Pencil Quotes

366 Pencil quotes by 301 unique authors

I believe that many who find that "nothing happens" when they sit down, or kneel down, to a book of devotion, would find that the… — C.S. Lewis
History written in pencil is easily erased, but crayon is forever. — Emilie Autumn
There's life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot, and then somebody… — Dorothy Parker
In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion,'" she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise me if she… — Haruki Murakami
What's this? That little red-haired girl dropped her pencil... Gee... It's got teeth marks all over it... She nibbles her pencil... She's human! — Charles M. Schulz
I like 'pencil-necked weasel'. It has 'pencil' in it. Pencils are good things. You can draw or write things with pencils. I think it's what… — Neil Gaiman
I'll have mine [The Book-Lovers' Anthology] till the day I die - and die happy in the knowledge that I'm leaving it behind for someone… — Helene Hanff
How late is it? How long have we been sitting here? I look at my watch – three thirty and the day is almost ending.… — Jenny Downham
It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along… — William Faulkner
I've seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again, I thought. You… — Ernest Hemingway
What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it? — Jules Verne
He loved the scratching of pencil against paper when he was focused: it meant something was happening. — John Green
Luke indicated Simon and Clary with a wave of his hand. 'I brought some people to see you.' Jace's eyes moved to them. They were… — Cassandra Clare
I believe that the combination of pencil and memory creates a kind of practical magic, and magic is dangerous. — Stephen King
Why, did you know that if a beaver two feet long with a tail a foot and a half long can build a dam twelve… — Norton Juster
Something about this made Reynie uneasy. Had he done so badly? Was this meant to test his courage? He did as he was told, closing… — Trenton Lee Stewart
He stuck the pencil over his ear, looking unconvinced. "Mmm. What position would you be the most comfortable for you?" I couldn't say aloud the… — Tammara Webber
Are you staring at me because you've seen my doppelganger roaming the halls, playing kind of the cafeteria? Or because you need to borrow a… — Alyson Noel
There was a message written in pencil on the tiles by the roller towel. This was it: What is the purpose of life? Trout plundered… — Kurt Vonnegut
The light works," he said, indicating the window, "the gravity works," he said, dropping a pencil on the floor. "Anything else we have to take… — Douglas Adams
It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Shut up," I hissed. Ticked that he was taller than me, I stepped up onto a nearby coffee table. "I'm not in a cage anymore,"… — Kim Harrison
Take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her. — Charles Dickens
Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs. — Katherine Applegate
I am but a small pencil in the hand of a writing God — Mother Teresa

Who Wrote These Pencil Quotes

301 authors contributed a total of 366 Pencil Quotes, led by these top contributors: