Lay Quotes

2047 Lay quotes by 1399 unique authors

[H]e lay awake, dreading the dawn when he would have to say good-bye to the small universe he had built for himself over the years. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I closed my eyes and he kissed my eyelids, barely brushing them with his lips. I felt safe, at home. I felt as if here,… — S.J. Watson
I'm not an easy lay, Alexion” He actually smiled a real smile at her. It was charming and unexpected. "I am. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Love ambushed you, it lay in wait, dormant for days or years. It was the red thread, the peach stone, the kiss, the forgiveness. It… — Alice Hoffman
Many [book] even lay flat in the floor open. Their spines upward. Elinor couldn't bear to look! Didn't the monster know that was the way… — Cornelia Funke
The lamp sizzled as it burned. It made everything seem close and safe, a little family circle they all knew and trusted. Outside this circle… — Tove Jansson
She had loved him. He knew this; he had never doubted it. But she had also asked him to kill her. If you love someone… — Jodi Picoult
He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave… — Stephen King
And when [Bëor] lay dead, of no wound or grief, but stricken by age, the Eldar saw for the first time the swift waning of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
He was moving through a new order of creation, of which few men had ever dreamed. Beyond the realms of sea and land and air… — Arthur C. Clarke
Beneath the stars the lake lay dark and sombre," Stead wrote, "but on its shores gleamed and glowed in golden radiance the ivory city, beautiful… — Erik Larson
When she closed her eyes she felt he had many hands, which touched her everywhere, and many mouths, which passed so swiftly over her, and… — Anais Nin
We lay on the ground and kissed. Perhaps you smile. That we only lay on the ground and kissed. You young people can lend your… — John Fowles
Then she marched to the pillows and beat them mercilessly until they lay puffed out like obedient clouds. — Kristin Cashore
They looked at each other. They weren't thinking anymore. The time for that had come and gone. Smashed smiles lay ahead of them. But that… — Arundhati Roy
I had the brief notion that his heart, pressed flat as a flower, crimson and thin as tissue paper, lay in this file. It was… — Angela Carter
I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful,… — Charles Dickens
I lay there in my black slip dress and wondered if I ought to have worn pants. I mean, who knew what I was going… — Meg Cabot
He never seemed to get tired. Always first up and ready to move on. Never afraid of what lay ahead. — Erin Hunter
I had hoped, at my departure, I would feel sure and knowledgeable about everything that lay ahead -- after all, I had been "analyzed." Instead,… — Sylvia Plath
After all that I'd been through, after all that I'd learned and all that I'd been given, I was going to do what I had… — Michael J. Fox
No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed; Lay that on your heart, My young angry dear; This truth, this hard and precious stone, Lay… — Sara Teasdale
My featherbed is deep and soft, and there I’ll lay you down, I’ll dress you all in yellow silk and on your head a crown.… — George R. R. Martin
Alec looked down at the shattered pieces in disbelief. “You BROKE my PHONE.” Jace shrugged. “Guys don’t let other guys keep calling other guys. Okay,… — Cassandra Clare
Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it.… — Rosamunde Pilcher

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