Pressing Quotes
276 Pressing quotes by 237 unique authors
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In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will…
— William L. Shirer
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THE SERUM WEARS off five hours later, when the sun is just beginning to set. Tobias shut me in my room for the rest of…
— Veronica Roth
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His fingers leave streaks of cold on my skin, invisible to the eye, and I think about wrapping his shirt around my fist and pulling…
— Veronica Roth
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Look at your heart-flower and smile. You will be able to solve your most pressing problems.
— Sri Chinmoy
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His lips hovered over hers. “No,†he snarled. Madison wasn’t sure to whom he was talking, but then his mouth was crushing hers, and her…
— Unknown Author
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It’s as easy as we choose to make it,†he murmured, pressing his forehead to mine. “At least, this decision is. Nothing’s truly easy, Georgina.…
— Richelle Mead
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A gentleman would have announced himself!†I told him, pressing against the side of the tub. “And a scoundrel would have joined you.†-- Kit…
— Karen Chance
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I think about pressing myself against him, but I can't, because all our secrets would keep a space between us.
— Veronica Roth
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Cold,†he said, pressing a finger to my pale wrist. “Not cold so much as underoxygenated,†I said. “I love it when you talk medical…
— John Green
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His hand touches my waist, steadies me. The touch sends a shock through my body, and all my insides burn like his fingers ignited them.…
— Veronica Roth
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[s]he was a compulsive pessimist, always looking for the soft brown spot in the fruit, pressing so hard she created it.
— Amy Waldman
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Let me just tell you this, Watanabe," said Midori, pressing her cheek against my neck. "I'm a real, live girl, with real, live blood gushing…
— Haruki Murakami
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.. becoming attached to a country involves pressing, uncomfortable questions about justice and opportunity for its least powerful citizens.
— Katherine Boo
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What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering. For weeks, Marianne, I've had this pressing on…
— Jane Austen
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be. I gasp, pressing both palms…
— Veronica Roth
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That is disgusting, and I will never kiss you again." "Yes, you will," he said, and proved by pressing his lips to hers. She wanted…
— Rachel Caine
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I hear footsteps and Four's hands wrap around my wrists. I let him pry my hands from my eyes. He encloses one of my hands…
— Veronica Roth
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The man who has known pure joy, if only for a moment ... is the only man for whom affliction is something devastating. At the…
— Simone Weil
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Kellan’s hand found hers, took it into his strong grasp. “There,†he said, pressing a kiss to the center of her palm. “I’ve got you,…
— Tina St. John
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She placed her palm over his wound, pressing as hard as she dared. She would stop the blood. She would hold him and stop his…
— Michael Grant
Who Wrote These Pressing Quotes
237 authors contributed a total of 276 Pressing Quotes, led by these top contributors: