Plain Quotes
1043 quotes by 821 authors
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Werewolves? Oh please, just plain stupid. Who wants to get it on with a man ruled by his inner dog?
— Karen Marie Moning
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Her face ... was a one-of-a-kind, a surprising variation on a familiar theme - a variation that made observers think, Yes - that would be…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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And then she said nothing else, for Henry put his arms around her and kissed her. Kissed her in such a way that she no…
— Cassandra Clare
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As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for…
— Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.
— Lauren Myracle
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We intersect. He says he thanks every star that we existed on the same celestial plain. But here we are on earth, dirty, well used,…
— Emma Forrest
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The girls who were unanimously considered beautiful often rested on their beauty alone. I felt I had to do things, to be intelligent and develop…
— Diane von Furstenberg
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But I loved George in part because he believed me; because if I stood in a cold, plain room and yelled FIRE, he would walk…
— Aimee Bender
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amazingly, i'd actually forgotten that i'm supposed to be plain. i'm so used to alex telling me i'm beautiful. i'm so used to feeling beautiful…
— Lauren Oliver
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Women? Women are like...thunderstorms. They're beautiful to look at, and sometimes they're nice to listen to-but most of the time they're just plain inconvenient.
— Brandon Sanderson
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If you have love, even plain cold water is sweet.
— Jung Chang
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On the one hand, the Republicans are telling industrial workers that the high cost of food in the cities is due to this government's farm…
— Harry S. Truman
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Repentance was never yet produced in any man's heart apart from the grace of God. As soon may you expect the leopard to regret the…
— Charles Spurgeon
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So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding everything…
— Tessa Dare
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The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience…
— Nick Hornby
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Clove!" Cato's voice is much nearer now. I can tell by the pain in it that he sees her on the ground. "You better run…
— Suzanne Collins
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The plain truth, I may as well admit it, is that I've never been really right in the head.
— Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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The truth is all around you, plain to behold. The night is dark and full of terrors, the day bright and beautiful and full of…
— George R. R. Martin
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I am in fact a Hobbit in all but size. I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads,…
— William Shakespeare
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