Polished Quotes

196 Polished quotes by 175 unique authors

But there's this one difference: one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of… — Emily Bronte
The legs, for example, of that chair--how miraculous their tubularity, how supernatural their polished smoothness! I spent several minutes--or was it several centuries?--not merely gazing… — Aldous Huxley
If she possessed any memory whatsoever of the days when she'd been whole, her shattered recollections were scattered across the darkscape of her mind in… — Dean Koontz
Most people are on the world, not in it-- having no conscious sympathy or relationship to anything about them-- undiffused seporate, and rigidly alone like… — John Muir
She was truly a beautiful girl. I could feel a small polished stone sinking through the darkest waters of my heart. All those deep convoluted… — Haruki Murakami
Happiness was different in childhood. It was so much then a matter simply of accumulation, of taking things - new experiences, new emotions - and… — John Banville
There I go being critical again. Does a man have to stand on one foot and juggle for me to consider him entertaining? What am… — Nora Roberts
Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?" Darcy: "Not if I can help it!" Sir William: "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy!… — Jane Austen
Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through. — Terry Pratchett
I tell you these stories because these things happen to everyone. It's not about being starched or polished or cute or polite. It's about having… — Maira Kalman
Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned… — Homer
For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still… — H P Lovecraft
Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished… — Mitch Albom
He (Jace) glanced down at his bound hands. His wrists and shoulders had gone from aching to hard, stabbing pain, but he didn’t wince as… — Cassandra Clare
I walked across the polished marble floor and sat on a red velvet lounging couch. I idly wondered how exactly one was supposed to lounge.… — Patrick Rothfuss
People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon. — Vanna Bonta
Perhaps, after all, our best thoughts come when we are alone. It is good to listen, not to voices but to the wind blowing, to… — Gladys Taber
Nellie Gomez awoke to a splitting headache. Worse, she was still hungry. "Where's my croissant?" she demanded of the person leaning over her. "Dear child,"… — Gordon Korman
Niches set back in the walls contained polished marble statues of entwined bodies. Will looked away from them hastily, and then back. It wasn't as… — Cassandra Clare
How big are souls anyway?" asked Coraline. The other mother sat down at the kitchen table and leaned against the back wall, saying nothing. She… — Neil Gaiman
I am like a huge rough stone...and the only polishing I get is when some corner gets rubbed off by coming in contact with something… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
He had never looked forward to the wisdom and other vaunted benefits of old age. Would he be able to die young—and if possible free… — Yukio Mishima
Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished… — Unknown Author
I read a lot. I always have, but in those two years I gorged myself on books with a voluptuous, almost erotic gluttony. I would… — Tana French
Let me get this straight. Your table ran away because you polished it with Windex? — Rick Riordan

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