Named Quotes

817 Named quotes by 669 unique authors

...Sometimes I dream that everything in the world is here, in my room, in a great closet, named and orderly, and I am here too,… — Mary Oliver
I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a… — Dashiell Hammett
There’s a lot I don’t tell my father when he calls asking after Amy. He wouldn’t understand that she has no interest in getting married… — David Sedaris
I have named you queen. There are taller than you, taller. There are purer than you, purer. There are lovelier than you, lovelier. But you… — Pablo Neruda
Electing a black man named Barack Obama President in the same country that elected George W. Bush - twice! - is as far-fetched as a… — Jay-Z
A Mexican guy named Sam pushes Gary Frankel next to Isabel. "This guy can break your arm with one snap, asshole. Get out of my… — Simone Elkeles
I noticed the plants growing around me. Tall with leaves like arrowheads. Blossoms with three white petals. I knelt down in the water, my fingers… — Suzanne Collins
Here Spring just grows and greens and warms, spreading life, wrapping us in her arms, until suddenly we realize that she's not a girl anymore.… — N.D. Wilson
I named my camel Katrina. She was a natural disaster. She slobbered everywhere and seemed to think the purple streak in my hair was some… — Rick Riordan
Dear parents, Jasmine was in a relationship with a dirty homeless boy named Aladdin. Snow White lived alone with 7 men. Pinnochio was a liar.… — Walt Disney
Grandfather's been dead all these years, but if you lifted my skull, by God, in the convolutions of my brain you'd find the big ridges… — Ray Bradbury
My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother’s body, their cheeks pressed together. In sleep, my mother looks younger, still… — Suzanne Collins
I am Trella the victorious leader of the Force of Sheep rebellion. Yes the name sounds ridiculous, and I still can't believe we named a… — Maria V. Snyder
She may be lying in bed reading a book, she may be making love with a prize fighter, or she may be running like mad… — Henry Miller
He was trying to be everywhere at once," the redhead told the human. "Trying to make sure Alice had nothing to do, actually." He shook… — Stephenie Meyer
It feels like we're in a Harry Potter book talking about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. — Laurell K. Hamilton
My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things… — Waris Dirie
But the fascinating and unbelievable-but-true thing about Dr. Jefferson Jeffersonis that he was not a doctor of any kind. He was just an orange juice… — John Green
L.A. kills people.' Jacaranda said. 'You're lucky you're leaving. You'll be able to write.' She looked paler, going through another depression, smoking in bed in… — Francesca Lia Block
I thought you said that after this many years nothing should embarrass him?" Leigh said with gentle amusement. Lucian grunted. "I guess he's more sensitive… — Lynsay Sands
She liked anything orange: leaves; some moons; marigolds; chrysanthemums; cheese; pumpkin, both in pie and out; orange juice; marmalade. Orange is bright and demanding. You… — Catherynne M. Valente
„Ma'am?“ She glanced up at me, pushing her glasses up her nose as she did. “Hmm? Oh, I remember you. Miss Melbourne.“ “Melrose,“ I corrected.… — Richelle Mead
First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. They were not love letters,… — Tim O'Brien
There is a movement happening, a quiet one. A low-profile, low-resolution revolution. Comprised of writers and dreamers, of guerrilla artists and thought-ninjas. Those with something… — Erin Morgenstern
There was a young lady named Mae Who smoked without stopping all day; As pack followed pack, Her lungs first turned black, And eventually rotted… — Edward Gorey

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