Dropped Quotes

698 quotes by 524 authors

In books, day breaks, and night falls. In life, night rises from the ground. The day hangs on for as long as it can, bright… — Hugh Laurie
Human relationships didn't work anyhow. Only the first two weeks had any zing, then the participants lost their interest. Masks dropped away and real people… — Charles Bukowski
On the day they dropped the bomb Frank had a tablespoon and a Mason jar. What he was doing was spooning different kinds of bugs… — Kurt Vonnegut
Hello, Minister!" bellowed Percy, sending a neat jinx straight at Thicknesse, who dropped his wand and clawed at the front of his robes, apparently in… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There have been occasions in my later life (I suppose as in most lives) when I have felt for a time as if a thick… — Charles Dickens
I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain - and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city… — Robert Frost
Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. --I shall feel it." She dropped her head again on Marius' knees,… — Victor Hugo
taking her hand he led her out into a broad stretch of hard sandy soil that the moon flooded with great splendor. They floated out… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The python dropped his head lightly for a moment on Mowgli's shoulders. "A brave heart and a courteous tongue," said he. "They shall carry thee… — Rudyard Kipling
I was just a screw or cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was… — Edith Wharton
I wonder which of the megaton bombs Jesus, our President's personal savior, would have personally dropped on the sleeping families of Baghdad? — Meryl Streep
She just dropped it and ran!! — Mercedes Lackey
In a rabbit-fear I may hurl myself under the wheels of the car because the lights terrify me, and under the dark blind death of… — Sylvia Plath
The first building she reached appeared to be an old barn. Only one young guard stood before its bolted door, staring at her with wide… — Shannon Hale
Don't you just love those long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn't just an hour - but a little piece of eternity… — Tennessee Williams
Then I dropped my forehead against his and sat there for a long time, as if I could telegraph a message through our two skulls,… — John Grogan
We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadnâ€™t dropped anything. I was… — Curtis Sittenfeld
It was quite impossible to describe. Here is what it looked like. It looked like a piano sounds shortly after being dropped down a well.… — Terry Pratchett
Believe me, I know all about bottle acoustics. I spent much of the sixth century in an old sesame oil jar, corked with wax, bobbing… — Jonathan Stroud
I donâ€™t think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a whileâ€”just once in a whileâ€”there was at least… — J D Salinger

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