Stiff Quotes

194 Stiff quotes by 164 unique authors

Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love? — Pearl S. Buck
Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat.… — John Donne
And now I was trying to brush my hair,you know,when I thought about it,and looking at myself in mirrors,wondering if I was pretty.Pretty! A year… — James Patterson
The "stiff, dead, retracted pelvis" is one of man's most frequent vegetative disturbances. It is responsible for lumbago as well as for hemorrhoidal disturbances. Elsewhere,… — Wilhelm Reich
Halt snorted derisively. "Battleschool evidently isn't what it used to be," he replied. "It's a fine thing when an old man like me can sleep… — John Flanagan
Look, we're trying to explore other options to your retirement," the whitecoat said. "You might be useful to us in other ways." Because we're not… — James Patterson
All I can do is lie here, brain turning somersaults. It's nights like these when memories stir, whipping themselves into stiff peaks of pain. — Ellen Hopkins
Fireheart dashed to the warrior's side. Cloudtail was standing stiff-legged, every hair in his pelt on end as if he were facing an enemy. His… — Erin Hunter
I haven’t had the chance to look at too many men’s faces up close. And I noticed how his skin was thicker than mine, and… — Kathryn Stockett
Izzy," said Jace, as they neared the pond, and she jumped up and spun around. Her smile was dazzling. "Jace!" She flew at him and… — Cassandra Clare
She was a thin woman in a mustard-yellow suit, with a yellowish complexion, short-cropped rusty red hair, and a stiff posture. She reminded Reynie of… — Trenton Lee Stewart
call out if you need a hand. if she looks like she's going to have you, i'll sneak up behind her and whach her on… — Erin Hunter
Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff; Life and these lips have long been separated: Death lies on her like an untimely frost… — William Shakespeare
... He didn't know how to say good-bye. His throat ached from the strain of holding back his emotions. “I don't want to leave you,”… — Lisa Kleypas
I play until my fingers are blue and stiff from the cold, and then I keep on playing. Until I'm lost in the music. Until… — Jennifer Donnelly
People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be… — Veronica Roth
Ah, drink again This river that is the taker-away of pain, And the giver-back of beauty! In these cool waves What can be lost?-- Only… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I'd throw the thought away. To put the… — A. E. Housman
she glanced down and saw that a glove of blood covered her lower arm from the elbow to the wrist. The arm was throbbing, stiff,… — Cassandra Clare
Birds, except when broiled and in the society of a cold bottle, bored him stiff. — P.G. Wodehouse
He let Shane drop back down in his chair, and walked out, back stiff. Furious. Shane sat with his hands clutching at the armrests. He… — Rachel Caine
You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you're wrong." He leans his face… — Veronica Roth
After great pain, a formal feeling comes — The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs — The stiff Heart questions was it He, that bore, And… — Emily Dickinson
The only other person I have fallen in love with that way is Jesus, and I hope that goes more smoothly. I hope I remember,… — Lauren F. Winner
I couldn't joke about the person who'd saved me from facing absolute heartbreak at home, who fed my family boxes of sweets, who ran to… — Kiera Cass

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164 authors contributed a total of 194 Stiff Quotes, led by these top contributors: