Pressed Quotes

373 quotes by 305 authors

Grace. I held on to that name. If I kept that in my head, I would be OK. Grace. I was shaking, shaking; my skin… — Maggie Stiefvater
You know, I think the main purpose of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps is to get poor Americans into clean, pressed, unpatched clothes, so… — Kurt Vonnegut
There were so many people, so much to navigate, and as the distance fluctuated between us his hand kept slipping, down my arm to my… — Sarah Dessen
Do you really have any idea how important you are to me? Any concept at all of how much I love you?" He pulled me… — Stephenie Meyer
All my life I'd been told what to believe about politics, coloreds, being a girl. But with Constantine's thumb pressed in my hand, I realized… — Kathryn Stockett
We all have one idea of what the color blue is, but pressed to describe it specifically, there are so many ways: the ocean, lapis… — Sarah Dessen
Even at the age of eight she would fall asleep by pressing one hand into the other and making believe she was holding the hand… — Milan Kundera
He laced his fingers through mine and lifted my hand to his lips. I had gloves on, but he kissed exactly where I wore his… — Richelle Mead
Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became narcotic. — R. Scott Bakker
Coming down off the trail, I am lost in my own thoughts and unprepared when a bear chugs across the path just before it gives… — Louise Erdrich
His lips pressed against her forehead and she felt him smile against her skin. "Believe me...the only place in the world I want to be… — Lisa Kleypas
I moved up beside Jamie."I have to go." She frowned at me. "Where?" I pressed a hand to the bottom of my belly. "My bladder.It-"… — Kelley Armstrong
I looked to the window. Patch was gone, but a single black feather was pressed to the outer pane, held in place by last night's… — Becca Fitzpatrick
There is always a place where, if you listen closely in the night, you will hear a mother telling a story and at the end… — Edwidge Danticat
they ran in the sunlight, creating their own breeze which pressed their dresses into their damp skin. Reaching a kind of square of four locked… — Toni Morrison
You've done so many things and read so many books. Do you still believe in happy endings?" "Oh my Lord, yes." Bernadette's hands were pressed… — Karen Joy Fowler
He would not mind hearing Petrus's story one day. But preferably not reduced to English. More and more he is convinced that English is an… — J M Coetzee
I knew right then you were the only one for me." He pulled her hand from his face, kissed her palm, then pressed it flat… — Tessa Dare
Pressed up against him, I can feel the thud of his heart against mine, his ribcase expanding and contracting rapidly against my chest, the warm… — Tabitha Suzuma
Luckily for you," he said, "you shed hairpins the way Hansel and Gretel shed crumbs. I followed your trail." He pressed a half dozen hairpins… — Caroline Stevermer

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