Streaks Quotes
152 Streaks quotes by 140 unique authors
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You don't care what people think. You don't see your beloved's faults, the slight stinginess, the bit of carelessness, the occasional streak of meanness. You…
— Amy Tan
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I think that all artists, regardless of degree of talent, are a painful, paradoxical combination of certainty and uncertainty, of arrogance and humility, constantly in…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly, leaving greasy sweat streaks on the wall, and he hooked his thumbs in his belt. A…
— Harper Lee
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Let us be honest: most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the…
— Beverley Nichols
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Figures dark beneath their loads pass down the far bank of the river, rendered immortal by the streak of sunset upon their shoulders
— Peter Matthiessen
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I watched the early morning light pass over and through the windows of colored glass, leaving streaks of red and green and yellow on the…
— Karen Cushman
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I have lived one step away from losing my mind for years. I am quick and accurate in spotting unstable streaks in others.
— Charlaine Harris
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I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. But for now, at least…
— John Green
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They rode on and the sun in the east flushed pale streaks of light and then a deeper run of color like blood seeping up…
— Cormac McCarthy
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And also, one is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is a mother to…
— Mariama Bâ
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It goes in streaks. But some things never go out of fashion.' Hunger artists, fat folks, giants, and dog acts come and go but real…
— Katherine Dunn
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Never cross a woman with a star on a stick, young lady. They've got a mean streak.
— Terry Pratchett
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The night is falling down around us. Meteors rain like fireworks, quick rips in the seam of the dark... Every second, another streak of silver…
— Jodi Picoult
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Then I’ll do some digging. (Fury) You just can’t help this kamikaze streak you have, can you? (Sasha)
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak.
— Jeannette Walls
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Then she saw a star fall, leaving behind it a bright streak of fire. “Someone is dying,†thought the little girl, for her old grandmother,…
— Hans Christian Andersen
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Her hair is ridiculous," I said. "I know. That was the only thing I said about her that was true. When you say nasty things…
— John Green
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Accept that, like many men, you have a streak of the homoerotic in you. Why would you, why would anyone, want to be that straight?
— Michael Cunningham
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I've gotten thrown out of thirty-seven straight games,' he said. 'Once or twice, I've had to go really crazy. I ran onto the court with…
— John Green
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If Melissa Miller were an artist, she would have painted the world in vicious streaks of red. Nothing like Picasso's rose period, all soft and…
— Jackie Morse Kessler
Who Wrote These Streaks Quotes
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