Desk Quotes
484 Desk quotes by 403 unique authors
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I got you a present." "Did you?" "It's a book of poetry--romancy stuff. I thought, 'How schmaltzy is that,' so it seemed like the thing.…
— Nora Roberts
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Why is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad Hatter I haven't the slightest idea. - Alice
— Lewis Carroll
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If I beat my against this desk, maybe things will make sense," Angela murmured. "Or if I beat someone else's head against this desk...." She…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense—words…
— Libba Bray
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Rochelle," she calls out, still looking at me. "Is there anyone down at the desk? I need something." I'm too startled to move. Is she…
— Patricia McCormick
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But Noah, you're not supposed to do this, and I can't let you. So go back to your room." Then smiling softly and sniffling and…
— Nicholas Sparks
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Sherlock: You're keeping a SCRAPBOOK. Only old ladies and pre-pubescent girls keep scrapbooks, John. John: It's not a scrapbook, Sherlock. I'm collecting papers relevant to…
— Guy Adams
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One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk.
— Marina Tsvetaeva
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Kylie stormed into Holiday's office. She dropped down into the seat across from the desk and looked her friend and camp leader right in the…
— C.C. Hunter
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She praised his book and he embraced her from gratitude rather than lust, but she didn't let go. Neither did he. She kissed his cheek,…
— Anthony Marra
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Kai neared his desk again, seeing that the fugitive's profile had been transferred to the screen. His frown deepened. Perhaps not dangerous, but young and…
— Marissa Meyer
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But what struck me was the book-madness of the place--books lay scattered across the unmade bed and the top of a battered-looking desk, books stood…
— Steven Millhauser
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Inside the mirrored elevator, Mulch used a telescopic pointer to push P for the penthouse. For the first few months he had jumped to reach…
— Eoin Colfer
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Forgive, I hope you won't be upset, but when I was a boy I used to look up and see you behind your desk, so…
— Ray Bradbury
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How wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter! To feel like conveying your thoughts to a person, to sit at your…
— Haruki Murakami
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Reagan was sitting up at Cath's desk when Cath woke up. "Are you awake?" "Have you been watching me sleep?" "Yes, Bella. Are you awake?"…
— Rainbow Rowell
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I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real.... Once I got to my desk, once I…
— Alice Hoffman
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I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall behind him, and God asks me, 'Why?' Why did I…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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A large group of us were crowded into the Gestapo hall, and at that moment the circumstances of all our lives were the same. All…
— Etty Hillesum
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You've got to create a dream. You've got to uphold the dream. If you can't, go back to the factory or go back to the…
— Eric Burdon
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To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the…
— John Hersey
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I learned to produce whether I wanted to or not. It would be easy to say oh, I have writer's block, oh, I have to…
— Barbara Kingsolver
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On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser…
— Maira Kalman
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When I was in fifth grade, a boy put a rose on my desk and I threw it away. The attention makes me nervous.
— Claire Coffee
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When you write non-fiction, you sit down at your desk with a pile of notebooks, newspaper clippings, and books and you research and put a…
— Janine di Giovanni
Who Wrote These Desk Quotes
403 authors contributed a total of 484 Desk Quotes, led by these top contributors: