I Told Quotes

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Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull me… — Alice Sebold
After the trial, I watched as another female pathologist collected maggots from a spinal column found in the desert. There was a decomposed head, too,… — David Sedaris
One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant… — Jeannette Walls
Each time I told my story, I lost a bit, the smallest drop of pain. It was that day that I knew I wanted to… — Alice Sebold
When I started on Disneyland, my wife used to say, 'But why do you want to build an amusement park? They're so dirty.' I told… — Walt Disney
Excellent." As soon as Bergman left earshot Vayl said, "I am going to buy you some pom-poms and a short pleated skirt-" Hey, if Bergman… — Jennifer Rardin
I like these boots," I told Vayl. "Do you think they'd sell them to me cheap? I keep ruining mine." "Since when do you fret… — Jennifer Rardin
I want to go on being a student," I told him. "I want to be a teacher. I'm just a reader," I said. "DON'T SOUND… — John Irving
When I told him on the phone that after all you and I would not be getting married, he said "Oh-oh. Do you think you'll… — Alice Munro
I told them he'd be able to get you to go out." Rianne folded her winnings and tucked the bills into her blazer pocket. "Look… — Melissa Marr
But there's a juicy artery in your groin," he said after a pause to regroup, his voice as slithery as a snake on a slide.… — Charlaine Harris
I can't even say 'hair pie,'' I told him, 'unless I'm talking about an actual pie made out of rabbits.... — Jonathan Safran Foer
You're incredibly beautiful,' I told her, because she was fat, so I thought it would be an especially nice compliment, and also make her like… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I certainly wasn't seeking any degree, the way a college confers a status symbol upon its students. My homemade education gave me, with every additional… — Alex Haley
I told her, Don't touch me that way. Don't come at me with that sour-cream smile. Come at me as if I were worth your… — Dorothy Allison
There's such a big difference between being dead and alive, I told myself, the greatest gift that anyone can give anyone else is life. And… — James McBride
The bus roared through Indiana cornfields that night; the moon illuminated the ghostly gathered husks; it was almost Halloween. I made the acquaintance of a… — Jack Kerouac
I’m seventeen years old, my name is Juan García Madero, and I’m in my first semester of law school. I wanted to study literature, not… — Roberto Bolano
But this road doesn't go anywhere,” I told him. “That doesn't matter.” “What does?” I asked, after a little while. “Just that we're on it,… — Bret Easton Ellis
You West Virginia girls are one tough breed," he said. You got that right," I told him. — Jeannette Walls
Now you wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever… — Winston Groom
That’s a pretty lame superhero name,” I told him. “Scooby-Doo is already taken,” he said with dignity. “Anything else sounds lame in comparison. — Patricia Briggs
I told him the truth, that I loved him and didn't regret anything about our lives together. But do we ever 'tell the truth, the… — Richard Russo
That was close,"he said, helping himself to coffee. Yeah, you almost opened the door to Morelli." I wasn't talking about Morelli. I was talking about… — Janet Evanovich
Ranger is an unusual name," she managed. "Is it a nickname?" It's a street name," Ranger said. "I was a Ranger in the army." I… — Janet Evanovich

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