Named Quotes

817 Named quotes by 669 unique authors

No they called it the Codex Merlini because it was written by a guy named Ralph. — Karen Chance
Shrapnel was invented by an Englishman of the same name. Don't you wish you could have something named after you? — Kurt Vonnegut
It was in the reign of George II. that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor,… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Before she became the Girl from Nowhere-the One Who Walked In, the First and Last and Only, who lived a thousand years-she was just a… — Justin Cronin
You view the gods as entities without," Montolio tried to explain. "You see them as physical beings trying to control our actions for their own… — R A Salvatore
I tucked him in with his stuffed-animal pet dog—cleverly named Dog-Dog, by the way. — Jordan Sonnenblick
Okay. how about that time when you smoked all that weed that you thought was laced with something? You fell into the tub, but you… — Holly Black
But the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her — Khaled Hosseini
We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it… — Morrie Schwartz
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Grace Brisbane. There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers,… — Maggie Stiefvater
Jason scratched his head. "You named him Festus? You know that in Latin, ‘festus’ means ‘happy’? You want us to ride off to save the… — Rick Riordan
They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at -… — Tennessee Williams
He's not in a very good mood," said Luke, pausing in front of a closed door. "I shut him up in Freaky Pete's office after… — Cassandra Clare
Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight, never running from a real fight, she is the one named Sailor Moon! — Naoko Takeuchi
Like so many named places in California it was less an identifiable city than a grouping of concepts--census tracts, special purpose bond-issue districts, shopping nuclei,… — Thomas Pynchon
In 1938... the year's #1 newsmaker was not FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. Nor was it Lou Gehrig or Clark Gable. The subject of the most… — Laura Hillenbrand
I can't believe you know someone named Freaky Pete," said Simon. "I know alot of people," said Luke. "Not that Freaky Pete is strictly people,… — Cassandra Clare
Then there were the shabti, magical figurines that were supposed to come to life when summoned. A few months ago, I’d fallen for a girl… — Rick Riordan
Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel. — Susan Beth Pfeffer
Irene-" "Don't call me that." "You were the princess Irene the first time we met." "It means 'peace'," Attolia said. "What name could be more… — Megan Whalen Turner
In ten minutes they will have arrived on campus. George will have to be George; the George they have named and will recognise. So now… — Christopher Isherwood
I, the soul named Wanderer, love you, human Ian and that will never change no matter what I might become. If I were a Dolphin… — Stephenie Meyer
Why' is the only question that bothers people enough to have an entire letter of the alphabet named after it. The alphabet does not go… — Douglas Adams
He (Jace) glanced down at his bound hands. His wrists and shoulders had gone from aching to hard, stabbing pain, but he didn’t wince as… — Cassandra Clare
My fore-parts, as you so ineloquently put it, have names.” I pointed to my right breast. “This is Danger.” Then my left. “And this is… — Darynda Jones

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