Matches Quotes

312 Matches quotes by 259 unique authors

I carefully lay out the provisions. One thin black sleeping bag that reflects body heat. A pack of crackers. A pack of dried beef strips.… — Suzanne Collins
I pity the shrimp that matches wits with you Jeeves — P.G. Wodehouse
Everything I pick up seems to lure me away. Everything I do in my daily life begins to feel like striking wet matches. The need… — Frances Mayes
If Doctor Nolan asked me for the matches, I would say that I'd thought they were made of candy and had eaten them. — Sylvia Plath
You'll need to do a better job, Annabelle. No more dates like the first one tonight." "Agreed. And no more making me sit through your… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
and when love came to us twice and lied to us twice we decided to never love again that was fair fair to us and… — Charles Bukowski
The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark. — Virginia Woolf
[...] each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves — Laura Esquivel
Without inspiration, we’re all like a box of matches that will never be lit. — David Archuleta
Even if you cannot always see that silver lining on your clouds, God can, for He is the very source of the light you seek.… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Father’s silence is not merely the absence of sound. It’s a creature with a life of its own. It chokes you. It pinches you small… — Franny Billingsley
Riley squinted. He ran his fingers along my neck. When he found the collar he explored the surface and tried to tug it. "No seams.… — Maria V. Snyder
She reached up and lay her hand on my cheek. "You have the sweetest face," she said, looking at me dreamily. "It's like the perfect… — Patrick Rothfuss
It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to… — Annie Dillard
He dropped the pretense, and dropped his head, so his brow came to rest against the sun-warmed top of hers. His arms went around her… — Laini Taylor
Set the world afire. Just let me hand you the matches. — Lisa Kleypas
The information was kept hidden for the same reason we keep matches from children. In the correct hands, fire can provide illumination... but in the… — Dan Brown
One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us. The disappointments of life, the injustices, the battering events… — Dean Koontz
There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches. — Will Rogers
I don’t smoke, although it looks fantastic in films. But I light matches on those thinking blank nights when I crawl my route out onto… — Daniel Handler
Wear that scarf," he said, pointing to a blue cashmere scarf hanging on a peg. "It matches your eyes." Alec looked at it. Suddenly he… — Cassandra Clare
After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for his pouch, and there was… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Take a minute: look at your goals, look at your performance, see if your behavior matches your goals. — Ken Blanchard
Why on earth would you buy a car like this if you can't drive a stick? There are dozens of cars--new cars--that have automatic transmission.… — Richelle Mead
You must take care to light the matches one at a time. If a powerful emotion should ignite them all at once, they would produce… — Laura Esquivel

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