Dry Quotes

1049 Dry quotes by 802 unique authors

And we'd sit in the dry leaves that whispered a little with the slow respiration of our waiting and with the slow breathing of the… — William Faulkner
Who am I, that you should love me?" "You are My Queen," said Eugenides. She sat perfectly still, looking at him without moving as his… — Megan Whalen Turner
Cal says that humans are made from the nuclear ash of dead stars. He says that when I die, I'll return to dust, glitter,rain. If… — Jenny Downham
I carefully lay out the provisions. One thin black sleeping bag that reflects body heat. A pack of crackers. A pack of dried beef strips.… — Suzanne Collins
Muse of poetry, come to his aid, I thought. Could the man produce one more metaphor of husbandry? He seemed to be trying. "Green wood,"… — Megan Whalen Turner
Light is important to us humans. It influences our moods, our perceptions, our energy levels. A face glimpsed among trees, dappled by the shadows and… — John Marsden
I want it real. I want to know that there is someone, somewhere, who wants it, too. Or else what is the use of seeing… — Ayn Rand
You'll drain me dry, but not my neck, and you'll beg me to stop before I'm finished." -Bones — Jeaniene Frost
Tears are a river that takes you somewhere…Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off dry ground, carrying it downriver to someplace better. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Leopards break into the temple and drink all the sacrificial vessels dry; it keeps happening; in the end, it can be calculated in advance and… — Franz Kafka
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy… — J.R.R. Tolkien
...when a phone call competes for attention with a real-world conversation, it wins. Everyone knows the distinctive high-and-dry feeling of being abandoned for a phone… — Lynne Truss
I think it's great that they can come in and suck us dry. Remind me to leave my window unlatched tonight. Day. Night. Whatever. Cone… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
So this was betrayal. It was like being left alone in the desert at dusk without water or warmth. It left your mouth dry and… — Anna Godbersen
The first time I kissed you, you had just cut off your hair with a plastic knife. You were in restraints and your lips were… — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
We kiss. Her hands are freezing on my face, and she tastes like coffee and the smell of the onion is still stuck in my… — John Green
He reaches over a goat that's come between us and grabs my hand. "Don't let go!" he orders. Harper's hand is dry and soothing, while… — Margaret Haddix
When a woman is frozen of feeling, when she can no longer feel herself, when her blood, her passion, no longer reach the extremities of… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living a life that is good is… — David Rakoff
Out here you better have a gun, and a gun in the wagon ain't good for nothin'. I believe what the old Quaker said, 'Trust… — Louis L'Amour
How could you miss it? Just the sound of her voice makes my chest feel tight, my face gets hot and my mouth goes dry… — Shannon Hale
I long ago abandoned the notion of a life without storms, or a world without dry and killing seasons. Life is too complicated, too constantly… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Just because I've gone and snagged myself a hot boyfriend doesn't mean I'm going to leave my bestfriend high and dry. — Becca Fitzpatrick
For a moment she'd wondered if the seal around her sockets were tight enough to allow the tears simply to go on and fill up… — Thomas Pynchon
This fear bears no analogy to any fear I knew before. This is the basest of all possible emotions, the feeling that was with us… — John Green

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