Dropped Quotes
698 quotes by 524 authors
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He hesitated till the last moment, but finally dropped them in the box, saying, "I shall win!"--the cry of a gambler, the cry of the…
— Honore de Balzac
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I'm not sure that's such a great idea." Luke said. "It's a fabulous idea." Jace dropped the paper back onto the table, and began to…
— Cassandra Clare
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Sometimes when things break, you can hold them together for a while with string or glue or tape. Sometimes, nothing will hold what’s broken, and…
— Megan Hart
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Everything that falls upon the eye is apparition, a sheet dropped over the world's true workings. The nerves and the brain are tricked, and one…
— Marilynne Robinson
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Words have weight, something once said cannot be unsaid. Meaning is like a stone dropped into a pool; the ripples will spread and you cannot…
— Philippa Gregory
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What's this? That little red-haired girl dropped her pencil... Gee... It's got teeth marks all over it... She nibbles her pencil... She's human!
— Charles M. Schulz
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Once we turn, it’s new pretty, middle pretty, late pretty.†Shay dropped her arms, and her board stopped drifting. “Then dead pretty.
— Scott Westerfeld
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A Styrofoam egg carton caught his eye. He opened it and found a single silver orb with little blinking red lights. "This is cool, too!"…
— Rick Riordan
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They do not need the sun. Who needs the sun when the eyes glow? Darkness. A woolen fog has wrapped the earth, has dropped a…
— Yevgeny Zamyatin
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i feel like a curtain has dropped away and i'm seeing people for who they really are, different, and sharp, and unknowable.
— Lauren Oliver
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No, thats not how it happened... Mr crepsley dropped. He was impaled on the stakes. He died. And it was awful... His cries as he…
— Darren Shan
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Will’s voice dropped. “Everyone makes mistakes, Jem.†“Yes,†said Jem. “You just make more of them than most people.†“I —†“You hurt everyone,†said…
— Cassandra Clare
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I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart –…
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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The harmony that holds the stars on their courses and the flesh on our bones resonates through all creation. Every sound contains its echo. Before…
— Morgan Llywelyn
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Mencheres dropped his hands from my shoulders. “You know that’s what he wants. He’ll want to trade, you for her.†“Then I’ll do it,†I…
— Jeaniene Frost
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He had not breathed a word of love, or dropped one hint of tenderness or affection, and yet I had been supremely happy. To be…
— Anne Bronte
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But to look back from the stony plain along the road which led one to that place is not at all the same thing as…
— James A. Baldwin
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Rick said, "Is there some place we can go and talk?" "You want to talk?," Keir raised an eyebrow. "I never thought I'd see the…
— Josh Lanyon
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Gently, I ran my hand across his chest, exploring it. My breath felt tight in my throat. He was so beautiful. His muscles were toned,…
— L.A. Weatherly
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I’m avampire. I havesecret powers ,†he said with a full-on fake Transylvanian accent, which he dropped to say, “Actually, your mom let me in.
— Rachel Caine
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