Stood Quotes
1356 quotes by 999 authors
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he stood against the wind and let it peel him clean
— Anne Carson
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Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.
— Eliezer Yudkowsky
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A person's shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows…
— Rick Riordan
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Tarly, when I was a lad half your age, my lady mother told me that if I stood about with my mouth open, a weasel…
— George R. R. Martin
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She stood in front of the mirror a long time, and finally decided she either looked like a sap or else she looked very beautiful.…
— Carson McCullers
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You see, Greg, my mother is going through a feline phase. Blinky is a Persian,' Hale said simply, as if that should explain everything. 'Binky…
— Ally Carter
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Basement?' Hamish cried, then glanced at his brother. 'You hear this fellow? He thinks we can just go on down to the furnace and start…
— Ally Carter
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Nick sat beside Simon, who was at his computer. Marcus stood at attention beside the food. Hale had his feet on the table, reading the…
— Ally Carter
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Dreamily the Princess stood up. "I'm not sure if I can walk," she said. "Then I'll carry you." "Is that what love is?" "I no…
— Tom Robbins
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at last no one decided And no one knocked And no one jumped up And no one opened And there stood no one And no…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Curran and Kate stood by the door. “I can’t believe you decided to come down here and check on me,†she said. “The guy once…
— Ilona Andrews
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We were sitting there on the couch together, and he pushed himself up to go but then fell back down onto the couch and sneaked…
— John Green
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But now his dry and silent grieving for his lost wife must end, for there she stood, the fierce, recalcitrant, and fragile stranger, forever to…
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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Jacks stood beside her. Instead of saying anything, she felt his fingers trace up her palm and then lace into hers. He had taken her…
— Scott Speer
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Once a guy stood all day shaking bugs from his hair.
— Philip K. Dick
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Cold,†he said, pressing a finger to my pale wrist. “Not cold so much as underoxygenated,†I said. “I love it when you talk medical…
— John Green
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You stood over me and you made a promise to me, as sacred as any vow. And I can understand why you're angry, but you…
— Gayle Forman
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She stood by the tea-table in a light-coloured muslin gown, which had a good deal of pink about it. She looked as if she was…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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Kai cleared his throat. Stood straighter. "I assume you are going to the ball?" "I-I don't know. I mean, no. No, I'm sorry, I'm not…
— Marissa Meyer
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But her name was Esmé. She was a girl with long, long, red, red hair. Her mother braided it. The flower shop boy stood behind…
— Laini Taylor
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