Picking Quotes

559 quotes by 509 authors

I end not far from my going forth By picking the faded blue Of the last remaining aster flower To carry again to you. — Robert Frost
When you accept everything, everything is beyond dimensions. The earth is not great nor a grain of sand small. In the realm of Great Activity… — Shunryu Suzuki
Yes, Iâ€™m a mouse. Squeak, squeak. Now shoo-shoo back to your little bug friends,â€ said Rirped, picking up a hunk of dried beef. He tore… — Suzanne Collins
Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers… — BrenÃ© Brown
And so, while the rest of the world went on unaware, drinking their coffee, reading the sports page, and picking up their dry cleaning, I… — Sarah Dessen
What honest boy would pride himself on not picking pockets ? A thief who was trying to reform would. To be conceited of doing one's… — George MacDonald
What most people call loving consists of picking out a woman and marrying her. They pick her out, I swear, Iâ€™ve seen them. As if… — Julio Cortazar
He's getting dumped. And he doesn't even know it yet. He's probably eating a cheeseburger or flossing or picking up his dry cleaning, and he… — Sarah Dessen
Human beings are the only creatures who are allowed to fail. If an ant fails, it's dead. But we're allowed to learn from our mistakes… — Madeleine L'Engle
Michael patted him on the shoulder. â€œI like this plan,â€ he said. â€œYou and Eve, picking up cake and flowers, and you canâ€™t even say… — Rachel Caine
Safe. No one ever is. No matter how hard we try. No matter how much we plan and prepare. There will always be an enemy… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He… — Jim Henson
Cept for Ben, who I canâ€™t describe much further without seeming soft and stupid and like a boy, so I wonâ€™t, just to say that… — Patrick Ness
I'm still picking pockets--I just do it as legally as I can. Being married to a cop limits certain activities. — Nora Roberts
God, I am freaking out. Maybe he doesnâ€™t know. Maybe I just look guilty of something and heâ€™s picking up on that. — Jay Asher
The bluejacket girlie rode like a clan warrior, but there was no way she'd escape. It was a private life-and-death contest that had nothing to… — Cinda Williams Chima
The morning air was like a new dress. That made her feel the apron tied around her waist. She untied it and flung it on… — Zora Neale Hurston
It's too early for there to be any coffee. I stare dully at the empty pot in the common room, while Sam picks up a… — Holly Black
There's a serendipity to real life that the Internet can't duplicate. Do you use the library? For anything? Well, sometimes you end up picking up… — Laura Lippman
When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out all the little details you'd never stare long enough to… — Chuck Palahniuk

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