Overheard Quotes

47 Overheard quotes by 44 unique authors

You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that evey sound you made was overheard, and, except… — George Orwell
I took notes on the people around me, in my town, in my family, in my memory. I took notes on my own state of… — Anne Lamott
If you are a writer, or want to be a writer, this is how you spend your days--listening, observing, storing things away, making your isolation… — Anne Lamott
The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things . . . the trivial pleasure like cooking, one's home, little… — Barbara Pym
Suddenly so many things she'd overheard her brothers and Quinn saying when Grimm had been in residence made sense, and upon reflection she suspected a… — Karen Marie Moning
There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret. — Alexandre Dumas
What is this Chocho business?' Will muttered to himself. But his friends overheard the comment. 'It's a term of great respect,' they chorused, and he… — John Flanagan
Count up the almonds, Count what was bitter and kept you waking, Count me in too: I sought your eye when you glanced up and… — Paul Celan
History,' Mari muttered, as if she'd overheard his thoughts. 'Why do we need to know what happened before we were born?' 'So hopefully we get… — Cinda Williams Chima
Prose-it might be speculated-is discourse; poetry ellipsis. Prose is spoken aloud; poetry overheard. The one is presumably articulate and social, a shared language, the voice… — Joyce Carol Oates
Actors should be overheard, not listened to, and the audience is 50 percent of the performance. — Shirley Booth
A style is the consequence of recurrent habits, restraints, or rules invented or inherited, written or overheard, intuitive or preconceived. — Paul Rand
You can throw a novel into focus with one overheard line. — Joan Didion
I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I overheard a girl talking to he BF,initially I thought she was talking to God,coz the things she asked for the only man you are… — Lekoma Precious Napo
I overheard three women at a bar talking one night as I was putting on my jacket to go home lamenting What happend to all… — KM II
I overheard your girls and this is what they said... — Big Time Rush
One night a father overheard his son pray: Dear God, Make me the kind of man my Daddy is. Later that night, the Father prayed,… — Nate
Overheard. 'Ooh thass that guy from Herald and Gerald go to sumthin sumthin.' — Kal Penn
I overheard the man whisper, I am a lover, not a fighter and I thought to myself, I, am in fact, both. For what is… — Tyler Knott Gregson
It is better to be overheard than under-heard. Always state your point and be brave and bodacious. — Joseph Farmer
I love helping people getting what they want. Today I overheard a girl saying I'd die for spicy mc burger so I killed her. Happy… — Nikhil Saluja

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