Guests Quotes

503 Guests quotes by 411 unique authors

I wandered through the stacks, running my hands along the spines of the books on the shelves, they reminded me of cultured or opinionated guests… — Janet Fitch
Did I tell you I finally found the perfect page-cutter? It's a pearl-handled fruit knife. My mother left me a dozen of them, I keep… — Helene Hanff
She wore an ivory-white dress and held the world in her eyes. I barely remember the priest's words or the faces of the guests, full… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
You probably think that being a guest in your aunt's house I would hesitate to butter you all over the front lawn and dance on… — P.G. Wodehouse
But you have said it too often, Mr. Benedict!" said Mrs. Perumal in an imperious tone that was quite out of character. "And if you… — Trenton Lee Stewart
Almost halfway down the aisle, she saw someone she wasn't expecting, and she almost stumbled on her satin heels. Kingsley Martin stood at the end… — Melissa de la Cruz
Of course, the guests were also staring because they know of my relationship with Camille, and are wondering what we might be doing here in… — Cassandra Clare
The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook — Aristotle
I don't think sleeping with you is going to solve anything," she said, stopping at the guest bedroom door. "I don't really care what you… — Cindy Gerard
Henry," said Charlotte, who appeared to have recovered from her shock, "if you set yourself on fire deliberately, I will institute divorce proceedings. Now sit… — Cassandra Clare
A comma . . . catches the gentle drift of the mind in thought, turning in on itself and back on itself, reversing, redoubling, and… — Pico Iyer
He was a volatile mixture of confidence and vulnerability. He could deliver extended monologues on professional matters, then promptly stop in his tracks to peer… — Alain de Botton
If his drunkenness had legs, it would be Alexander the Great and conquer the known world. Then it would puke for a week into a… — Richard Kadrey
Hopes were wallflowers. Hopes hugged the perimeter of a dance floor in your brain, tugging at their party lace, all perfume and hems and doomed… — Karen Russell
Harry Potter has kindly joined us for my rebirthing party. One might go so far as to call him my guest of honor. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There's one sad truth in life I've found While journeying east and west - The only folks we really wound Are those we love the… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Things that are unsightly: birthmarks, infidelity, strangers in one's kitchen. Too much sunlight. Stitches. Missing teeth. Overlong guests. — Catherynne M. Valente
Who needs a house? I'm talking about your heart. You have plenty of guest rooms there. And that's what you do. You open your heart… — Robin Jones Gunn
THE soul should always stand ajar, That if the heaven inquire, He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling her. Depart, before… — Emily Dickinson
He entertained these thoughts awkwardly, as a man entertains unexpected guests. Then, as he reached his objective, he pushed these thoughts away, as a man… — Neil Gaiman
when happiness makes a guest appearance in one's life,it's important to make the most of it.It may not stay around for long and when it… — Marian Keyes
On Monday they went out for a private picnic. On Tuesday they went for a carriage drive. On Wednesday they went to pick bluebells. On… — Lisa Kleypas
I went to the guest room and pretended to write. I hit the space bar again and again and again. My life story was spaces. — Jonathan Safran Foer
The knight is a man of blood and iron, a man familiar with the sight of smashed faces and the ragged stumps of lopped-off limbs;… — C.S. Lewis
Why can't we be friends now?" said the other, holding him affectionately. "It's what I want. It's what you want." But the horses didn't want… — E. M. Forster

Who Wrote These Guests Quotes

411 authors contributed a total of 503 Guests Quotes, led by these top contributors: