Opening Quotes

1144 Opening quotes by 922 unique authors

Who ARE You?" This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least… — Lewis Carroll
The gun made a ripping sound like the opening of a zipper on the fly of God Almighty. — Kurt Vonnegut
When you give of yourself something new comes in to being... the world expands, a bit of goodness is brought forth and a small miracle… — Kent Nerburn
Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in there jackets, lines of neat print on… — David Almond
In modern society most of us don't want to be in touch with ourselves; we want to be in touch with other things like religion,… — Nhat Hanh
I wanted to get a job as a gynecologist, but I couldn't find an opening. — George Carlin
Stories set in the Culture in which Things Went Wrong tended to start with humans losing or forgetting or deliberately leaving behind their terminal. It… — Iain Banks
Just for a while": Death's opening chat-up line in His great seduction, before he drugged you with soporific comforts, distracted you with minor luxuries and… — Christopher Brookmyre
A bruise, blue in the muscle, you impinge upon me. As bone hugs the ache home, so I'm vexed to love you, your body the… — Li-Young Lee
THE DEATH OF LEOPOLD GURSKY Leopold Gursky started dying on August 18, 1920. He died learning to walk. He died standing at the blackboard. And… — Nicole Krauss
He didn't say anything more, just waited for me to tell him what I'd been thinking. It was pure speculation, and I was opening myself… — Patricia Briggs
Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard… — Yann Martel
Think of the sound you make when you let go after holding your breath for a very, very long time. Think of the gladdest sound… — Gary D. Schmidt
once you laugh at you own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill… — Goldie Hawn
They dream of men with gentle hands, eloquent with tenderness, fingers that brushed along a cheek, that outlined open lips in the lovers' braille. Hands… — Janet Fitch
Words. Borne on the ever swelling current of hatred, like flowers opening in the current, petals peeling back, then falling apart. — Anne Rice
Those who have to ask if faith is true are opening up a discussion they may not be ready for. — Richelle Mead
There was our father, the heart we knew held all of us. Held us heavily and desperately, the doors of his heart opening and closing… — Alice Sebold
...I love 'yes.' It's practically the most interesting word of all, don't you think?" Like a hinge opening a door outward. Yes, yes, yes. — Hanif Kureishi
Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
It's you who are telling me; opening my eyes to things I'd looked at so long that I'd ceased to see them. — Edith Wharton
He also tried to block the doorway when she left him. My mother ducked under his arm, ran to her car, and drove away. I… — Sloane Crosley
Suppose within each book there is another book, and within every letter on every page another volume constantly unfolding; but these volumes take no space… — Hilary Mantel
Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard… — John Keats
the mind is its own beautiful prisoner. Mind looked long at the sticky moon opening in dusk her new wings then decently hanged himself,one afternoon.… — E E Cummings

Who Wrote These Opening Quotes

922 authors contributed a total of 1,144 Opening Quotes, led by these top contributors: