Pressing Quotes
276 Pressing quotes by 237 unique authors
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Hello?†I peered into the shadows. Two green circles flashed in the dark. I yelped, jumping backward and pressing myself against the wall. “And may…
— Mira Grant
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Lee saw the fireball and head through the roar in his ears Hester saying, "That's the last of 'em Lee." He said, or thought, "Those…
— Philip Pullman
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I'm sorry." "Be sorry you lied," he said, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Don't be sorry you loved him. That's part of you, part…
— Richelle Mead
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All night I streched my arms across him, rivers of blood, the dark woods, singing with all my skin and bone ''Please keep him safe.…
— Richard Siken
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He kissed me for a long moment, holding my shoulders, perhaps to keep me from pressing my whole body against his. Then he tried to…
— Laura Whitcomb
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You don't want me to feel obligated? Well, I'm sorry, Lily. I am here because I feel obligated." He brought her hand to his chest,…
— Tessa Dare
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You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it must look like a grimace. Peeta's alive.
— Suzanne Collins
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Sanity, as the project of keeping ourselves recognizably human, therefore has to limit the range of human experience. To keep faith with recognition we have…
— Adam Phillips
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The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back into its printed…
— Cornelia Funke
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My captivity with Dimitri. The way his mouth—so, so warm, despite his cold skin—had kissed mine. The feel of his fangs pressing into my neck…
— Richelle Mead
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Our favourite item was the balcony that overlooked the sea because it had an awning that you lowered by pressing an electric switch. The switch…
— Douglas Adams
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It will be as if I'd never existed. The words ran through my head, lacking the perfect clarity of my hallucination last night. They were…
— Stephenie Meyer
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I had never ironed anything in my life. The proper pressing of a shirt was a mystery of the universe akin to black holes and…
— Lisa Kleypas
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Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others...I…
— Brennan Manning
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Hey,†he said softly. He moved closer to the bars, pressing his face between them. “I always said you were jailbait, but this is ridiculous.
— Rachel Caine
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Alek was right behind her now, his body pressing close as he adjusted her sword arm. She hadn't realized this fencing business would be so…
— Scott Westerfeld
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Then she was pressing her little proud broken self against his face, as close as she could get, and then they died.
— Philip Pullman
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Will’s voice dropped. “Everyone makes mistakes, Jem.†“Yes,†said Jem. “You just make more of them than most people.†“I —†“You hurt everyone,†said…
— Cassandra Clare
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To use an electronics analogy, closing a book on a bookmark is like pressing the Stop button, whereas when you leave the book facedown, you've…
— Anne Fadiman
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I stepped closer to him and lowered my voice. 'If you could change one thing, what would it be?' He pulled the sheep pendant from…
— Maria V. Snyder
Who Wrote These Pressing Quotes
237 authors contributed a total of 276 Pressing Quotes, led by these top contributors: