Dry Quotes

1049 Dry quotes by 802 unique authors

She bought seeds and raided nurseries and mulched and composted and spent full days with her hands full of earth, coaxing life our of the… — Sarah Dessen
An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb — Chinua Achebe
In recent weeks it has come to my attention that many caravans have met with disaster; they have not gotten through." I grunted wisely. "Probably… — Jonathan Stroud
I don't see,' I said, 'how people stand being old. Your insides all dry up. When you're young you're so self-reliant. You don't even need… — Sylvia Plath
And sometimes, if I was really, really lucky, heâ€™d smile at me. A real smile, tooâ€”not the dry one that accompanied the sarcasm we tossed… — Richelle Mead
I will not go on, I thought. I won't. I will throw my soul to the wind and blow into a thousand pieces. I will… — Janette Rallison
Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster. — Kohta Hirano
Through wind, and tempest, storm, and rain; The calm shall be buried inside of me; A warm stone, heavy and dry; The root, the source,… — Lauren Oliver
A forest," William said, his expression distant. "Where the ground is dry soil and stone. Where tall trees grow and centuries of autumn carpet their… — Ilona Andrews
It's too early for there to be any coffee. I stare dully at the empty pot in the common room, while Sam picks up a… — Holly Black
Death comes to me again, a girl in a cotton slip, barefoot, giggling. Itâ€™s not so terrible she tells me, not like you think, all… — Dorianne Laux
But his face had that hollow look, as if there was something gone... you know that look. The inward focus. Distantly attentive to the home… — Gregory Maguire
As a recluse I couldn't bear traffic. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings. People… — Charles Bukowski
17. Butterfly A butterfly fluttered its wings in a wind thick with the smell of seaweed. His dry lips felt the touch of the butterfly… — RyÅ«nosuke Akutagawa
Jenks laughed, taking to the air and saying, â€œGive it up, FIB man. Itâ€™ll take more than you to get her out. Remember what Ivy… — Kim Harrison
I'm glad I've been wrong enough to keep in practice. . . You can't avoid it, you've got to learn to handle it. If you… — Larry McMurtry
When you stand out there," John continues in a hoarse voice, "keep your chin up, all right? Don't let them get to you." "I won't."… — Marie Lu
Itâ€™s not so much that nothing means anything but more that it keeps meaning nothing. thereâ€™s no release, just gurus and self- appointed gods and… — Charles Bukowski
Hark," he said, his tone very dry. "What stone through yonder window breaks? — Sarah Rees Brennan
When you have too much faith in something, it's bound to hurt you. Too much faith in anything will suck you dry. In this way,… — Poppy Z. Brite

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