Parchment Quotes

39 quotes by 35 authors

Colleges typically did not tell you that ninety percent of your education came after you hung the parchment on the wall. People might ask for… — Tom Clancy
My wife loves written words ... you know, words that stick to parchment and paper like dead flies, and it seems my father felt the… — Cornelia Funke
It is the world, my boy," he said. "All the World, in ink and blood, vellum and parchment, leather and hide. It is the World,… — James A. Owen
under his dripping hair, he was as white as parchment, his hands clenched at his sides so tightly that they were shaking. It seemed clear… — Cassandra Clare
He read the letter again, but could not take in any more meaning than he had done the first time and was reduced to staring… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Harvey wasn't interested in the clothes, it was the masks that mesmerized him. They were like snowflakes: no two alike. Some were made of wood… — Clive Barker
Only one thing mattered: this was not a Horcrux. Dumbledore had weakened himself by drinking that horrible potion for nothing. Harry crumpled the parchment in… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If the skin were parchment and the blows you gave were ink, Your own handwriting would tell you what I think. — William Shakespeare
Could words and symbols wield such power? Could mere scribblings on parchment unmake a person's moral fiber? Weren't we made of sterner stuff? — Karen Marie Moning
How dâ€™you spell â€˜belligerentâ€™?â€ said Ron, shaking his quill very hard while staring at his parchment. â€œIt canâ€™t be B â€” U â€” M â€”â€… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we're still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on… — Margaret Atwood
As though she had entered a fable, as though she were no more than words crawling along a dry page, or as though she were… — Salman Rushdie
Half an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to fill in the position of the planets… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening to… — Mitch Albom
The air was heavy with the smell of leather and dust, of old parchment and binding glue. It smelled of secrets. — Patrick Rothfuss
When I am in the darkness, I want to think of it in the light, with you," he said, and straightened, and turned to walk… — Cassandra Clare
Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest… — John F. Kennedy
If the worst comes true, and the paper book joins the papyrus scroll and parchment codex in extinction, we will miss, I predict, a number… — John Updike
Had we sent down unto thee (muhammad) (actual) writing upon parchment, so that they could feel it with their hands, those who disbelieve would have… — Quran

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