Packed Quotes
237 quotes by 234 authors
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That stirring which had fluttered in her on first glimpsing the sea—that stirring landlocked children know so well—moved in her now, with the golden stars…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite…
— Val McDermid
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I’m packed with broken glass and memories and it all hurts.
— Henry Rollins
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The place was packed as we flooded in, all the patrons freezing at the sight of an armed sheriff, two deputies, an Indian, and a…
— Craig Johnson
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Los Angeles was the kind of place where everybody was from somewhere else and nobody really droppped anchor. It was a transient place. People drawn…
— Michael Connelly
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Clove!" Cato's voice is much nearer now. I can tell by the pain in it that he sees her on the ground. "You better run…
— Suzanne Collins
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I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I only…
— Herta Muller
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I also packed explosives." -Liz
— Ally Carter
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It’s Kahlua, Sage. Packed with sugar and coffee flavor.
— Richelle Mead
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The notion of evil for its own sake strikes me as boring -- all these Dark Lords intent on creating wastelands packed with enslaved victims...…
— Steven Erikson
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Rapture cults had packed their suitcases and were massing together in great vigils, waiting for the end. "All bogus," she'd told Zuzana. "Just a bunch…
— Laini Taylor
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I'd like to be born the son of a duke with 90,000 pounds a year, on an enormous estate.... And I'd like to have the…
— Richard Francis Burton
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The clothes are packed off to Goodwill I said my good-byes up on the hill The house is empty, the furniture sold Soon your smell…
— Gayle Forman
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When the Duke [W.J.C. Scott-Bentinck] died, his heirs found all of the aboveground rooms devoid of furnishings except for one chamber in the middle of…
— Bill Bryson
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Perfect hexagonal tubes in a packed array. Bees are hard-wired to lay them down, but how does an insect know enough geometry to lay down…
— Peter Watts
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The more you densify a city, the more congestion will increase, however technology changes... cities so packed that they will no longer function... vertical sprawl.
— Leon Krier
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I was in NYC during 9/11; it happened on a Tuesday, I was on stage Thursday. It was a small crowd, but it took about…
— Bill Burr
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I do so much travelling in my work that my suitcase is always packed, with my passport ready. I rarely unpack, as I am constantly…
— Jools Holland
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In a packed programme tonight, we will be talking to an out-of-work contortionist who says he can no longer make ends meet.
— Ronnie Barker
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We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its…
— James Stephens
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