Surface Quotes

1360 quotes by 1055 authors

You told me once of the plants that lie dormant through the drought, that wait, half-dead, deep in the earth. The plants that wait for… — Lucy Christopher
Itâ€™s not Brittneyâ€™s face, not her smile, not even her eyes. All of that surface stuff made the world see her as beautiful, but it… — Simone Elkeles
Summertime, I think, is a collective unconscious. We all remember the notes that made up the song of the ice cream man; we all know… — Jodi Picoult
The egotist is all surface; underneath is a pulpy mess and a lot of self-doubt. But the egoist may be yielding and even deferential in… — Robertson Davies
I went about the job in a direct way. I took the hatchet in both my hands and vigorously beat the fish on the head… — Yann Martel
Stir not murky waters if you know not the depth or the creatures that dwell beneath the surface. — Bryan Davis
I turned and bumped by head against his chest a few times. It was the nearest hard surface. — Ilona Andrews
Even the weather seemed to be celebrating; as June approached, the days became cloudless and sultry, and all anybody felt like doing was strolling onto… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women… — Candace Bushnell
They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within. — Virginia Woolf
I felt like I'd been swimming so hard, and the water growing warmer and warmer the closer I got to the top. I wasn't there… — Sarah Dessen
I found it quite easy to carry on a casual conversation it was as if my real feelings were down fathoms deep in my mind… — Dodie Smith
Riley squinted. He ran his fingers along my neck. When he found the collar he explored the surface and tried to tug it. "No seams.… — Maria V. Snyder
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee. — Marcus Aurelius
The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore, we've learned most of what we know. Recently, we've waded… — Carl Sagan
Bodies count, of course - they count more than we're willing to admit - but we don't fall in love with bodies, we fall in… — Paul Auster
An item that looks perfectly normal on the surface might only be disguised. — Jodi Picoult
Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea. — Jean-Paul Sartre
I do not know why I care," Drizzt answered honestly. His eyes turned back to his ancient homeland, where loyalty was merely a device to… — R A Salvatore
It was a good speech, but the reaction was due to the fact that politics are madness, and even if one does not know it,… — Mark Helprin

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