Steam Quotes

241 Steam quotes by 214 unique authors

There in the city's steam-and-smoke-smudged harbor is the most extraordinary sight of all: a great copper-clad lady with a torch in one hand and a… — Libba Bray
And we passed through the cavern of rats. And we passed through the path of boiling steam. And we passed through the country of the… — Harlan Ellison
Soon enough his head would be swimming with tales of derring-do and high adventure, tales of beautiful maidens kissed, of evildoers shot with pistols or… — Neil Gaiman
I got in a fight with my girlfriend," I said. "I was just driving around, blowing off steam, you know?" Well, you should be more… — Sherman Alexie
The following doodle: a girl with pigtails is bent under the weight of a gigantic boulder. Her cheeks puff out, and her rounded lips expel… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Tea would arrive, the cakes squatting on cushions of cream, toast in a melting shawl of butter, cups agleam and a faint wisp of steam… — Gerald Durrell
The river was mild and leisurely, going away from the people who ate shadows for breakfast and steam for lunch and vapors for supper. — Ray Bradbury
Lonliness evaporated off of them like the steam off dry ice, and by morning it was just a cloud on the ceiling of the room,… — Christopher Moore
I saw a huge steam roller, It blotted out the sun. The people all lay down, lay down; They did not try to run. My… — Kurt Vonnegut
A person whose desires and impulses are his own—are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own… — John Stuart Mill
The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The forge looked like a steam-powered locomotive had smashed into the Greek Parthenon and they had fused together. — Rick Riordan
A room full of words that are nearly the truth but not quite, each note fluttering off the steam of its rose like a broken… — Lauren Oliver
They could steam up windows with their kisses, but as soon as they started using their mouths for other things—like talking—everything got so complicated. — Lauren Kate
I am like a machine being driven to excessive rotations: the bearings are incandescing and, in a minute, melted metal will begin to drip and… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
The area was encompassed in a bubble of warm, fragrant steam from the funnel cake deep fryers. It smelled like sweet vanilla cake batter you… — Sarah Addison Allen
This is how memories are; what seems so clear and unforgettable at one moment vanishes like steam the next. — Michelle Moran
Written on the mirror, revealed by the steam, were the words, I love you, Jane. — J R Ward
I’m really not hungry,” she repeated, lifting the coffee cup and inhaling the fragrant steam before sipping. “Just a few bites,” he cajoled, taking his… — Linda Howard
You would like to read, but somehow the rain gets into the book, too; not literally, and yet it really does, the letters are meaningless,… — SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai
A breath of steam trickles out, filled with the sobs of a grown woman breaking into girl-sized pieces. — Laurie Halse Anderson
Discontented women are like pressure cookers. The steam rises and one day they just reach boiling point. — Bella Pollen
She’s an old lady,” Barron says. “And she’s been locked up for years. Let her have some fun. She needs to blow off steam. Seduce… — Holly Black
She serves me a piece of it a few minutes out of the oven. A little steam rises from the slits on top. Sugar and… — Raymond Carver
I perceive that you have a cruel heart, my child. It lies within your breast like a smoldering blade, hissing steam at me. — Catherynne M. Valente

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