Like Getting Quotes
149 quotes by 140 authors
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The air is like being wanted, we say, and they nod approvingly. The air is like getting older, they say, and they touch our arms…
— Dave Eggers
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Sometimes I didn't even feel like getting out of bed. I took to wearing my days-of-the-week panties out of order. It could be Monday and…
— Sue Monk Kidd
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To be denied was like getting shut out of a Public Park.
— J R Ward
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Sometimes they would just pay me to stay home and not do anything else, which sounds fantastic but doesn't do much for your ego. Its…
— Craig Ferguson
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I feel like getting married, or committing suicide, or subscribing to L'Illustration. Something desperate, you know.
— Albert Camus
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It was a weird sensation. Like getting caught eavesdropping, or lying, or sitting on the toilet and having the bathroom walls suddenly drop away.
— Janet Evanovich
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This is a world where everybody’s gotta do something. Ya know, somebody laid down this rule that everybody’s gotta do something, they gotta be something.…
— Charles Bukowski
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nothing's news. it's the same old thing in disguise. only one thing comes without a disguise and you only see it once, or maybe never.…
— Charles Bukowski
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Nobody is ready for death. If you ask Joe Blow on the street, he aint gonna tell you he thinks he'll live forever. But when…
— Cristina Garcia
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Getting drunk was good. I decided that I would always like getting drunk. It took away the obvious and maybe if you could get away…
— Charles Bukowski
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Sucks to be left out of adolescence, sort of like getting locked in the closet on Venus when the sun appears for the first time…
— Junot Diaz
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Percy imagined what that would be like: getting an apartment in this tiny replica of Rome, protected by the legion and Terminus the OCD border…
— Rick Riordan
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Working on a new idea is kind of like getting married. Then a new idea comes along and you think, 'Man, I'd really like to…
— Stephen King
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Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the…
— Tahir Shah
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Affection would not be affection if it was loudly and frequently expressed; to produce it in public is like getting your household furniture out for…
— C.S. Lewis
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Life is full of luck, like getting dealt a good hand, or simply by being in the right place at the right time. Some people…
— Jessica Sorensen
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You act like getting pregnant is a disease you can catch from public toilets.
— Rainbow Rowell
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Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we…
— Dan Brown
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He asks me what happened to my leg. I told him I was shot by a shark. He doesn't react. Doesn't seem confused or amused…
— Rick Yancey
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Getting married is a lot like getting into a tub of hot water. After you get used to it, it ain't so hot.
— Minnie Pearl
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