Scratching Quotes

96 quotes by 91 authors

If Under fell, if Over leaped, If death was life and Death life reaped, Something rises from the gloom, To make the Underland a tomb… — Suzanne Collins
We see our sins reflected everywhere: in the pallor of our intimatesâ€™ faces, in the scratching of tree branches against windows, in the strange movements… — Anna Godbersen
The one test of the really weird (story) is simply this--whether or not there be excited in the reader a profound sense of dread, and… — H P Lovecraft
All I heard was the blood rushing through my ears, and the distant rumble and crackle of the Lake of Fire. (And Khufu scratching himself… — Rick Riordan
Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction. In fiction, all… — Peter David
Unless you are here: this garden refuses to exist. Pink dragonflies fall from the air and become scorpions scratching blood out of rocks. The rainbows… — Aberjhani
Nothing stands for content-free corporate bullshit quite like PowerPoint. And that's just scratching the surface... — Charles Stross
Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind… — Christopher McDougall
He loved the scratching of pencil against paper when he was focused: it meant something was happening. — John Green
But I am I now; and so many other millions are so irretrievably their own special variety of 'I' that I can hardly bear to… — Sylvia Plath
Cold?" Ravus echoed. He took her arm and rubbed it between his hands, watching them as though they were betraying him. "Better?" He asked warily.… — Holly Black
[Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people… — Warren Buffett
Trent looked me up and down. â€œIs that all youâ€™re going to do?â€ My pulse quickened, and I gazed at the front of the basilica… — Kim Harrison
Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. Well, Mumsy, no, not really. Your beloved large-print sagas of rags, riches, and… — David Mitchell
If you want to marry me, here's what you'll have to do: You must learn how to make a perfect chicken-dumpling stew. And you must… — Shel Silverstein
She let him finish, scratching his head with the tips of her fingers, and without his having revealed that he was weeping from love, she… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Writing stories is my way of scratching that itch: my escape from the claustrophobia of individuality. It lets me, at least for a while, live… — Emma Donoghue
Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate… — Jean Baudrillard
The garden is a living, pulsing, singing, scratching, warring, erotic, and generally rowdy thing. I may find peace in its midst, but I regard it… — Diane Ackerman
When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. — Samuel Lover

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