Best Poppies Sayings
88 Poppies quotes by 66 unique authors
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Poppies bleed petals of sheer excess. You and I, this sweet battle ground.
— Janet Fitch
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The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers…
— Oscar Wilde
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Will there be poppy juice in it?" Phresine shook her head. "Good. My wife and I agreed that only my wine was to be poisoned.
— Megan Whalen Turner
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If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If religion is a…
— Zadie Smith
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When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in a warm bath.…
— Sylvia Plath
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But Harry . . . even if we had met and married three years ago, you’d still say it wasn’t enough time.” “You’re right. I…
— Lisa Kleypas
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[Lennie meets Joe - he works out that she was named after John Lennon] I nod. "Mom was a hippie." This is northern Northern California…
— Jandy Nelson
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I swear on St. Francis, the patron saint of all animals.” Seeing Poppy’s hesitation, Beatrix added enthusiastically, “If a band of pirates kidnapped me and…
— Lisa Kleypas
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And Poppy, remember that someday you will meet a frog who will turn into a handsome prince." "Good," Beatrix said. "Because all she's met so…
— Lisa Kleypas
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Do you know what a balance wheel is?” She shook her head slightly. “There’s one in every clock or watch. It rotates back and forth…
— Lisa Kleypas
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I have so much love for you, I could fill rooms with it. Buildings. You’re surrounded by it wherever you go, you walk through it,…
— Lisa Kleypas
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It might do wonders for your marriage,” Amelia continued. “It’s lovely to talk to your husband after you’ve been to bed together. They just lie…
— Lisa Kleypas
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the…
— Dorothy Parker
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Poppy was now almost well. She still slept more than usual, but when she wasn't sleeping she tromped around the doctor's house pulling spoons off…
— Jeanne DuPrau
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But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then…
— Robert Burns
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I don't think Harry cares about being forgiven," Poppy said glumly. "Of course he does. Men love to be forgiven. It makes us feel better…
— Lisa Kleypas
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Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can.
— Jennifer Egan
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Stu walked Bennie over to Chris in the chair and parted his hair to reveal some tan little creatures the size of poppy seeds moving…
— Jennifer Egan
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The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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She was like a crinkled poppy; with the desire to drink dry dust.
— Virginia Woolf
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There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy…
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Dancing? You, Poppy?" Marianne shook her head slowly. I never thought..." Rose looked concerned. She even felt Poppy's head for fever, but Poppy shook her…
— Jessica Day George
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Reason I know, is only a drug, and, as such, its effects are never permanent. But, like the juice of the poppy, it often gives…
— Hope Mirrlees
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Hi." "Hi." I shrug, as though to say "Whatever." In my peripheral vision I can see Magnus exhale. He looks a teeny bit nervous. "So."…
— Sophie Kinsella
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Whoever it was, whether I knew them or not, if I could help in some way, I would. I mean, if you can help, you…
— Sophie Kinsella
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