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285 Collecting quotes by 258 unique authors

Each member of the family in his own cell of consciousness, each making his own patchwork quilt of reality - collecting fragments of experience here,… — Toni Morrison
I have no idea what to do with myself. And while I wait for my epiphany, I feel the toxins collecting in my body. — Inio Asano
When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness. — Vincent Starrett
...You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back. — Mitch Albom
Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves. — Dave Eggers
Who was I, really? I was the sole occupant of my mother's totalitarian state, my own personal history rewritten to fit the story she was… — Janet Fitch
Is it wrong, wanting to be at home with your record collection? It's not like collecting records is like collecting stamps, or beermats, or antique… — Nick Hornby
...Right now there's a pair of bad cops on their way out here to shoot me." "You don't know that." "Yeah, you're right," Stranahan said.… — Carl Hiaasen
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
True, you're the weakest of us all, but you're still one of the five, and there is power in collecting the complete set." He paused,… — Rick Riordan
I don't know who had the training of you," he continued doggedly, "but your morals are shocking. You spent a night in my bed, remember,… — Loretta Chase
What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else. — Tom Clancy
Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else. — Albert Camus
It's always the mother's fault, ain't it?" she said softly, collecting her coat. "That boy turn out bad cause his mama a drunk, or she… — Lionel Shriver
I felt no shame in these activities, because I understood what almost no one else seemed to grasp: that there was only an infinitesimal difference,… — Jennifer Egan
No," I snapped. "I mean, no. I'm answering. I'm just collecting my response." Another few seconds passed. Is there a time limit for this?" he… — Sarah Dessen
I'm watching her talk. Watching her jaw move and collecting her words one by one as they spill from her lips. I don't deserve them.… — Isaac Marion
When I was your age, art was a lonely thing: no galleries, no collecting, no critics, no money. We didn't have mentors. We didn't have… — John Logan
I am collecting the lessons each faction has to teach me, and storing them in my mind like a guidebook for moving through the world.… — Veronica Roth
I read The Hunger Games voraciously and was extremely annoyed when interrupted by such inconsequential things as 'Christmas dinner.' (God, Mom, did you not understand… — Sarah Rees Brennan
The fact is that nothing is more difficult to believe than the truth; conversely, nothing seduces like the power of lies, the greater the better.… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I was staring to learn how to forget the things that made me sad. It was like a charm you followed step-by-step, collecting and blending… — Francesca Lia Block
This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rachel, my itchy witch," Al said as he tugged the lace at his cuffs. "We've talked about this. You simply must stop collecting nasty little… — Kim Harrison
If you saw her in these moments, you might think she was collecting her thoughts in order to go forward. But I see it another… — Steve Martin

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