Perched Quotes

42 quotes by 39 authors

If I've learned anything in twenty-nine years, it's that every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking… — Douglas Coupland
Imagine you are walking down a leafy pathâ€¦The sun is receding, and you are walking alone, caressed by the breezy light of the late afternoon.… — Azar Nafisi
Sorrow is not a raven perched persistently above a chamber door. Sorrow is a thing with teeth, and while in time it retreats, it comes… — Dean Koontz
With my sister perched on my arm, I walked to the elevator. A business man with a rolling suitcase was waiting by the doors. His… — Rick Riordan
No shame in saying that I felt a loneliness drifting through me. Funny how it was, everyone perched in their own little world with the… — Colum McCann
Even the evil-looking bird perched on a rod in the bar had stopped screeching out the names and addresses of local contract killers, which was… — Douglas Adams
The narrow path had opened up suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I had removed my patent leather shoes after a while, for they foundered badly in the sand. It pleased me to think they would be… — Sylvia Plath
Angela had done a marvelous job, I tell you. The puke was everywhere except the toilet. The walls, the floor, the sinks - even on… — Nicholas Sparks
Jace perched on the windowsill and looked down at him. "You really don't get this bodyguard thing, do you?" "I didn't even think you liked… — Cassandra Clare
You can include me, too." William blew Olivia a kiss, and her cheeks heated with a blush. "No need to say anything. I already know… — Gena Showalter
A tiny little wooden man [was] slowly ascending the steps to a real set of gallows, both perched on a box that read: Reusable Hangman… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
On a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening — Matsuo Basho
At least that's what his note said, along with a scathing reminder that dishes didn't wash themselves and the fungus in the bathroom was one… — Rob Thurman
We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear," he said. "Perched up there the tears of others are… — Elizabeth Goudge
The Mercy of Allah is an Ocean, Our sins are a lump of clay clenched between the beak of a pigeon. The pigeon is perched… — Leila Aboulela
I look down from the branch I'm perched on. The Careers look murderous. Now I smile.'How have things been with you?' I ask sweetly. — Suzanne Collins
Things happen or they don't happen, that's all. Nothing is accomplished by sweat and struggle. Nearly everything which we call life is just insomnia, an… — Henry Miller
He...boasted an unassuming mustache, which was perched atop his upper lip cautiously, as though it were slightly embarrassed to be there and would like to… — Gail Carriger
Don't panic, but we've got an audience." Clary turned her head. Perched on a nearby tree branch was Hugo, watching them beadily from bright black… — Cassandra Clare

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