Slightly Quotes

793 quotes by 650 authors

It is a slightly arresting notion that if you were to pick yourself apart with tweezers, one atom at a time, you would produce a… — Bill Bryson
my mind is a big hunk of irrevocable nothing which touch and taste and smell and hearing and sight keep hitting and chipping with sharp… — E E Cummings
When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly, leaving greasy sweat streaks on the wall, and he hooked his thumbs in his belt. A… — Harper Lee
The speed of her tongue is not correctly calculated; the speed per second of her toungue should be slightly less than the speed per second… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you… — Zane Grey
Do you like vegetables?" Sophie asked, hoping to steer the conversation towards a slightly less dangerous kind of food. "You is trying to change the… — Roald Dahl
It was a good hald minute before I looked over at Todd. his eyes were slightly foggy, like he was waking up- reluctantly- from a… — Lisa Kleypas
I called to wish you an unhappy birthday because you're evil and you lie and if you should die I may feel slightly sad, but… — Steven Morrissey
You've gotta be slightly stupid. — Joe Strummer
I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he realizes that he's… — Barack Obama
Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear-the earth remains, slightly modified. The earth remains, and the heartbreaking beauty where… — Edward Abbey
The woman was silent, her eyes on the floor. Shimamura had come to a point where he knew he was only parading his masculine shamelessness,… — Yasunari Kawabata
As a young man I was scornful about the supernatural but as I have got older, the sharp line that divided the credible from the… — Colin Wilson
Reluctantly, I pulled out my necklace and showed it to them. Samuel frowned. The little figure was stylized; I suppose he couldn't tell what it… — Patricia Briggs
But like a gambler at a slot machine, hoping the next spin would change her life for the better, she closed in before she lost… — Nicholas Sparks
Here, kitty, kitty, Chico says. The cover of his cage is still on, making his tiny clown voice slightly muffled. I feel bad for him… — Deb Caletti
Possible reality [is obtained] by slightly bending physical and chemical laws. — Marcel Duchamp
Properly speaking, of course, there is no such thing as a return to nature, because there is no such thing as a departure from it.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Holmes had cultivated the ability to still the noise of the mind, by smoking his pipe and playing nontunes on the violin. He once compared… — Laurie R. King
...extraordinarily beautiful, and slightly out of focus. — Rosemary Sutcliff

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