Knocking Quotes
278 quotes by 250 authors
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Your first kiss is destiny knocking.
— Alice Sebold
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If I feel ragged, my prep team seems in worse condition, knocking back coffee and sharing brightly colored little pills. As far as I can…
— Suzanne Collins
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What is the knocking? What is the knocking at the door in the night? It is somebody who wants to do us harm. No, no,…
— D. H. Lawrence
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Ford looked at him severely. And no sneaky knocking down Mr Dent's house whilst he's away, alright?" he said. The mere thought," growled Mr Prosser,…
— Douglas Adams
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I knew that I had shattered the harmony of the day, the exceptional silence of a beach where I'd been happy. Then I fired four…
— Albert Camus
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I don't think you can call it stalking when it's just phone calls and letters and emails and knocking on the door.
— Nick Hornby
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You, God, who live next door-- If at times, through the long night, I trouble you with my urgent knocking-- this is why: I hear…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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Knot the tie and go to work, unknot the tie and go to sleep. I sleep. I dream. I wake. I sing. I get out…
— Richard Siken
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And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.
— Albert Camus
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Normally it is not polite to go into somebody’s room without knocking, but you can make an exception if the person is dead, or pretending…
— Daniel Handler
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She knew he was angry, but she couldn't stop laughing. "Forgive me, Po. I was only trying to get your attention." "And I suppose it…
— Kristin Cashore
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I fight cynicism. It`s too easy. It`s really boring. It`s much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch…
— Ewan McGregor
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We don't need to shift our responsibilities onto the shoulders of some deified Spiritual Superman, or sit around and wait for Fate to come knocking…
— Benjamin Hoff
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Like a battalion of marines at roll call, her neck hairs marshaled to five-alarm status. She stumbled back to her desk, jerked open the botton…
— Lori Wilde
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The reason Victorian society was so restricted and repressed was that it was impossible to move without knocking something over.
— Connie Willis
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Christians. They’re determined to rid the land of any who worship the Horned One. Murdering all the druids, burning the temples, sometimes whole villages, and…
— Brom
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Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr.…
— Emily Bronte
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That has not yet been put to the test. I got my fourth-degree black belt this winter. When I make martial arts noises, thousands flee…
— Nora Roberts
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Oh," he said, knocking a red ball into a hole. "It's you." "You were expecting someone else?" I asked. "Am I interrupting your social calender?"…
— Richelle Mead
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It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For…
— Miguel de Cervantes
Who Wrote These Knocking Quotes
250 authors contributed a total of 278 Knocking Quotes, led by these top contributors: