Jumping Quotes
420 quotes by 374 authors
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The window was still open.†Mr Lisbon said. “I don’t think we’d ever remembered to shut it. It was all clear to me. I knew…
— Jeffrey Eugenides
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And then there were cats, thought Dog. He'd surprised the huge ginger cat from next door and had attempted to reduce it to cowering jelly…
— Terry Pratchett
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It's early days. A few skeletons are bound to keep jumping out of the closet.
— Alan Moore
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It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something…
— Daniel Handler
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Before she knew what she was about, she was jumping about like a crazy woman, yelling, “Yes! Yes! I win!†“You don’t win,†Anthony snapped.…
— Julia Quinn
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Who are you?" she inquired, as the cat passed by. I'm the cat that looked at a king," he replied. And I," she remarked with…
— P L Travers
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The good news is that by the second year, those cravings were about as half as frequent, and by the third year, half as much…
— Anthony Kiedis
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Arthur shook his head and sat down. He looked up. “I thought you must be dead …†he said simply. “So did I for a…
— Douglas Adams
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Or about how when you're a child, to stop you from following the crowd you're assaulted with the line "If everyone jumped off a bridge,…
— Steve Toltz
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If I existed 200 years ago, all the other farmers in my community would be like, 'That guy is worthless! He's sitting on a rock,…
— Conan O'Brien
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Gazzy: (Hugging himself and jumping up and down) "I'm brilliant! I'm a genius! I can blow up the world!" Max: (Raises her eyebrows) Gazzy: "Not…
— James Patterson
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Aren’t you ever satisfied? I swear if I were mortal, I’d be limping from our last go-round. If not dead. We really need to find…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I guess that's what saying good-bye is always like--like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you're…
— Lauren Oliver
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Hello?†I peered into the shadows. Two green circles flashed in the dark. I yelped, jumping backward and pressing myself against the wall. “And may…
— Mira Grant
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[about suicide] And why is it the biggest sin of all? All your life you're told that you'll be going to this marvellous place when…
— Nick Hornby
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I am not breaking my rules,' I snapped, hating that I'd ended up on the advice-recieving end of things, jumping from Dear Remy to Confused…
— Sarah Dessen
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This can’t be happening. It’s just not possible. (Cassandra) Oh, well, let’s not have reality intrude now, shall we? I mean, hey, you’re a mythological…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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We'll bury our mothers and fathers - shuttling our children off for sleepovers, jumping on red-eyes, telling eachother stories that hurt to hear, about gasping,…
— Kelly Corrigan
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It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.
— Paul Auster
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Orion sniffed. "Good. Then, worthy centaur, perhaps you could give me a ride to the village on your way back. Then I can make a…
— Eoin Colfer
Who Wrote These Jumping Quotes
374 authors contributed a total of 420 Jumping Quotes, led by these top contributors: