Heads Quotes
1306 Heads quotes by 1053 unique authors
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The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces…
— Louisa May Alcott
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When I propose a candidate for a job I don't do it because the person in question is the best but because he is the…
— Jo Nesbo
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You see, Hansel and Gretel don’t just show up at the end of this story. They show up. And then they get their heads cut…
— Adam Gidwitz
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Try it on." "It's probably a little snug. Marcie tends to buy down when it comes to sizing." He merely smiled. "It has a slit…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life,…
— Anne Lamott
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The first time we meet another person an insidious little voice in our heads says, "I might wear eyeglasses or be chunky around the hips…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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Since early morning he had been swimming in the river, in company with his friends the ducks. And when the ducks stood on their heads…
— Kenneth Grahame
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The trees bathed their great heads in the waves of the morning, while their roots were planted deep in gloom; save where on the borders…
— George MacDonald
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I have one head that wants to be good, And one that wants to be bad. And always, as soon as I get up, One…
— John Ciardi
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No other life forms know they are alive, and neither do they know they will die. This is our curse alone. Without this hex upon…
— Thomas Ligotti
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On TV, talking heads wrung their hands over a lack of traditional feminine values and wondered if girls’ sports were to blame. Then they cut…
— Libba Bray
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...you may be able to sway people's heads. But you can't sway their hearts.
— Sophie Kinsella
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I challenge you to a duel!” screamed the cat, sailing over their heads on the swinging chandelier.
— Mikhail Bulgakov
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This is the world we live in, a world of safety and happiness and order, a world without love. A world where children crack their…
— Lauren Oliver
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The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, all on a hot summer's day. The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts. The mad Queen…
— Jun Mochizuki
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Because hate's just the flip side of love. Like heads and tails on a dime. If you don't know what it feels like to love…
— Jodi Picoult
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If a coin comes down heads, that means that the possibility of its coming down tails has collapsed. Until that moment the two possibilities were…
— Philip Pullman
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We had come here to have a break from thoughts and the hard work that came with the constant interaction with idiots. Or at least…
— Cecelia Ahern
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Dear Alec and Magnus, This is the first postcard of five. Don't freak out or anything, but I need you to send me $150,000 to…
— Cassandra Clare
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When everyone just shook their heads, he unbuttoned his shirt and, oh good Lord, shrugged out of it, bunching it up to slip beneath her…
— Jill Shalvis
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Wherever they went the Irish brought with them their books, many unseen in Europe for centuries and tied to their waists as signs of triumph,…
— Thomas Cahill
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I went over the heads of the things a man reckons desirable. No doubt invisibility made it possible to get them, but it made it…
— H.G. Wells
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They hired us over the Internet, mailed us half the cash and promised the other half after we nailed the vampire." I lowered Grief until…
— Jennifer Rardin
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Men. They were all so incredibly easy to sway. Pat them on their heads, give them something to eat, and they'll follow you anywhere. Add…
— Julie Garwood
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We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is…
— Elie Wiesel
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