Shiny Quotes

207 Shiny quotes by 178 unique authors

Her laughter was a shiny thing, like pewter flung high in the air. — Pat Conroy
We were language's magpies by nature, stealing whatever sounded bright and shiny. — Salman Rushdie
Consider the black widow spider. It's a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish… — Robert A. Heinlein
For writers: If you polish a book too much, it'll be flat and shiny and smooth--and not too interesting. It's the little pits and bumps… — Lori Foster
You're walking through a field all by yourself one day in spring and this sweet little bear cub with velvet fur and shiny little eyes… — Haruki Murakami
Doobie always wanted to see the badge. It was shiny, and he was eight. — Eoin Colfer
She is a woman of honour and smartness whose wild leaves out luck, always taking risks, and there is something in her brow now, that… — Michael Ondaatje
He loved her for being so beautiful, and he hated her for it. He loved how she put shiny stuff on her lips for him,… — Ann Brashares
Oh, both my shoes are shiny new, And pristine is my hat My dress is 1922â€¦ My life is all like that. — Dorothy Parker
I like bars just after they open in the evening. When the air inside is still cool and clean and everything is shiny. The first… — Raymond Chandler
Little fussy Otto, in his red-lined black opera cloak with pockets for all his gear, his shiny black shoes, his carefully cut widow's peak and,… — Terry Pratchett
Statues are too much like dolls, and dolls are creepy. You keep expecting them to blink. And the ones that smile, like this?" Eve kept… — Nora Roberts
I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines. — Alice Sebold
But you know me-I'm an information magpie, always interested in shiny bits of intel. I've never gotten in trouble because of knowing too much. — Tim Pratt
So this is what I will do. I will gather together my past and look. I will see a thing that has already happened. the… — Amy Tan
I had become a kind of information magpie, gathering to myself all manner of shiny scraps of fact and hokum and books and art-history and… — Salman Rushdie
I wonder what it's like to live in Tinaville. I get the feeling it's very shiny there. — Meg Cabot
It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of… — Anne Lamott
Ourchestra: So you haven't got a drum, just beat your belly. So I haven't got a horn-I'll play my nose. So we haven't any cymbals-… — Shel Silverstein
Except for when I was very little and thought that being an "engineer" meant he drove a train. Then I imagined him in the seat… — Nicole Krauss

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