Lit Quotes

442 Lit quotes by 364 unique authors

I think that there's a lot of guys out there that want to read the equivalent of chick lit, but really there's not being much… — Tucker Max
In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a… — Yann Martel
Like wind-- In it, with it, of it. Of it just like a sail, so light and strong that, even when it is bent flat,… — Dag Hammarskjold
The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark. — Jeanette Winterson
The thing to remember about love affairs," says Simone, "is that they are all like having raccoons in your chimney." ... We have raccoons sometimes… — Lorrie Moore
My brother was born without taste or the desire to be professionally lit. — Augusten Burroughs
Curiouser and curiouser. — Lewis Carroll
Can anything harm us, mother, after the night-lights are lit?" Nothing, precious," she said; "they are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard… — James M. Barrie
In those days, I didn't understand anything. I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. She perfumed my planet and lit… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. — Ray Bradbury
A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit. — Ezra Pound
Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit… — Douglas Adams
I offer Emily half of my hit of acid- Love Saves the Day. It's my second or third time tripping, Emily's first, and she's understandably… — Nick Flynn
I open the door of the cell and go. I am so bowed I only see my feet, if I open my eyes, and between… — Samuel Beckett
Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The… — M. Scott Peck
But at night, when the library lamps are lit, the outside world disappears and nothing but the space of books remains in existence. — Alberto Manguel
In the dark, with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering, the library is a closed space, a universe of self-serving rules that… — Alberto Manguel
A few weeks later, I’m in a fluorescent-lit classroom in Chelsea awaiting the start of the official Mensa test. I’m sitting next to a guy… — A. J. Jacobs
Chick Lit uses humor to reflect life back to us. It's a very comforting genre, and it's the first time our generation has had a… — Marian Keyes
In the fairy tale, an incomprehensible happiness rests upon an incomprehensible condition. A box is opened and all evils fly out. A word is forgotten… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most temporal part of time--for the Past is frozen and no… — C.S. Lewis
The possible's slow fuse is lit by the Imagination. — Emily Dickinson
I felt tired for the first time, and I thought of us lying down on some grassy patch of SeaWorld together, me on my back… — John Green
Walks are never as good during the day. At night, when everyone's apartments are lit up and you can see inside, that's where the action… — Susane Colasanti
The holiday season is a time for storytelling, and whether you are hearing the story of a candelabra staying lit for more than a week,… — Daniel Handler

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364 authors contributed a total of 442 Lit Quotes, led by these top contributors: