Invited Quotes
411 Invited quotes by 359 unique authors
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So this was the rest of his life. It felt like a party to which he'd been invited, but at an address he couldn't actually…
— Margaret Atwood
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The way to beat Luke," he said. "If I'm right, it's the only way you'll stand a chance." I took a deep breath. "Okay. I'm…
— Rick Riordan
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I do not know what it was about that boy but just looking at him, even I wanted to clout him on the head. It…
— Patrick deWitt
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He only invited me because of you and Chase.' 'Right,' she said, following me inside. 'He's never shown the slightest interest in you before. I…
— Claire LaZebnik
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The Almighty Lecturer, by displaying the principles of science in the structure of the universe, has invited man to study and to imitation. It is…
— Thomas Paine
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Well, the news has got around. The Duchess of Keepsake has invited us to a ball, Sir Henry and Lady Withering have invited us to…
— Terry Pratchett
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We drove to the airport. On the way, Clay gave him "the lecture," including all the do's and don'ts of meeting the Alpha, which was…
— Kelley Armstrong
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If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.
— Dr. Seuss
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He was about to go home, about to return to the place where he had had a family. It was in Godric’s Hollow that, but…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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It seems to me that if you wish to apply laws to us, it were only reasonable to consult us on them, and from what…
— Naomi Novik
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As a young boy, Charles Darwin made friends easily but preferred to spend his time taking long, solitary nature walks. (As an adult he was…
— Susan Cain
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Simon turned to Jordan, who was lying down across the futon, his head propped against one of the woven throw pillows. "How much of that…
— Cassandra Clare
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I've seen a lot of movies where a kid my age finds out he's got magical powers and then gets invited to go away to…
— Jeff Kinney
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Stay out of my mind. You certainly weren't invited.' Her hands went to her hips. 'And just for the record, your mind needs to be…
— Christine Feehan
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Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this -- partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they…
— Douglas Adams
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Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anyone who doubts it is invited to jump out a tenth-storey window.
— Richard Dawkins
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I invited myself. Thought this table needed some class.
— Libba Bray
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Coach Hedge grumbled as he tended their wounds. “How come I never get invited on these violent trips?
— Rick Riordan
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Boys. Listen up. We are going out for a girls’ night, where there will be dancing.” Kami did an illustrative shimmy. Angela looked resigned. Jared…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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Maybe they invited me because they know I have a tuxedo
— Kurt Vonnegut
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Not being invited in is one of the boxes on the “suspicious behavior” bingo form that every copper carries around in their head along with…
— Ben Aaronovitch
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I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited to parties and…
— Holly Black
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We are tempted to believe that certain achievements and possessions will give us enduring satisfaction. We are invited to imagine ourselves scaling the steep cliff…
— Alain de Botton
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Here we are at the bottom, almost empty. It's like confetti, these dried remnants you find in the street for a party no one invited…
— Daniel Handler
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We're all working hard, but so far away from what we actually want to be doing. We're all peering in at the window of a…
— Lauren Graham
Who Wrote These Invited Quotes
359 authors contributed a total of 411 Invited Quotes, led by these top contributors: