Pointed Quotes

490 Pointed quotes by 378 unique authors

Last night somebody broke into my apartment and replaced everything with exact duplicates... When I pointed it out to my roommate, he said, "Do I… — Steven Wright
Is there some particular reason that you're here?" ... "Not this again." "Not what again?" said Clary. "Every time I annoy him, he retreats into… — Cassandra Clare
In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Perv." He pointed to himself. "Male and eighteen. What's your point? — Rachel Caine
Have we raised the threshold of horror so high that nothing short of a nuclear strike qualifies as a 'real' war? Are we to spend… — Arundhati Roy
It's a wisdom that comes from seeing how things work. Things you want to happen always take a long time.' She pointed one little finger… — Donita K. Paul
The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life. If any item… — Elizabeth Gilbert
No matter where I was, my compass pointed west. I would always know what time it was in California. — Janet Fitch
When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly, leaving greasy sweat streaks on the wall, and he hooked his thumbs in his belt. A… — Harper Lee
If somebody says "I love you" to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under… — Kurt Vonnegut
Friday, August 04, 2006 MONUMENT posted 8:31 AM Silver nitrous girls pointed into occult winds of porn and destiny. — William Gibson
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and… — Barack Obama
I said, 'I need to know how he died.' He flipped back and pointed at, 'Why?' So I can stop inventing how he died. I'm… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies. — Emily Bronte
Neal stood, kicking free of the clinging curtain. "I'll kill you." I drew the firestar and pointed it at him. "I don't think so." "She… — Laurell K. Hamilton
He pointed toward the silhouettes on the side of the [bathrooms] instead--black cutout man, black cutout woman. The man had his legs apart, the woman… — Stephen King
We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left. One of the main things I was taught from this was not… — Stephen Hawking
Suttree stood among the screaming leaves and called the lightning down. It cracked and boomed about and he pointed out the darkened heart within him… — Cormac McCarthy
They had killed themselves over our dying forests, over manatees maimed by propellers as they surfaced to drink from garden hoses; they had killed themselves… — Jeffrey Eugenides
When the Lilliputians first saw Gulliver's watch, that "wonderful kind of engine...a globe, half silver and half of some transparent metal," they identified it immediately… — James Gleick
Why do I have to do this?" Gator demanded. Cuz you're such a pretty boy. Our photographer isn't going to fall for one of us… — Christine Feehan
You…you got rid of that dress fast," I pointed out between heavy breaths. "I thought you liked it." "I do like it," he said. His… — Richelle Mead
Happy endings must come at the end of something,' the Walrus pointed out. 'If they happen in the middle of a story, or an adventure,… — Salman Rushdie
If you start by hating one or two people, you won't be able to stop. Pretty soon you'll hate a hundred people." "A zillion?" "Even… — Jerry Spinelli
Death strode away, stopped, and came back. He pointed a skeletal finger at The Duck Man. WHY, he said, ARE YOU WALKING AROUND WITH THAT… — Terry Pratchett

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