Item Quotes

177 Item quotes by 157 unique authors

I mostly want to remind her of the recipes of healing, and give her my own made-on-the spot remedy for the easing of her pain.… — Bell Hooks
When something needs to be ironed I put it in the ironing basket. If a year goes by and the item is still in the… — Janet Evanovich
I peeled the skin off a grape in slippery little triangles, and I understood then that I would be undressing every item of food I… — Aimee Bender
That’s nice of you, but it’s not necessary to loan me a car.” “I loan you cars all the time.” “And I almost always destroy… — Janet Evanovich
His entired life bundled into wenty refuse sacks. His and her memories bundle away in Holly's mind. Each item unearthed dust, tears, laughter and memories.… — Cecelia Ahern
Time is an absurdity. An abstraction. The only thing that matters is this moment. This moment a million times over. You have to trust me.… — Jonathan Nolan
It would have been funny if I had been an observer and not a participant, an idea that gave me a disconcerting insight into gossip.… — Sherwood Smith
An item that looks perfectly normal on the surface might only be disguised. — Jodi Picoult
Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt. — Sherwood Smith
The writer is the duelist who never fights at the stated hour, who gathers up an insult, like another curious object, a collector's item, spreads… — Anais Nin
This was another item about growing up: you encountered all the cliches of love and loss and heartbreak. — Sylvia Brownrigg
What do you want?" Jace shrugged. "Clothes mostly, some weapons." Sebastion shook his head. "Too dangerous. We need to get in and out fast. Only… — Cassandra Clare
it seems Montgomery could not help himself when it came to this vase. I'm afraid he has a weakness for beautiful things and has been… — Nalini Singh
Emptiness and boredom: what an understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair, and depression. Isn't there some other way to look at this?… — Susanna Kaysen
It's the silliness--the profligacy, and the silliness--that's so dizzying: a seven-year-old will run downstairs, kiss you hard, and then run back upstairs again, all in… — Caitlin Moran
Item one: the law of the will. We just talked about this: one should only do that which truly fills our hearts with enthusiasm. If… — Paulo Coelho
Toast was a pointless invention from the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it to regurgitate in… — Margaret Atwood
My favorite jacket is an emergency item. Much like myself, it is both snuggly and fashionable. — Cassandra Clare
Go to the Black Sea, meet new people, see beautiful places, get killed by a mutant carnivorous kangaroo goat. One item off my bucket list. — Ilona Andrews
Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day which could possibly be twisted into a professional expense and… — Hilaire Belloc
We put suffocation warnings on all the - on every piece of plastic film manufactured in the United States or for sale with an item… — Gever Tulley
I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century... This is a problem that cannot be… — Mikhail Gorbachev
When my generation grew up, our only sources of knowledge were books, teachers, parents and friends. The encyclopedia was an item of luxury. We faced… — Vivek Wadhwa
Public schools helped create the idea of America and inculcate Americans with a few rudiments of knowledge. To judge by that very American item, the… — P.J. O'Rourke
A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice. — Craig Brown

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