Stoves Quotes
81 quotes by 72 authors
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Here stands a girl clutching a knife. There is grease on the stove, blood in the air, and angry words piled in the corners. We…
— Laurie Halse Anderson
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Sometimes I think I'll give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day.
— Dorothy Parker
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Think of two people, living together day after day, year after year, in this small space, standing elbow to elbow cooking at the same small…
— Christopher Isherwood
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I smell pancakes," Al said as he jauntily smacked Pierce's hat back on the witch's head. "Did the runt make you breakfast?" Al said, leaning…
— Kim Harrison
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I just . . . knew, the way you know how to breathe or to pull your hand back from a hot stove.
— Lilith Saintcrow
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Come to think of it, that word (choice) shouldn't be applied to people's destinies. Ever. Choice should be relegated to TV and meals: You could…
— J R Ward
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Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a…
— Albert Einstein
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She wandered over to the enclosed range, a rather modern-looking contraption that Cook had purchased earlier in the year. "Do you know how to work…
— Julia Quinn
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If only I had some grease I could fix some kind of a light," Ma considered. "We didn't lack for light when I was a…
— Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Time to plant tears, says the almanac. The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house.
— Elizabeth Bishop
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Kid 1: *examining my gorgeous strawberry and blueberry pies*: Wow, Mom, your pies don’t look awful this time. Me (Ilona): ... ~A little later~ Kid…
— Ilona Andrews
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I have terrible nightmares, you know. Every night when I come home from a long day’s dying, I take off my skin and lay it…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity, indoor plumbing, central…
— Edward Abbey
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Count Olaf certainly does sound evil. Imagine forcing children to stand near a stove!
— Daniel Handler
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Do you know what pain is, Cammie? It’s the body’s physical response to imminent harm. It is the mind’s way of telling us to move…
— Ally Carter
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These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the…
— Laura Ingalls Wilder
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This life is a hospital where every patient is possessed with the desire to change beds; one man would like to suffer in front of…
— Charles Baudelaire
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When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes; when you sit on a hot stove for two minutes,…
— Albert Einstein
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We have friends in Italy who have these old stoves, and they turn out the most beautiful food. All you really need is time, the…
— Debi Mazar
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Climate change is important to Malawi, but many people see alternative energy more as a means to skip the government and get electricity and power.…
— William Kamkwamba
Who Wrote These Stoves Quotes
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