Mantelpiece Quotes
10 quotes by 10 authors
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The simple tableau is so rich with meaning that whether represented on the mantelpiece or in the mind, it seems suspended, complete unto itself, somewhere…
— Lucinda Franks
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What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of…
— George Orwell
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Jamie," I said, "how, exactly, do you decide whether you're drunk?" Aroused by my voice, he swayed alarmingly to one side, but caught himself on…
— Diana Gabaldon
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This is where the story starts, in this threadbare room. The walls are exploding. The windows have turned into telescopes. Moon and stars are magnified…
— Jeanette Winterson
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Seeing an Earl as an owl on a mantelpiece, and having part of one's face removed by a cat, both on the same morning, can…
— Mervyn Peake
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Ladies' hearts are like china on a mantelpiece. There are so many of them, and it is so easy to break them without noticing.
— Cassandra Clare
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The first duty of a lecturer: to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of…
— Virginia Woolf
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Most of these pictures, taken while travelling, were developed on the mantelpiece of a hotel room, which proves that the method is easy enough to…
— Gabriel Lippmann
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Now this really is something to put on the mantelpiece.
— Mary Leakey
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I don't look like someone who leans on a mantelpiece with a cocktail in my hand, you know.
— Charles Bronson
Who Wrote These Mantelpiece Quotes
10 authors contributed a total of 10 Mantelpiece Quotes as follows: