Dry Quotes

1049 Dry quotes by 802 unique authors

Amy adored both the new look and the new person it allowed her to be. Following the photo shoot, she wore her bruises to the… — David Sedaris
The desert seems to be a brown wasteland of dry, prickly scrub whose only purpose is to serve as a setting for the majestic saguaros.… — Jerry Spinelli
When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark: But, when the tide… — Lewis Carroll
In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana,… — Norman Maclean
My love is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June: My love is like the melody That's sweetly played in tune. How… — Robert Burns
The good die first, and they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, burn to the socket. — William Wordsworth
February. Get ink, shed tears. Write of it, sob your heart out, sing, While torrential slush that roars Burns in the blackness of the spring.… — Boris Pasternak
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does… — Langston Hughes
Chilled-looking people walking along the riverside, the snow beginning, faintly, to pile up on the roofs of cars, the bare trees shaking their heads left… — Banana Yoshimoto
In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts. — John Muir
Oh,' she said, too bone-weary to pretend: 'I would far rather that I love you as I saw yesterday I do than that I had… — Robin McKinley
Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive, and more aware of his own living body than ever… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I don't have a lot of domestic instincts," Ranger said to me, his attention fixing on the unidentifiable glob in my hair, "but I have… — Janet Evanovich
The Santa Anas blew in hot from the desert, shriveling the last of the spring grass into whiskers of pale straw. Only the oleanders thrived,… — Janet Fitch
The sun has blessed you," Sarita used to say. "Look how he has left his kisses on your face for all to see and be… — Libba Bray
Warm are the still and lucky miles, White shores of longing stretch away, A light of recognition fills The whole great day, and bright The… — Wystan Hugh Auden
And ever, as the story drained The wells of fancy dry, And faintly strove that weary one To put the subject by, "The rest next… — Lewis Carroll
I can well imagine an athiest's last words: "White, white! L-L-Love! My God!" - and the deathbed leap of faith. Whereas the agnostic, if he… — Yann Martel
He had never missed God or the hope of heaven, but he had dearly wanted confession to rest his mind, Communion to let him touch… — Peter S. Beagle
A dry martini,' he said. 'One. In a deep champagne goblet.' ... Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure… — Ian Fleming
I rose to my knees, mouth dry and heart pounding, and paused to finger a rip in my beautiful Dacron bowling shirt. I pushed my… — Jeff Lindsay
She asked him to come and see her that night. He agreed, in order to get away, knowing that he was incapable of going. But… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Truth be told, John said, the one thing in this world I want more than anything else is a great big crowbar, to jimmy myself… — Douglas Coupland
When he was dry, he believed it was alcohol he needed, but when he had a few drinks in him, he knew it was something… — Denis Johnson
But think of how much worse it would be to sit here, not knowing. Until the Dead choke the Ratterlin and Hedge walks across the… — Garth Nix

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