Spines Quotes

35 quotes by 31 authors

[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours… — William Halsey
The nut of this tree is hung high aloft, wrapped in a silk wrapper, which is enclosed in a case of sole leather, which again… — Luis de Camoes
The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids. — Etgar Keret
We are the fed up grass roots movement of goose flesh, hell bent on living this one life by the way we feel our spines,… — Buddy Wakefield
I love bookshelves, and stacks of books, spines, typography, and the feel of pages between my fingertips. I love bookmarks, and old bindings, and stars… — Laini Taylor
Living as a couple never means that each gets half. You must take turns at giving more than getting. Itâ€™s not the same as a… — Marlena De Blasi
On the night Test faced the Great One, this is what he'll see... twelve sharpshooters stinging, eleven eyebrows raising, ten spines a'bustin, nine noggins knocking,… — Dwayne Johnson
At present, [in the desert] an exasperating clarity reigns. The sky has become less visible than water in a jar. Black peaks, spines of granite,… — Mohammed Dib
The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I… — Milos Forman
I have a sort of tactility about music. I go into record stores and just run my fingers over it, the spines. — Twyla Tharp
I like the weight, look, and feel of a book. I enjoy turning the pages, and frequently scan the spines of my many books on… — Al Seckel
At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos. — Heston Blumenthal
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. — Billy Graham
he looked around at the books on the walls, at their dark, worn spines, and he seemed to hear a strange, distant murmur coming from… — Arturo PÃ©rez-Reverte
I read," I say. "I study and read. I bet I've read everything you read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out… — David Foster Wallace
She said it out loud, the words distributed into a room that was full of cold air and books. Books everywhere! Each wall was armed… — Markus Zusak
The zipper opened all the way down our spines. — Jeffrey Eugenides
His eyes were eggs of unstable crystal, vibrating with a frequency whose name was rain and the sound of trains, suddenly sprouting a humming forest… — William Gibson
Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like it had moved… — Sarah Addison Allen
I smiled at the stacks, inhaling again. Hundreds of thousands of pages that had never been turned, waiting for me. The shelves were a warm,… — Maggie Stiefvater

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