Picking Quotes

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Her beautiful eyes and lips were very grave as she made her choice, and Anthony thought again how naive was her every gesture; she took… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I mean, you're right about the fire and war, all that. But that Rapture stuff--well, if you could see them all in Heaven--serried ranks of… — Terry Pratchett
I'm afraid that my wife picked up a number of colorful expressions from the Yanks and such, Frank offered, with a nervous smile. True, I… — Diana Gabaldon
We sat there, not talking, for a few minutes. He ate the Moon Pie; only skinny people can scarf down junk food like that. Finally,… — Sarah Dessen
We cant go around picking up every pile of dust in the place just in case it turns out to be Gregor in the morning."… — Cassandra Clare
She unwrapped the blanket when she came in my door. You were inside it. She set you down on the floor and you started ranging… — Cassandra Clare
I can't believe you jokers fixed it." Hi was picking his way down to the beach. "Believe it, clown. Too much brain power here to… — Kathy Reichs
Maybe honesty is overvalued. What's truly priceless is picking out from a stream of falsehoods the ones you most need to hear. — Jodi Picoult
In university courses we do exercises. Term papers, quizzes, final examinations are not meant for publication. We move through a course on Dostoevsky or Poe… — John Gardner
It gets so tiring, this strong-picking-on-the-weak stuff. It was the story of my life -literally- and it seemed to be a big part of the… — James Patterson
On the trees are only a few gnarled apples that the pickers have rejected. They look like the knuckles of Doctor Reefy's hands. One nibbles… — Sherwood Anderson
... Speaking of which, the boys weren't actually touching the breifcases in the trunk, I hope?" Wondering how Milligan knew, Kate stuck her head out… — Trenton Lee Stewart
When I'm with him, I can feel myself getting better. It's like he's picking up broken pieces of me and putting me back together, and… — Ilona Andrews
If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make… — Sarah Dessen
Well, it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write And kind of turn themselves into knives And don't mind my nerve you… — Jason Mraz
There's always hand-to-hand combat. All you need is to come up with a knife, and you'll at least stand a chance. If I get jumped,… — Suzanne Collins
Once off the bush The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour. I always felt like crying. It wasn't fair That all the lovely… — Seamus Heaney
When somebody walks out, it leaves a hole in you. Some people fill it up, the good and the bad, and get on that way.… — Nora Roberts
For some reason my father saw no problem with us pplaying "barbie and ken go to hawaii to save their marriage by picking up another… — Michele Jaffe
Be happy without picking flaws. — Victor Hugo

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