Pressed Quotes

373 quotes by 305 authors

Sometimes I feel like I've got my nose pressed up against the window of a bakery, only I'm the bread. — Carrie Fisher
[her] mind blackens. The blackness is not a thought, but if it could be pressed into a thought, if a chemical from a dropper could… — Steve Martin
Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times?" Mo had said..."As if something were left between the pages… — Cornelia Funke
The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days of my childhood.… — Margaret Sanger
Leave to your opinions their own quiet undisturbed development, which, like all progress, must come from deep within and cannot be pressed or hurried by… — Rainer Maria Rilke
i remember we all cried like the Missouri when my Uncle Sol's coffin lurched because somebody pressed a button (and down went my uncle Sol… — E E Cummings
Drualt took Freya's warm hand, Her strong hand, Her sword hand, And pressed it to his lips, Pressed it to his heart. Come with me,'… — Gail Carson Levine
Tommy had felt alone in a crowd before, even inferior to everyone in a crowd, but now he felt, well, different. It wasn't just the… — Christopher Moore
The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the… — Terry Pratchett
Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God,… — Amy Carmichael
It was her first book, an indigo cover with a silver moonflower, an art nouveau flower, I traced my finger along the silver line like… — Janet Fitch
And so I began to read,' Sorkar said. 'And at first the complete works were like a jungle, the language was quicksand. Metaphors turned beneath… — Vikram Chandra
A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him up for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed; and plunging down Forgot in cruel… — William Butler Yeats
Every time the phone rang, my heart jumped. Was it Alexander? And when it wasn't him my heart would break into a million pieces. It… — Ellen Schreiber
Under cover of her silence he pressed her arm closely to his side; and, as they stood at the hotel door, he felt that they… — James Joyce
I pressed down the mental accelerator. The old lemon throbbed fiercely. I got an idea. — P.G. Wodehouse
My family suffered. My hair turned up in every corner, every drawer, every meal. Even in the rice puddings Tessie made, covering each little bowl… — Jeffrey Eugenides
He owned an expensive camera that required thought before you pressed the shutter, and I quickly became his favorite subject, round-faced, missing teeth, my thick… — Jhumpa Lahiri
But he does look stupid.' Yearning. Not stupid. He wants awfully to be on the inside staring out: anybody with their nose pressed against a… — Truman Capote
How not to imagine the tumors ripening beneath his skin, flesh I have kissed, stroked with my fingertips, pressed my belly and breasts against, some… — Dorianne Laux

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