Pulling Quotes
520 quotes by 460 authors
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Mama read it an began pulling her hair an weepin an praisin the Lord, 'cause it say I am 'Temporarily Deferred' on account of I…
— Winston Groom
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No American is ever made better off by pulling a fellow American down, and all of us are made better off whenever any one of…
— John F. Kennedy
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One thing I've learned about vampires--they keep pulling new rabbits out of their cloaks. Big, fanged, carnivorous bunnies that'll eat your eyeballs if you're not…
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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They were close enough that he could feel the hurried beat of her heart. He could feel Charlotte's indecision in every word she didn't say…
— Lauren Willig
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Maybe the first time you saw her you were ten. She was standing in the sun scratching her legs. Or tracing letters in the dirt…
— Nicole Krauss
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She froze. He reached up and took her hand in his, pulling the knife away, making her drop it on the floor. "Show me how…
— Anne Stuart
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Love and violence-not to conquer one with the other but to live with both, that's what I've learned. Each pulling me a different way. If…
— Denis Johnson
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Oh baby," he whispers. Steps back. Out of the doorway. His face ashen. He walks slowly back to the kitchen. Leans over the counter. Puts…
— Lisa McMann
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William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir." Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free…
— Terry Pratchett
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She smiled, pulling the photo a little closer, and I wondered if I should ask her, too, the question for my project, get her definition.…
— Sarah Dessen
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(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe.
— Kevin Henkes
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The waves of pain that had only lapped at me before now reared high up and washed over my head, pulling me under. I did…
— Stephenie Meyer
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On the drive we talked easily, but we did make a small detour. After pulling into a rest stop, we made out like teenagers.
— Nicholas Sparks
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The fate of peoples is made like this, two men in small rooms. Forget the coronations, the conclaves of cardinals, the pomp and processions. This…
— Hilary Mantel
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Alexander, you broke my heart. But for carrying me on your back, for pulling my dying sled, for giving me your last bread, for the…
— Paullina Simons
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He grinned when I didn't protest, and lowered his mouth toward mine. The first touch was just that - a touch. A teasing, tempting softness.…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Then you're aping him. Valentine was one of the most arrogant and disrespectful men I've ever met. I suppose he brought you up to be…
— Cassandra Clare
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Do you know how fast you were going?" Fang looked at the speedometer..."No," he said truthfully. I tagged you at seventy miles per hour,"she said,…
— James Patterson
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But what he didn't understand was that this dreamland was preferable,walking through this life half-sleeping,everything at arm's length or farther away. I understood those mermaids.I…
— Sarah Dessen
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When you're walking home at night, do you even get creeped out and even though it's silly and embarrassing you just want to run home?"…
— John Green
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