Swallowed Quotes
254 quotes by 200 authors
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That a greater fool than Jane Eyre had never breathed the breath of life; that a more fantastic idiot had never surfeited herself on sweet…
— Charlotte Bronte
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she was just…beaming at me, and I thought she’d won the lottery or something, her smile was that big. I asked what happened, and she…
— Jennifer Crusie
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No, that's because there are more interesting things to do." Her grandmother looked at her sharply. "Like cutting into dead bodies" Carmeryn swallowed back her…
— Alane Ferguson
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As Alaska zipped through something obvious about linear equations, stoner/baller Hank Walsten said, "Wait, wait. I don't get it." "That's because you have eight functioning…
— John Green
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He picked up the letter Q and hurled it into a distant privet bush where it hit a young rabbit. The rabbit hurtled off in…
— Douglas Adams
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If I were asked today to formulate as concisely as possible what was the main cause of the ruinous revolution that swallowed up some 60…
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Thomas swallowed, wondering how he could ever go out there. His desire to become a Runner had taken a major blow. But he had to…
— James Dashner
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Shut up," Daniel said, but he said it softly and so tenderly that Luce suprised both of them by obeying. "I don't think you're stupid."…
— Lauren Kate
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I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.
— Shirley Jackson
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Two a.m.' He swallowed, then said, "You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them.…
— Sarah Dessen
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The seals stupidly dive off rocks into swirling black water, barking mindlessly. The zookeepers feed them dead fish. A crowd gathers around the tank, mostly…
— Bret Easton Ellis
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She carried a knife inside of herself now, one that was always cutting her. She could feel it every time she swallowed, every time her…
— Scott Westerfeld
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How did you keep this by you?" Grey demanded abruptly. "You were searched to the skin when you were brought back." The wide mouth curved…
— Diana Gabaldon
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I feel like I swallowed a Magritte. Like on the inside, I'm made of clouds and floating eyes, green apples, and slowly rising men in…
— Libba Bray
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His thumb stroked my cheek. My eyes half-closed. When he spoke next, it was very softly, his voice an almost-physical caress against my whole body.…
— Lilith Saintcrow
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Happiness. It was the place where passion, with all its dazzle and drumbeat, met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam comfort. It was…
— Laini Taylor
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I say, when Mercury arrives, we just pretend we’re not here.†Lawe tipped back his whiskey and swallowed in a single drink. “Stay real quiet.…
— Lora Leigh
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Our afflictions brothers and sisters often will not be extinguished, they will be dwarfed and swallowed up in the joy of Christ. That’s how we…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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His words were still clear in her mind from that first meeting. "Whoever eats this will love you." She looked into the mirror, at her…
— Holly Black
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Jessica swallowed. "I think you had better stick to English." "But Italian is so moving," Dain said. "To ho voluto dal primo che ti vedi."…
— Loretta Chase
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