Pins Quotes
283 Pins quotes by 245 unique authors
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No matter what the odds, a man does not pin his last hope for survival on something and then expect that it will fail.
— Alfred Lansing
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Pirate Dreams Needles and pins, Needles and pins, Sew me a sail to catch me the wind. Sew me a sail strong as the gale,…
— Shel Silverstein
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Death doesn't exist. It never did, it never will. But we've drawn so many pictures of it, so many years, trying to pin it down,…
— Ray Bradbury
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The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that…
— Suzanne Collins
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It's kind of funny...the moments on which life hinges. I think growing up you always imagine your life--your success--depends on your family and how much…
— Marisha Pessl
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I wish we could spend July by the sea, browning ourselves and feeling water-weighted hair flow behind us from a dive. I wish our gravest…
— Zelda Fitzgerald
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When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far.
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Friend of fatherless! Fountain of happiness! Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on Fire when I gaze at thy Calm and commanding…
— George Orwell
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What are you? (Danger) Well, had you listened before you stabbed me, you would have heard the ‘I’m Acheron’s Squire’ part. Apparently that somehow escaped…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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But then, Cap'n Crunch in a flake form would be suicidal madness; it would last about as long, when immersed in milk, as snowflakes sifting…
— Neal Stephenson
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Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled “enemy?
— Sylvia Plath
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How could you let him do this? (Shahara) I know you’re not going to pin this on me, Shay. I didn’t raise the embryo. You…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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A moment of grace. There rose up within me a profound sense of being loved. I felt "gathered together" and encircled by a Presence completely…
— Sue Monk Kidd
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(Ash used his powers to lift Zarek from the floor and pin him roughly against the ceiling.) Stop pushing your luck, boy. I’ve had it…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Happy," I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never quite understood. Most…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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Meg's high-heeled slippers were dreadfully tight, and hurt her, though she would not own it; and Jo's nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck straight into her…
— Louisa May Alcott
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He murmers into my hair, "Forget what I said earlier, let's stick with this, I might not survive anything more." I laugh. Then he jumps…
— Jandy Nelson
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She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath, and…
— Suzanne Collins
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Of course boredom may lead you to anything. It is boredom sets one sticking golden pins into people, but all that would not matter. What…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Have you ever had one of those moments when time just freezes? You know, when the world suddenly goes deathly still, and you could hear…
— Karen Marie Moning
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But that was Isabelle — if there was a boy around and blame that needed to be pinned on someone, Isabelle would pin it on…
— Cassandra Clare
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It means we're on your side." That's what Bonnie said. I have people on my side? What side? Am I unwittingly the face of the…
— Suzanne Collins
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I hear you calling and it's needles and pins (And pins) I want to hurt you just to hear you screaming my name Don't want…
— Alice Cooper
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When you want genuine music -- music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like strychnine whisky, go…
— Mark Twain
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For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align…
— Tim Ferriss
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