Shell Quotes

460 quotes by 410 authors

She was just a shell of her former self, functioning and talking but hardly alive. — Sarah Dessen
And Alex understood that Scotty Hausmann did not exist. He was a word casing in human form: a shell whose essence has vanished. — Jennifer Egan
We build a shell around it, like an oyster dealing with a painful particle of grit, coating it with smooth pearl layers in order to… — Neil Gaiman
And Harry, with the unerring skill of the Seeker, caught the wand in his free hand as Voldemort fell backward, arms splayed, the slit pupils… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I knew then that the person on the outside was only a shell, a presence to be seen and provoked. Inside was the real me,… — Bryce Courtenay
When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize the scent of… — Lisa Unger
...like a grain of sand that gets into an oyster's shell. What if the grain doesn't want to become a pearl? Is it ever asked… — Robin McKinley
Someone creeping into his yard in the dead of night? More likely there's a very shell-shocked cat wandering somewhere, covered in potato peelings. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Kevin was a shell game in which all three cups were empty. — Lionel Shriver
His words were still clear in her mind from that first meeting. "Whoever eats this will love you." She looked into the mirror, at her… — Holly Black
No,â€ he responded, reaching out to trace the shell of her ear. â€œThey grew back even more beautiful. Blue edged with silver.â€ Elena laughed at… — Nalini Singh
Whatever happened to me just now has gotten to me, broken past the fragile shell I've built. More than my memory is gone. My soul… — Elizabeth Scott
Oh God, God, why did you take such trouble to force this creature out of its shell if it is now doomed to crawl back… — C.S. Lewis
She saw through the shell of me into the center of me — Jonathan Safran Foer
Iâ€™ve always felt almost human. Iâ€™ve always known that thereâ€™s something about me thatâ€™s different than other dogs. Sure, Iâ€™m stuffed into a dogâ€™s body,… — Garth Stein
Suppose the looking glass smashes, the image disappears, and the romantic figure with the green of forest depths all about it is there no longer,… — Virginia Woolf
What's wrong with men?" Tenar inquired cautiously. As cautiously, lowering her voice, Moss replied, "I don't know, my dearie. I've thought on it. Often I've… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I can't deceive myself that out of the bare stark realization that no matter how enthusiastic you are, no matter how sure that character is… — Sylvia Plath
Maxim 20: If youâ€™re not willing to shell your own position, youâ€™re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries — Howard Tayler
Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the… — Rumi

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