Skull Quotes

219 Skull quotes by 179 unique authors

Grandfather's been dead all these years, but if you lifted my skull, by God, in the convolutions of my brain you'd find the big ridges… — Ray Bradbury
Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr.… — Emily Bronte
They're fanatics. It's like expecting humanity from a falling rock. It's not going to have a fit of compassion and not crack your skull open. — Ilona Andrews
Inside skull vast as outside skull — Allen Ginsberg
My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the… — Yann Martel
You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things." Liesel watched him… — Markus Zusak
If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we read it? — Franz Kafka
Dan moved forward and replaced Jonah at the helm. "I've got a plan!" "That's my man!" The famous grin disappeared as Jonah took in the… — Gordon Korman
It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Those eyes, they've got a history with mine. They were the first things I saw when I came to, after being hit in the skull… — Jodi Picoult
You are very clever,' said the old man shyly. 'I would like to eat your brains, one day,' For some reason the books of etiquette… — Terry Pratchett
Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of Thy mercies. I have lusted in my heart to break a man's skull and scatter… — Barbara Kingsolver
Life's true face is the skull. — Nikos Kazantzakis
If he had his wits about him Bunny would surely keep his mouth shut; but now, with his subconscious mind knocked loose from its perch… — Donna Tartt
Hey," Dopey said when I was finished reading. "How come they never mentioned me? I'm the one who found the skeleton." "Oh, yeah," Sleepy said… — Meg Cabot
I turned around slowly, and looked up at him. He stiffened and sucked in a shallow breath. After a moment, he touched my cheek. "Such… — Karen Marie Moning
With his sunglasses gone and his scarf hanging down, there was no denying that he had no flesh, he had no skin, he had no… — Derek Landy
Dada is not modern at all, it is rather a return to a quasi-Buddhist religion of indifference. Dada puts an artificial sweetness onto things, a… — Tristan Tzara
I stare at him coldly. "I do not care for needlework." I pause. "Unless it involves the base of the skull. — R.L. LaFevers
I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your… — Arthur Conan Doyle
I used to think that cruelty required malice, but that is not true. Jeanine has no reason to act out of malice. But she is… — Veronica Roth
The slime of all my yesterdays rots in the hollow of my skull. — Sylvia Plath
There was only silence. It was the silence of matter caught in the act and embarrassed. There were no cells moving, and yet there were… — Annie Dillard
All nationalistic distinctions - all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect - are… — George Orwell
I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. — Jonathan Safran Foer

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