I Opened Quotes
142 quotes by 124 authors
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Now we'd known each other for two years, the side of my calf was touching his shins, and his stomach was against my ribs. He…
— Nicole Krauss
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I went to a house that was not a house. I opened a door that was not a door. And what I saw, I saw.
— Simon R. Green
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And then I opened my eyes and it was just Grace and me - nothing anywhere but Grace and me - she pressing her lips…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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All unwillingly I opened my eyes - then I opened them wider, and lifted my head. The heat, my weariness, were quite forgotten. Piercing the…
— Sarah Waters
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Sorry about Bender," Lula said, letting the Trans Am idle at the curb. "Maybe we could tell Vinnie he died. We could say we were…
— Janet Evanovich
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I opened myself to you only to be skinned alive. The more vulnerable I became, the faster and more deft your knife. Knowing what was…
— Rabih Alameddine
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And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you"— here I opened wide the door;…
— Edgar Allan Poe
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Patch reached for my hand and pushed my dad's ring off the tip of his finger and into my palm, curling my fingers around it.…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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I liked you the first time I saw you. You were sitting on the floor surrounded by books, and you looked up when I opened…
— Josh Lanyon
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I opened my eyes and met his dark, earnest gaze. "It's okay," I said. "It's okay now. I'm here I'll always be here for you.
— Richelle Mead
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Roza, my self-control is ten times stronger than yours." I opened my eyes, shifting to look into his. I brushed his hair back and smiled,…
— Richelle Mead
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Genet raised his hand, and I squeezed my eyes shut, sure I would be receiving the worst backhanded slap of my life. Genet froze and…
— Alexandra Bracken
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...The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your day. I was…
— Jim Butcher
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I opened the door and blinked out into the bright hall. I had the impression it wasn't night and it wasn't day, but some lurid…
— Sylvia Plath
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It had been a good day, all things considered. I had managed rather well on my own. I opened Grandfather's Bible. This is what it…
— Laurie Halse Anderson
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Not one man in a million would have allowed me the time without speaking. I opened my mind, let my gaurd down completely, relaxed. His…
— Charlaine Harris
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When I opened my eyes I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with out-stretched arms, face…
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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If I showed you what was in my heart," she said, "it would burn you to a cinder. "I've tried to burn you similarly," it…
— Chris Adrian
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Cole sat back up, slowly, and I opened my eyes. His expression, as ever, was blank, the face he wore when something mattered. He said,…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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I got the sexton, who was digging Linton’s grave, to remove the earth off her coffin lid, and I opened it. I thought, once, I…
— Emily Bronte
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