Covered Quotes

771 Covered quotes by 641 unique authors

There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties — John Muir
The blanket was there, but it was the boy's embrace that covered and warmed him. — Jerry Spinelli
Satan never wastes a fiery dart on an area covered in armor. — Beth Moore
The word itself has another color. It’s not a word with any resonance, although the e was once pronounced. There is only the bump now… — William H. Gass
Why come to Trude? I asked myself. And I already wanted to leave. You cand resume your flight whereever you like," they say to me,… — Italo Calvino
Marriage I think For women Is the best of opiates. It kills the thoughts That think about the thoughts, It is the best of opiates.… — Stevie Smith
For instance," said the boy again, "if Christmas trees were people and people were Christmas trees, we'd all be chopped down, put up in the… — Norton Juster
He..." Richard began. "The marquis. Well, you know, to be honest, he seems a little bit dodgy to me." Door stopped. The steps dead-ended in… — Neil Gaiman
Mom," said Peter, "nobody thinks you're a lackwit, if that's what you're worried about." Lackwit? In what musty drawer of some dead English professor's dust-covered… — Orson Scott Card
A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Everyone knows how we white people feel, the glorified Mammy figure who dedicates her whole life to a white family. Margaret Mitchell covered that. But… — Kathryn Stockett
Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered and every secret will be made known. — Melina Marchetta
Abraham Zogoiby covered his face that night in August 1939 because he had been assailed by fear, [...] a sudden apprehension that the ugliness of… — Salman Rushdie
You could have had anything else in the world, and you asked for me." She smiled up at him. Filthy as he was, covered in… — Cassandra Clare
Perhaps we are in this world to search for love, find it and lose it, again and again. With each love, we are born anew,… — Isabel Allende
Here was a torture that Greek inventors of the Feast and the Stone had omitted from their Hades: the Blanket of Self-Deception. A lovely warm… — Jonathan Franzen
The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart. — Donald Barthelme
But she woke up just then, and in the moonlight covered herself with a blanket. She smiled at him drowsily and called him "Yero, my… — Gregory Maguire
Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai… — Ernest Hemingway
I walked down my snow covered street. Out of habit I turned and checked for my footsteps. When I arrived at my building I looked… — Nicole Krauss
Listen, children: Your father is dead. From his old coats I'll make you little jackets; I'll make you little trousers From his old pants. There'll… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
The oversized chairs are white; the walls, covered with occasional landscape paintings, are white; and the plush carpet is the whitest of all. I'm insanely… — Wendy Mass
When the horse was little, Massie had covered the walls with posters of young fillies that she thought Brownie would find sexy. — Lisi Harrison
Madame Michel has the elegance of the hedgehog: on the outside she is covered in quills, a real fortress, but my gut feeling is that… — Muriel Barbery
Love, however, cannot be forbidden. The more that flame is covered up, the hotter it burns. Also love can always find a way. It was… — Edith Hamilton

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