Desk Quotes

484 Desk quotes by 403 unique authors

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
Why is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad Hatter I haven't the slightest idea. - Alice — Lewis Carroll
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
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
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
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
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
One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk. — Marina Tsvetaeva
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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: