely that Rhiannon would get hit by a bus. — P. C. Cast
He closed his eyes, dropping his forehead against hers. “You’ll be the death of me, Elena.” She smiled. “You need a little excitement in that… — Nalini Singh
A doctor’s door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open. — Victor Hugo
When it came down to it, he just wasn't that engaged. You had to be engaged to be a vegetarian; you had to be engaged… — Nick Hornby
I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sicknesses. Very good. But a harsh, cruel, world. And… — Kazuo Ishiguro
So she sat on with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all… — Lewis Carroll
Oh you, straying heart, just come! Oh you, aching liver, just come! If the path to the gate is closed, Take the way by the… — Unknown Author
Not one man in a million would have allowed me the time without speaking. I opened my mind, let my gaurd down completely, relaxed. His… — Charlaine Harris
He made a small sigh, as he swallowed the first blood, then his mouth closed over my earlobe, mouth working at the wound, tongue coaxing… — Laurell K. Hamilton
All Mattia saw was a shadow moving toward him. He instinctively closed his eyes and then felt Alice’s hot mouth on his, her tears on… — Paolo Giordano
The sun's champagne streamed from one body into another. And there was a couple on the green silk of the grass, covered by a raspberry… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
And the last thought he had that morning as he closed his eyes was: I hope the tornado hit the moose. — Gary Paulsen
At that point I asked myself: How is it that she is not amazed at herself, that she keeps her lips closed and makes no… — Franz Kafka
I like that people can just look at you and know that you are taken, that you are mine.” He closed his eyes and laughed.… — Patricia Briggs
There is something I want-something I have come to get, and she fell deeper and deeper without knowing quite what it was, with her eyes… — Virginia Woolf
Here in the United States, we speak with reverence of authentic experience. We write poems about our daddies taking us fishing and breaking our hearts… — Charles Simic

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