Counting Quotes
384 Counting quotes by 338 unique authors
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One foot in front of the other, counting tiles on the floor so I don't have to focus the blur of painted smiles, fake faces.
— Ellen Hopkins
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He's my client, and he's counting on me. I'll take him, warts and all.
— John Grisham
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I kept the fingers of my left hand crossed all the time, while on my right-hand fingers I counted anything at all—steps to the refrigerator,…
— Mary Karr
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Five syllables," Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. "That would be real bad.
— Rick Riordan
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Did you see me disarm Hermione, Harry?" "Only once" said Hermione stung. "I got you loads more then you got me—" "I did not only…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,- - This debt we pay to human guile; With…
— Paul Laurence Dunbar
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And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.
— Bette Greene
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Right!" "Right!" "You can get there!" "I can get there!" "You're a natural at counting to two!" "I'm a nat'ral at counting to two!" "If…
— Terry Pratchett
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I bear my testimony that there is no joy to be found in all this world like that of sweet communion with Christ. I would…
— Charles Spurgeon
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I find her anecdotes more efficacious than sheep-counting, rain on a tin roof, or alanol tablets.... you will find me and Morpheus, off in a…
— Dorothy Parker
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We help other people because we can, or because it makes us feel good, not because we're counting on some future payback. There is a…
— Eric Weiner
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It's all about time, dimwit time, inferior time, people checking watches and other devices, other reminders. This is time draining out of our lives. Cities…
— Don DeLillo
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Louise, I would gladly fire the past for you, go and not look back. I have been reckless before, never counting the cost, oblivious to…
— Jeanette Winterson
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You happened to me,You scare me to death, you know. When you stormed into my life, you turned everything inside out. You upset all the…
— Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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How many demons and people are enslaved here? (Jericho) Define slavery. (Asmodeus) Kept against their will. (Jericho) Good definition. Counting me? (Asmodeus) Why not? (Jericho)…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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High high in the hills , high in a pine tree bed. She's tracing the wind with that old hand, counting the clouds with that…
— Ken Kesey
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I want to kiss her without counting the seconds. I want to hold her so long that I get to know her skin. I want,…
— David Levithan
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He had relieved whores beyond counting of frocks, stays, chemises, garters, and stockings. He had never before in his life unbuttoned a gently bred maiden's…
— Loretta Chase
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He gave her a sly, sideways look. "Did you bring it?" "My list? Heavens, no. What can you be thinking?" His smile widened. "I brought…
— Julia Quinn
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You're my friend, Danny. You understand? There's no debt between friends." Maybe it's just that the debt gets so high you stop counting it.
— Lilith Saintcrow
Who Wrote These Counting Quotes
338 authors contributed a total of 384 Counting Quotes, led by these top contributors: