Odd Quotes
891 quotes by 730 authors
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Now don't go wandering off, William," she said with a meaningful glance. "I don't want to lose you in the crowd." Will's jaw set. "I'm…
— Cassandra Clare
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Odd as this might sound, I suppose I’m glad you’re here, Jacob. [Edward Cullen]
— Stephenie Meyer
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There was a sergeant at a desk. I knew he was a sergeant because I recognized the marks on his uniform, and I knew it…
— Steven Brust
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Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened.
— James M. Barrie
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Odd, she thought, how intensely you knew a person, or thought you did, when you were in love - soaked, drenched in love - only…
— Anita Shreve
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I feel like there's something terrible and wonderful and amazing that's just beyond my grasp. I have dreams about it. I do dream, by the…
— Michael Cunningham
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That Arthur has not always existed seems odd to me. Like the wind on the moors and the wild winter stars, surely he has always…
— Stephen R. Lawhead
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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
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Will pointed a finger accusingly in their direction. "You're ganging up on me. Is this how it's going to be from now on? I'll be…
— Cassandra Clare
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It was an odd thing to do, to stand in a street in the hope of seeing someone who hardly knew him, but he did…
— Ken Follett
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There is nothing dictators hate so much as that unassailable, eternally elusive, eternally provoking gleam. One of the main reasons why the very gallant Russian…
— Vladimir Nabokov
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People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist privilege…
— Iris Murdoch
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I have in this War a burning private grudge—which would probably make me a better soldier at 49 than I was at 22: against that…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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It was an odd relationship, but then she was an extraordinary woman: a prioress who doubted much of what the church taught; an acclaimed healer…
— Ken Follett
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It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people.
— Cassandra Clare
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She was experiencing the same odd happiness and odd sadness as then. The sadness meant: We are at the last station. The happiness meant: We…
— Milan Kundera
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What do you think of this" he asked, indicating the painting nearby. She gave him an odd look. "I think it's an enormous painting of…
— Sarah MacLean
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He was wearing a look that she found odd and compelling - that amusement that didn’t seem to pass beyond the surface of his features,…
— Cassandra Clare
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And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any…
— Bill Bryson
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But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread at…
— Daniel Handler
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