Pressed Quotes

373 quotes by 305 authors

War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard-pressed to say something good about their country. — Don DeLillo
Her cheeks were flushed. She caught hold of the Savage's arm and pressed it, limp, against her side. He looked down at her for a… — Aldous Huxley
My instinct was always have your gun in your hand. Especially when you are telling somebody to do something. But, in fact, the police academy… — Augusten Burroughs
I rolled back onto the lawn and pressed my forehead to the ground again and made the noise that Father calls groaning. I make this… — Mark Haddon
Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
For a long time I believed the opposite of passion was death. I was wrong. Passion and death are implicit, one in the other. Past… — Marya Hornbacher
The sun goes down long and red. All the magic names of the valley unrolled - Manteca, Madera, all the rest. Soon it got dusk,… — Jack Kerouac
Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed… — Jack Kerouac
With his long sharp nails he opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one… — Bram Stoker
Mortimer's face twisted when the Piper pressed his knife against his ribs. Oh yes, he's obviously made the wrong enemies in this story, thought Orpheus.… — Cornelia Funke
But the great artists like Michelangelo and Blake and Tolstoi--like Christ whom Blake called an artist because he had one of the most creative imaginations… — Brenda Ueland
Lucas should've run out of there that instant. Instead he stared at me through the glass and slowly unfolded his hand opposite mine so that… — Claudia Gray
Now from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his… — Homer
He took something out of his jacket and handed it to her. It was a long thin dagger in a leather sheath. The hilt of… — Cassandra Clare
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing… — Joyce Kilmer
Murray said, Â´I donÂ´t trust anybodyÂ´s nostalgia but my own. Nostalgia is a product of dissatisfaction and rage. ItÂ´s a settling of grievances between the… — Don DeLillo
She stood, squared her shoulders. â€œWeâ€™ll do it. Together.â€ And then she did something that shocked them both. She rose on her tiptoes and pressed… — Gena Showalter
It's a soft-sounding word, 'never,' but its velvety timbre can't hide its sharp edges...Never pressed down on him. It grabbed him by the neck and… — Kathi Appelt
Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at… — Douglas Adams
Dodge," Alyss said, putting a hand to the parrallel scars on his cheek, that brand left so long ago by The Cat. She pressed her… — Frank Beddor

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