Sideways Quotes
135 quotes by 111 authors
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You can even get used to having a hole in your life where someone used to live. A hole where you thought they'd live for…
— Sally Nicholls
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It was complicated. I understood it, mostly, but I had to think a little sideways to do it.
— Patricia Briggs
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Unrequited love," I'd say. He'd look at me sideways in that cunning way he did and say, "what about it?" and I'd reply, "it's not…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Suicide. A sideways word, a word that people whisper and mutter and cough: a word that must be squeezed out behind cupped palms or murmured…
— Lauren Oliver
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Bad day?" "Every day is a bad day here." "Eh, this place isnt't so terrible." "How are you always cheerful?" "Alcohol," he says with a…
— Pittacus Lore
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But things worked out. Everything works out. Though sometimes they work out sideways.
— Knut Hamsun
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You’ve never been to school, ever? If that’s true— and you’re right, I don’t think it is—what made you decide to come this year?†“You....Your…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Michael patted him on the shoulder. “I like this plan,†he said. “You and Eve, picking up cake and flowers, and you can’t even say…
— Rachel Caine
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I am brave," Will said... "Yes, you are," Magnus said, and kissed him. It wasn't the most dramatic kiss, but Will failed his free arm…
— Cassandra Clare
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Samuel! Are you alright?" A vision of Samuel being brained by the falling bars rose up before Simon's eyes. Samuel's voice rose to a scream.…
— Cassandra Clare
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Her hair was strawberry blond, and she had the shape of a popsicle stick: turn her sideways and she practically disappeared.
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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I had as yet no notion that life every now and then becomes literature—not for long, of course, but long enough to be what we…
— Norman Maclean
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I wondered if I would appear on a temple wall painting someday. A blonde Egyptian girl with purple highlights running sideways through the palm trees,…
— Rick Riordan
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Ben yanked Hi sideways as spikes snapped from the wall…Once again, only Ben’s reflexes had saved him. “Please stop doing that!†Ben barked. “Please keep…
— Kathy Reichs
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And when Jace was ten years old, Valentine killed him. Michael, I mean." "That sounds like something he would do," said Luke. His tone was…
— Cassandra Clare
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Now, for the first time, he's seeing that there really is a way out of this, and it's all so simple. You don't have to…
— Irvine Welsh
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You have a steady fella?†Sam asked after a bit. “No fella can hold me for long.†Sam gave her a sideways glance. “That a…
— Libba Bray
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...you could not measure love on a scale of degrees, and now she understood that it was the same with pain. Pain might escalate upward…
— Kristin Cashore
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Velvet looks horrified. “If you are fool enough to address King R’jan, you will do it thus and in no other manner! ‘My King, Liege,…
— Karen Marie Moning
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It's important to be aware of how we treat others. Even though someone appears to shrug off a sideways comment or to not be affected…
— Jay Asher
Who Wrote These Sideways Quotes
111 authors contributed a total of 135 Sideways Quotes, led by these top contributors: