Closer Quotes

1725 Closer quotes by 1296 unique authors

You're dying right now. Right this minute.' He looked at his watch, said, 'Right this second,' then tapped it with his finger. 'See there? That… — Billie Letts
This is how great intellectual breakthroughs usually happen in practice. It is rarely the isolated genius having a eureka moment alone in the lab. Nor… — Steven Johnson
Standing Here My entire world far beneath my feet, I should be filled with pride. Instead, I feel overwhelmed by a sense of defeat. Suddenly… — Ellen Hopkins
He grinned when I didn't protest, and lowered his mouth toward mine. The first touch was just that - a touch. A teasing, tempting softness.… — Becca Fitzpatrick
The world is a globe — the farther you sail, the closer to home you are. — Terry Pratchett
Hardly a pure science, history is closer to animal husbandry than it is to mathematics in that it involves selective breeding. The principal difference between… — Tom Robbins
Aunt Mercy put down her tiles, one at a time. I-T-C-H-I-N. Aunt Grace leaned closer to the board, squinting. "Mercy Lynne, you're cheatin' again! What… — Margaret Stohl
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. — Mario Puzo
Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.… — John Grogan
Want a closer look? (Tate) Like a screwdriver through my eye socket. Sure, let’s have a look-see. (Simone) Ooo, welcome back, Ms. Snark. I’ve missed… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
He had known the love that is fed on caresses and feeds them; but this passion that was closer than his bones was not to… — Edith Wharton
I stared at the river far below. "Why did you park us on the mountain? Why not closer?" Bast shrugged, as if this hadn't occurred… — Rick Riordan
This connection we have isn't going away, it's only getting stronger. Because the more I spend time with her, the closer I want to be. — Simone Elkeles
Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear,… — Bell Hooks
Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you... — Banana Yoshimoto
But the sun itself, however beneficent, generally, was less kind to Coketown than hard frost, and rarely looked intently into any of its closer regions… — Charles Dickens
Cam held her closer. "Marry me, Amelia. You're what I want. You're my fate." One hand slid to the back of her head, gripping the… — Lisa Kleypas
A breeze blows up, touching my cheek like a little child's kiss. It flutters a piece of paper. "Trash, out there? Must belong to one… — Ellen Hopkins
This was the shocking thing; that the slime of the pit seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous dust gesticulated and sinned; that… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Farewell, Father," she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that was closer to… — Holly Black
There is one thing you know for sure, one fact that never fails to comfort you: the worst day of your life wasn't in there,… — Sloane Crosley
Each of us chooses the tone for telling his or her own story. I would like to choose the durable clarity of a platinum print,… — Isabel Allende
I pulled him closer to me, wrapping my arms around him, kissing him just as desperately as he was kissing me. Like if we could… — Malorie Blackman
He who knows other languages feels even closer to his own language. — KatÃ³ Lomb
There have been plenty of chances to close my eyes and go back to the sleep of my life as it was, but I hadn't… — Lisa Unger

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