Perched Quotes
42 quotes by 39 authors
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The map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an eye, the squeeze of a…
— Anderson Cooper
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In the antiseptic world we try to purge ourselves of difficult things. Don't dwell on it, switch off the light and go home. But this…
— Jeanette Winterson
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I have no intention of watching undersized Englishmen perched on horses with matchstick legs race along courses planned to amuse Nell Gwynn.
— Gilbert Harding
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With the aid of a minute correction - that of the dispersing lens - in a gold frame perched on her nose, Miranda can see…
— Ingeborg Bachmann
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Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door,- Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
— Edgar Allan Poe
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Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the uneven rooftops of South Boston. Birds were perched on every roof and seemed to be watching the girl…
— James Patterson
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The last time I saw something that tall standing so still for so long, it was perched on the edge of a cliff shining a…
— David Icke
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The quality of life in America is dependent on the quality of the journalism. Most people don't realize that, but if you think about it,…
— Scott Pelley
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And as an ev'ning dragon came, Assailant on the perched roosts And nests in order rang'd Of tame villatic fowl.
— John Milton
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Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us.
— Roald Dahl
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When you see a fantastic colour or cut in a magazine, perched up on some famous so-and-so's head, it's tempting to ask your stylist for…
— Beth Ditto
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I like conventions. I like meeting and greeting. I'm perched on that edge where I'm getting more attention than I quite know what to do…
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has…
— Victor Hugo
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I learned about the sacred art of self decoration with the monarch butterflies perched atop my head, lightning bugs as my night jewelry, and emerald-green…
— Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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Woe betide the leaders now perched on their dizzy pinnacles of triumph if they cast away at the conference table what the soldiers had won…
— Winston Churchill
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What an electric heater perched upon the rim of the bathtub of the world that dead Jesus was.
— Tom Robbins
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For each Joan of Arc there is a Hitler perched at the other end of the teeter-totter.
— Charles Bukowski
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She perched on her windowsill, gazing at the lurid sun soaking into the Caldera, trying to appreciate it even though she couldn’t have it. Why…
— Ann Brashares
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I could introduce myself properly, but it's not really necessary. You will know me well enough and soon enough, depending on a diverse range of…
— Markus Zusak
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Through all this horror my cat stalked unperturbed. Once I saw him monstrously perched atop a mountain of bones, and wondered at the secrets that…
— H P Lovecraft
Who Wrote These Perched Quotes
39 authors contributed a total of 42 Perched Quotes, led by these top contributors: