Opening Quotes

1144 Opening quotes by 922 unique authors

Mom?" I said. She turned. "Can I talk to you about something?" "Of course, darling. Come here." I took a few steps into the room.… — Nicole Krauss
What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for… — Alan Bennett
I sat on the bench outside of class today and talked to Jon. I read to him from my journal, it was the part about… — Sabrina Ward Harrison
It's for the hamster that I'm gonna buy! This is so perfect! (after opening a hamster wheel at Christmas) — Gerard Way
But some characters in books are really real--Jane Austen's are; and I know those five Bennets at the opening of Pride and Prejudice, simply waiting… — Dodie Smith
I crossed my arms over my chest. "Are you lost, little girl? The elementary school's over on west campus." A pink flush spread over her… — Richelle Mead
opening the book, i inhaled. the smell of old books, so sharp, so dry you can taste it. — Diane Setterfield
I paused, only just now realizing that the subject was hitting a little close to home. "You know, getting hurt. Putting herself out there, opening… — Sarah Dessen
At the same time, though, I was beginning to wonder if this was just how it was supposed to be for me, like perhaps I… — Sarah Dessen
Look," I said, "We knew Jason and Becky would be back, the break would end. This isn't a surprise, it's what's supposed to happen. It's… — Sarah Dessen
How do you feel, Georgie?" whispered Mrs. Weasley. George's fingers groped for the side of his head. "Saintlike," he murmured. "What's wrong with him?" croaked… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
And what is true education? It is awakening a love for truth; giving a just sense of duty; opening the eyes of the soul to… — David O. McKay
You're water. We're the millstone. You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes. You're spirit. We're the opening and closing of our hands. You're the… — Unknown Author
Opening up to the wrong person is like putting ammo in their hands. — Lisa Kleypas
I am crying, he thought, opening his eyes to stare through the soapy, stinging water. I feel like crying, so I must be crying, but… — John Green
The act of imagination is the opening of the system so that it shows new connections. Every act of act of imagination is the discovery… — Jacob Bronowski
Spirituality without a prayer life is no spirituality at all, and it will not last beyond the first defeats. Prayer is an opening of the… — Joan D. Chittister
While he writes, I feel as if he is drawing me; or not drawing me, drawing on me - drawing on my skin - not… — Margaret Atwood
Here's to opening and upward... and to yourself and up with you and up with and up with laughing. — E E Cummings
Good teachers don't approach a child of this age with overzealousness or with destructive conscientiousness. They're not drill-masters in the military or floor managers in… — Jonathan Kozol
Want is a thing that unfurls unbidden like fungus, opening large upon itself, stopless, filling the sky. But needs, from one day to the next,… — Barbara Kingsolver
What is important is the moment of opening a life and feeling it touch--with an electric hiss and cry--this speckled mineral sphere, our present world. — Annie Dillard
Life is a stream On which we strew Petal by petal the flower of our heart; The end lost in dream, They float past our… — Amy Lowell
If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it. — Randy Pausch
Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them.… — Terry Pratchett

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