Shut Quotes

1936 Shut quotes by 1298 unique authors

Some leave our life with tears, others with an insane frigidity; Mrs. Wilcox had taken the middle course, which only rarer natures can pursue. She… — E. M. Forster
Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by… — W. Somerset Maugham
I guess the difference between Gin and me is that when Gin got shut in the barn she thought Edmond didn't love her anymore but… — Meg Rosoff
When people looked at him they had the feeling of being shut out. He did not shut them out. He shut himself in. — Jeanette Winterson
Katy was neither a Methodist nor a Masochist. She was a goddess and the silence of goddesses is genuinely golden. None of your superficial plating.… — Aldous Huxley
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last,… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Radar threw his books into his locker and shut it. Then the din of conversation around us quieted just a bit as he turned his… — John Green
The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut. — J.R.R. Tolkien
It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can't see who you are. It is better to lead than… — E. Lockhart
Shut your eyes and see. — James Joyce
That's brain tissue. How can you-?" Claire shut her mouth, fast. "Never mind. I don't think I wanna know." "Truly, I think that's best. Please… — Rachel Caine
The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement; shut that, and 'twill out at the key-hole; stop that, 'twill… — William Shakespeare
I’m seventeen years old, my name is Juan García Madero, and I’m in my first semester of law school. I wanted to study literature, not… — Roberto Bolano
Bilbo lay with his eyes shut, gasping an taking pleasure in the feel of the fresh air again, and hardly noticing the excitement of the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Look at Matsumoto. You need at least 10 years of sleep to catch up with her." "Shut up! Rangiku's a freak of nature! — Tite Kubo
In my view, the novelist has no right to express his opinions on the things of this world. In creating, he must imitate God: do… — Gustave Flaubert
You may control a mad elephant; You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger; Ride the lion and play with the cobra;… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Will looked up angrily, shaking his head in disbelief. Will you shut up? he said tautly. Horace shrugged in apology. 'I'm sorry' he said, I… — John Flanagan
They're safe,'' he said. "And you're not made of glass". He swept me up in his arms. I laughed. "And I'm not made of glass."… — Sherwood Smith
Shigure: JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR A SECOND, KYO! Kyo: SHUT UP! I HATE THIS! DO YOU REALLY GET THAT MUCH ENJOYMENT FROM PLAYING WITH… — Natsuki Takaya
I think that nonexistent mythological creature just broke some of your toes," Jack said. Oh, shut up," said Charles — James A. Owen
I don't even want you to nod, that's how much you annoy me. Just freeze and shut up. — Neal Stephenson
There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world. — Henry Ward Beecher
I soon discovered that if you keep your mouth shut, people are apt to believe you know everything, and they begin to feel freer and… — Audre Lorde

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