Lighter Quotes

216 Lighter quotes by 194 unique authors

From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar… — Don Marquis
A few weeks after the worst day, I started writing lots of letters. I don't know why, but it was one of the only things… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I was only kidding about the hundred," she says. oh," I say, "what will it cost me?" she lights her cigarette with my lighter and… — Charles Bukowski
In the U.S.A., we want to sing along with the chorus and ignore the verses, ignore the blues. . . No one is going to… — Sarah Vowell
To be in love Is to touch things with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well. — Gwendolyn Brooks
But a slow, deeply satisfied smile came over him, and his breath quickened. 'So softly it starts,' he whispered. 'Foolishly clever and with an unsurvivable… — Kim Harrison
Do you see, Arren, how an act is not, as young men think, like a rock that one picks up and throws, and it hits… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Yippee. I’ve been promoted from fire lighter to delivery boy. I’ll write a letter home to Mother. She’ll be so pleased.” --Leif — Maria V. Snyder
I pity those born of the lighter side. They have no understanding of how seductive cruelty is. The music made out of screams and pleas… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
His gold eyes grew very soft. “You said you loved me.” “You knew that already,” I reminded him, ducking my head. “It was nice to… — Stephenie Meyer
Too bad the freedom seemed like a prison. As his boots hit the mosaic floor at the bottom of the stairs, John Mellencamp's old-school, bic-lighter… — J R Ward
Daddy is trying really fugging hard to think of a not-terrifying reason why you'd wake Daddy up in the middle of the night to ask… — John Green
[to Jesus] You did not come down from the cross when they shouted to you, mocking and reviling you: "Come down from the cross and… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Why do you have a cigarette lighter in your glove compartment?" her husband, Jack, asked her. "I'm bored with knitting. I've taken up arson — Audrey Niffenegger
Look at the sky. It’s not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there: lighter blue and… — Richard Curtis
I pictured a girl who made every moment, everything she touched, and everyone around her feel lighter and sweeter. “I pictured you,” he said. “I… — Rainbow Rowell
Do you really want to know why you lost?” I asked. “Do you really have an answer?” he countered. “You need to get off your… — Maria V. Snyder
He slung off his backpack. He'd managed to grab a lot of supplies at the Napa Bargain Mart: a portable GPS, duct tape, lighter, superglue,… — Rick Riordan
But when they were done, I wondered if there would be a next time. I felt good. I wasn’t dead, yet something was dead. Perhaps… — Susanna Kaysen
Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn't have this guilt -- the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing it down where… — Veronica Roth
Trying to wake you,” Bones answered crisply. “I cut you, threw water on you, slapped you, and set a lighter to your legs. For future… — Jeaniene Frost
Kids didn't have huge backpacks when I was their age. We didn't have backpacks at all. Now it seemed all the kids had them. You… — Michael Crichton
his burden didn't feel any lighter. but he felt strong enough to carry it — Amish Tripathi
The girl was lighter without her heart. She danced barefoot on the hot roads, and her feet were not cut by the glass or stones… — Helen Oyeyemi

Who Wrote These Lighter Quotes

194 authors contributed a total of 216 Lighter Quotes, led by these top contributors: