Peculiar Quotes

555 Peculiar quotes by 448 unique authors

What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You are a little girl and therefore you… — Dorothy L. Sayers
To an eagle or to an owl or to a rabbit, man must seem a masterful and yet a forlorn animal; he has but two… — Beryl Markham
When she had gone upstairs, he walked to a window and stood looking up at the sky. His head thrown back, he felt the pull… — Ayn Rand
Above all, one hideous figure grew as familiar as if it had been before the general gaze from the foundations of the world - the… — Charles Dickens
I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of… — Malorie Blackman
Forgive me," he went on. "For a long time I have had the peculiar habit of not arriving but appearing. — Milan Kundera
This, then, is the ultimate, that is only, consolation: simply that someone shares some of your own feelings and has made of these a work… — Thomas Ligotti
He turned, as he spoke, a peculiar look in her direction, a look of hatred unless he has a most perverse set of facial muscles… — Emily Bronte
We're living in a funny world kid, a peculiar civilization. The police are playing crooks in it, and the crooks are doing police duty. The… — Jim Thompson
Writing is an expression of the writer's own peculiar personality, could not help being so. Yet in reading great works one feels that the finished… — Eudora Welty
He was poor, yet always appeared to be giving something away; a stranger, yet everyone was his friend; no longer young, but as happy-hearted as… — Louisa May Alcott
Ultimately, we are all products of the experiences we have and the decisions we make as children, and it remains a peculiar detail of human… — Simon Pegg
People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,' said Anne. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Her smile was peculiar - it made her nose wrinkle, not as though she smelled something unpleasant, but more that she was so amused, her… — Shannon Hale
...sometimes you just want the comfort of knowing that somebody really does care about you (even if they show it in peculiar ways). — Cara Lockwood
Were I the Moor I would not be Iago. In following him I follow but myself; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and… — William Shakespeare
I love my love with a b because she is peculiar. — Gertrude Stein
Such a fuss ofer a few mundanes." Mrs Dark chuckled and moved to stand beside her sister, so that Will, with his blazing sword, was… — Cassandra Clare
We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures; because the earth… — Stephen Jay Gould
Oh Lion in a peculiar guise, Sharp Roman road to Paradise, Come eat me up, I'll pay thy toll With all my flesh, and keep… — Stevie Smith

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