Mildly Quotes

79 Mildly quotes by 68 unique authors

Was it - was she making a real prediction?' Dumbledore looked mildly impressed. 'Do you know, Harry, I think she might have been,' he said… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In university courses we do exercises. Term papers, quizzes, final examinations are not meant for publication. We move through a course on Dostoevsky or Poe… — John Gardner
Then again, Solomon was human. And that meant he was flawed (Go on, take a look at yourself in the mirror. A good long look,… — Jonathan Stroud
Magnus sighed. "Alexander, I've been alive for hundreds of years. I've been with men, been with women - with faeries and warlocks and vampires, and… — Cassandra Clare
Edward helped, making faces every so often at the raw ingredients-human food was mildly repulsive to him. — Stephenie Meyer
Relax? he repeated incredulously. You're going to fight an armored knight with nothing more than a bow and you tell me to relax? I'll have… — John Flanagan
He gave her his best smile. His best I-almost-died-so-how-can-you-deny-me smile. Or at least that’s how he hoped it appeared. The truth was, he wasn’t a… — Julia Quinn
I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall. — Derek Landy
So, as we have our tea, I propose not only to operate on your heart so as to change your will, but also on your… — Cornelius Van Til
So proper for a circus girl," Mme. Padva says with with a gleam in her eye. "We shall have to loosen those corset laces if… — Erin Morgenstern
Kate realized she had a grave problem. She was infatuated. Or mildly insane. Possibly both. — Tessa Dare
You’re crying.” “I’m not.” “Right,” he said mildly. “I suppose you got rained on. — Kristin Cashore
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering… — C.S. Lewis
Wasn't that awesome?" Seth asked. Warren cocked his head, his expression mildly embarrassed. "I'm sorry, Kendra--it was pretty cool." "All boys belong in insane asylums,"… — Brandon Mull
I know I'm bitter and a little jaded, and mildly enjoy it, but am I a sad person? Am I happy? I plan on being… — Chris Colfer
No offense, but if you want to be with my niece, you should think about getting a haircut. My mother is very conservative.” “No offense… — Meg Cabot
Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I'm a complete disaster. — Rainbow Rowell
In some cases, she was actively trying not to make friends, though she usually stopped short of being rude. (Uptight, tense, and mildly misanthropic? Yes.… — Rainbow Rowell
What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering, and… — George Saunders
I see myself as the literary equivalent of a skilled lathe-operator, or a basket-weaver; a potter, maybe: I make mildly diverting objects that people want… — Robert Harris
I became frustrated early on as a playwright by a kind of smug smallness in modern drama. There was a lack of what I now… — Ellen McLaughlin
We Americans are mildly interested, of course, in reading about the discovery of radium by Madame Curie, but what we really yearn to know is… — Frank Crowninshield
Focusing on one mildly disturbing, semi-controllable issue allows the mind to stuff much greater terrors in relatively tidy packages. — Martha Beck
One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation… — Viggo Mortensen
"Smelling isn't everything" said the Elephant. "Why," said the Bulldog, "if a fellow can't trust his nose, what is he to trust?" "Well, his brains… — C.S. Lewis

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