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410 Counter quotes by 359 unique authors

...you expect me to fall on my back with my legs spread." "Not necessarily. ... You can fall on your hands and knees if you… — Ilona Andrews
The fate of peoples is made like this, two men in small rooms. Forget the coronations, the conclaves of cardinals, the pomp and processions. This… — Hilary Mantel
Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check the advance of… — Michael Pollan
Art, its completeness, its formedness, its finishedness, had no power to console. Words on the other hand, were a lifeline. They left their hushed rhythm… — Diane Setterfield
...when the armed robber of unhappiness knocks over the Keebler cookie display of our complacency, and bangs the samurai sword of negativity on the checkout… — Dave Barry
Love. Healing. Help. Hope. The power of Christ to counter all troubles in all times—including the end of times. That is the safe harbor God… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Browns seek knowledge, Blues meddle in causes, and Whites consider the questions of truth with implacable logic. We all do some of it all, of… — Robert Jordan
Her name was Maude and she drank whisky all day from a fruit jar under the counter. — Flannery O'Connor
I took the stool next to him, raising an eyebrow at the coffee and cruller on the counter. "Thought you weren't into internal pollution," I… — Janet Evanovich
They've drunk everything in the house, including a pitcher of African violet plant food I'd just mixed up and was stupid enough to leave on… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
…he is unlike the other customers. They sense it too, and look at him with hard eyes, eyes like little metal studs pinned into the… — John Updike
None of us should be ashamed to speak of our class power or lack of it. Overcoming fear, even the fear of being immodest, and… — Bell Hooks
[Kenny] leaned back against the counter and studied the other man. “So Dex, how’s come you’re still alive to tell the tale?” Dexter wiped up… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
I trailed off.Patch leaned lazily against the counter. Dark hair flipped out from under his ball cap. A smile tugged at his mouth. My thoughts… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Her beautiful eyes and lips were very grave as she made her choice, and Anthony thought again how naive was her every gesture; she took… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Though the details differ across the world, no known culture lacks some version of the time-consuming, wealth consuming, hostility provoking rituals, the anti-factual, counter-productive fantasies… — Richard Dawkins
Clockwork could not run counter to its nature. The seconds, minutes, and hours moved only forward. Patient, precise, and unstoppable. Memory was an indulgence, an… — Matthew J. Kirby
You have to admit he's good looking," Bree pressed, leaning against my kitchen counter. "Of course I admit it. I'm not blind," I said, busily… — Cate Tiernan
The 1st day, I stood in the kitchen leaning against the counter watching Annie feed the cats, and I knew I wanted to do that… — Nancy Garden
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should… — Mahatma Gandhi
Jenk shook his head as he headed for the rental car counter. He felt his shoulders tightening as he walked away, certain that Izzy wasn't… — Suzanne Brockmann
He was dead again when I got home that day. His corpse was in the kitchen, near the counter, where it appeared he'd been chopping… — N.K. Jemisin
Progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it. Sometimes I think there's a man who sits behind a counter and says,… — Jerome Lawrence
Hamish smiled and rubbed his hands together. "Sure we can. What do you say? Pigs in a Blanket?" He leaned over the cool counter and… — Ally Carter
The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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