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667 Locked quotes by 536 unique authors

We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and… — Hunter S. Thompson
At the time we’re stuck in it, like hostages locked in a Turkish bath, high school seems the most serious business in the world to… — Stephen King
What is it that you contain? The dead. Time. Light patterns of millennia opening in your gut. Every minute, in each of you, a few… — Jeanette Winterson
There is a riddle about a man who is locked in a room with nothing but a bed and a calendar, and the question is:… — Kurt Vonnegut
Tortoise steps, slow steps, four steps like a tank with a tail dragging in the sand. Tortoise steps, land based, land locked, dusty like the… — Terry Tempest Williams
I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the… — Raymond Chandler
Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the… — A. J. Jacobs
For several long moments we remained locked together, and I think I covered her hair with small sacred kisses, her perfume crucifying me with memories. — Anne Rice
Because we would not wear any clothes because it was so hot and the windows open and the swallows flying over the roofs of the… — Ernest Hemingway
The answer is that we are not helpless in the face of our first impressions. They may bubble up from the unconscious - from behind… — Malcolm Gladwell
When someone tells you they’ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume… — Douglas Coupland
I once locked my keys out of my car. I had to break out of my car with a coat hanger. — Steven Wright
Jad said, "The leakage was forcing choices, the making of which in no way improved matters." Okay. So we were, in effect, locked in a… — Neal Stephenson
Adriana loved even the rank animal smell of the man's body, her sweat-slicked breasts and belly flattened beneath him, and her arms and legs clutching… — Joyce Carol Oates
We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or… — Hunter S. Thompson
During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me. Remarkably, according to what… — Alan Alda
Vayl, this is not a pleasant moment for me," I confessed. "No?" "Locked in a windowless, doorless room with a dancing, headless corpse and a… — Jennifer Rardin
Wherever love is, I want to be, I will follow it as surely as the land-locked salmon finds the sea. — Jeanette Winterson
You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is… — Barack Obama
Stephanie,' Valerie said. 'She's going to have a baby, and she's getting married.' My father was confused. He looked around the room. No Joe. No… — Janet Evanovich
None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with YOU. You're locked up in here with ME. — Alan Moore
I put my hand out and wiped the vomit from his lips, and cooed soothing words to him. It squeezed my heart to see him… — Aravind Adiga
Ranger locked eyes with me. "Please," he said. Tank and Hal were goggle-eyed. They weren't used to "please." I wasn't used to it either. But… — Janet Evanovich
We sit there, our eyes locked on one another, for several seconds. I know in my heart we're both thinking the same thing. Jacob leans… — Laurie Faria Stolarz
Right, and you point out something important which is that people who don’t want to pay, people who are pirates, don’t get bothered by the… — Cory Doctorow

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