Observed Quotes

606 Observed quotes by 476 unique authors

Jo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to look mysterious and important.… — Louisa May Alcott
It's funny about love', Sophia said. 'The more you love someone, the less he likes you back.' 'That's very true,' Grandmother observed. 'And so what… — Tove Jansson
Well, she's not responding to my advances," he observed more brightly than he felt, "so she must be dead." "Or she's a woman of good… — Cassandra Clare
At noon I observed a bevy of nude young native women bathing in the sea, and I went and sat down on there clothes to… — Mark Twain
The philosopher Elaine Scarry has observed that "beauty always takes place in the particular." Cruelty, on the other hand, prefers abstraction. — Jonathan Safran Foer
Toys "R" Us. Zack put on a wool cap and sunglasses. "You look like a bank robber," I observed. "No toy is safe. — Joan Bauer
Miss Trent regarded her thoughtfully. "Well, it's an odd circumstance, but I've frequently observed that whenever you boast of your beauty you seem to lose… — Georgette Heyer
Regardless of whether I can shift my affections to another - and the heart, as you observed, is a notoriously fickle beast - the question… — Christopher Paolini
...they'd just tell you to turn the other cheek, wouldn't they?...Trouble is, Mrs. Dowdel observed, after you've turned the other cheek four times, you run… — Richard Peck
Excellently observed", answered Candide; "but let us cultivate our garden. — Voltaire
Valentine had long ago observed that in a society that expected chastity and fidelity, like Lusitania, the adolescents who controlled and channeled their youthful passions… — Orson Scott Card
You have an interesting set of morals," he observed. "Breaking out of jail is okay. But steal a car, and you sound totally outraged. — Richelle Mead
My house seems remarkably full of people," he observed. "Is it possible we were expected. — Georgette Heyer
Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes. And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was… — Frank Herbert
Why didn’t you wake me up?' 'I thought you could use the rest. Besides, you were sleeping like the dead. You even drooled,' he added.… — Cassandra Clare
How did you get back?' asked Vautrin. 'I walked,' replied Eugene. 'I wouldn't like half-pleasures, myself,' observed the tempter. 'I'd want to go there in… — Honore de Balzac
Wolves eat coyotes," Gordon said[...] If he weren't an old man, I had some rude things I could have said to that. "Yes," observed Adam… — Patricia Briggs
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased… — Frederick Douglass
It may have been observed that there is no regular path for getting out of love as there is for getting in. Some people look… — Thomas Hardy
You could dress it up with a sequined headband,” Magnus suggested, offering his boyfriend something blue and sparkly. “Just a thought.” “Resist the urge, Alec.”… — Cassandra Clare
I have observed that whenever you try to hit somebody, there is a tendency for them to try to hit you back. — Charles M. Schulz
I’ve never heard that the sexual act requires any particular intelligence. From what I’ve observed, many stupid people are easily able to produce children. — Lisa Kleypas
I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in… — A. Lee Martinez
Maya Angelou observed you cant use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. Sadly,too often creativity is smothered rather than nurtured. There… — John C. Maxwell
You love her," Teddy observed quietly. Henry replied with an uncharacteristic lack of irony: "Yes." Teddy's eyes shifted to the plaster interlacing that decorated the… — Anna Godbersen

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