Frowning Quotes
73 quotes by 67 authors
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,…
— William Shakespeare
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LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.
— George MacDonald
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His forehead was covered by wrinkles brought on by a lot of sun and too much frowning.
— Megan Whalen Turner
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Well, Henry, you can cease frowning at me. If I am a magician, I am a very indifferent one. Other adepts summon up fairy-spirits and…
— Susanna Clarke
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I see that there will be no end to imperfection, or to doing things the wrong way. Even if you grow up, no matter how…
— Margaret Atwood
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I try to maintain a positive attitude at all times, because clients notice little things like that, and if you're frowning and crying all the…
— John Swartzwelder
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Watching a coast as it slips by the ship is like thinking about an enigma. There it is before you, smiling, frowning, inviting, grand, mean,…
— Joseph Conrad
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I'm Min's fairy godmother, Charm Boy,' Liza said, frowning down at him. 'And if you don't give her a happily ever after, I'm going to…
— Jennifer Crusie
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My grandfather would have loved to have met you," he told her huskily. "He would have called you 'She Moves Trees Out of His Path.'…
— Patricia Briggs
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Sandar came to stand beside him, frowning down at the crumpled High Lord. "He does not look so mighty lying there," he said wonderingly. "He…
— Robert Jordan
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There were occasionally rifts in the cloud where the face of a woman appeared, frowning.
— Frank O'Hara
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Paris answered for him. "Last time he spread the flashing love, Reyes threw up all over his shirt. I never laughed so hard in my…
— Gena Showalter
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I used to tell your mother she looked like Sophia Lauren." He looks at me, frowning, and then it registers. "Oh God, some guy's using…
— Melina Marchetta
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My Friend: Art thou abroad on this stormy night on thy journey of love, my friend? The sky groans like one in despair. I have…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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There's a very generous donation in the parish's future if you make this fast. Ten minutes, at the most." Frowning, the man fumbled open his…
— Tessa Dare
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Murphy nodded, frowning at the road ahead of her. "The reason treachery is so reveiled," she said in a careful tone of voice, "is because…
— Jim Butcher
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Eve was still frowning at the pasta like she suspected it was going to do something clever, like try to escape from the pot.
— Rachel Caine
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And then Serafina understood something for which the witches had no word: it was the idea of pilgrimage. She understood why these beings would wait…
— Philip Pullman
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A girl can dream." His eyebrows rose. "Is that what you dream about? Being a monster?" "Not exactly," I said, frowning at his word choice.…
— Stephenie Meyer
Who Wrote These Frowning Quotes
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