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175 quotes by 168 authors

Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable and finally has come to look and not to buy. So shoes… — Marilynne Robinson
I smiled at the stacks, inhaling again. Hundreds of thousands of pages that had never been turned, waiting for me. The shelves were a warm,… — Maggie Stiefvater
She finds tales everywhere, in grains of sand she picks up from the garden, in puffs of smoke that drift out from the chimneys of… — David Almond
What if someone picks on me?" I asked Then I'll pick on them". What if someone picks my nose?" I asked. The I'll pick your… — Sherman Alexie
A what? (Fang) Badass demon with a superiority complex who picks his teeth with bones of infants. Letâ€™s just keep it simple and say heâ€™s… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
[Adam picks up the camera] "I have to get a shot of this." The reaction in the room was swift, and unanimous: every single person… — Sarah Dessen
The phone rings. â€œAsshole,â€ she mutters. She picks it up. â€œWill you let me explain?â€ â€œNo.â€ She hangs up. — Lisa McMann
Real, sane, mature loveâ€”the kind that pays the mortgage year after year and picks up the kids after schoolâ€”is not based on infatuation but on… — Elizabeth Gilbert
It's like this when you fall hard for a musician. It's a crush with religious overtones. You listen to the songs and you memorize the… — Steve Almond
Do you want to be with Dave for the rest of your life?â€ Then he rips off a piece of paper and picks up the… — Susane Colasanti
He picks up his dates in a van? No wonder heâ€˜s such a hit with the ladies.â€ -Jace about Simon, pg. 331- — Cassandra Clare
In those days, I still thoroughly enjoyed the romance I called "by myself"; I didn't know yet how it gets lonely, picks up a sharp… — Elizabeth Kostova
For the past few years, I've been on a quest for a good old-fashioned date, the kind where the guy calls, makes the plans, picks… — Karen Marie Moning
Womens, they ain't like men. A woman ain't gone beat you with a stick. Miss Hilly wouldn't pull no pistol on me. Miss Leefolt wouldn't… — Kathryn Stockett
Sam picks the stone up and clenches his entire body in deep concentration. Nothing happens. " Oh come on," he says to the stone. "… — Pittacus Lore
My dad is adorably optimistic, positive, pie-in-the-sky. He thinks every new song I write is my best. He sells T-shirts at my merchandise stands and… — Taylor Swift
The mind picks some very bad times to take a walk doesn't it? — Jeff Lindsay
What?" I ask. "I'm developing a theory." "And it is?" She picks up her hamburger, grins, and says, "That you have a death wish. — Veronica Roth
I do not wish to criticize any system that can nourish peopleâ€™s spirits, but I find that a lot of New Age writing cherry-picks the… — John O'Donohue
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

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