Tails Quotes

456 Tails quotes by 364 unique authors

Tortoise steps, slow steps, four steps like a tank with a tail dragging in the sand. Tortoise steps, land based, land locked, dusty like the… — Terry Tempest Williams
Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's… — Mark Twain
I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch… — Jean-Paul Sartre
We came in the wind of the carnival. A wind of change, or promises. The merry wind, the magical wind, making March hares of everyone,… — Joanne Harris
I have periods now, like normal girls; I too am among the knowing, I too can sit out volleyball games and go to the nurse's… — Margaret Atwood
How not to imagine the tumors ripening beneath his skin, flesh I have kissed, stroked with my fingertips, pressed my belly and breasts against, some… — Dorianne Laux
Then I glanced at the ring on my finger. The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail, Forever and Ever. I know where I came from—but… — Robert A. Heinlein
Every dog has it's day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weakend. — June Carter Cash
The geometry of judgment is a circle. Hate is a snake that turns to consume itself from the tail, a circle that diminishes to a… — Dean Koontz
If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle — John Adams
I'm going to take you out of here ... I'm going to take you home, to the world where you belong, where cats with bent… — Haruki Murakami
So, this is a rabbit, I thought. He sort of looks like Chester, only he's got longer ears and a shorter tail. And a motor… — James Howe
The desert seems to be a brown wasteland of dry, prickly scrub whose only purpose is to serve as a setting for the majestic saguaros.… — Jerry Spinelli
When Jo's conservative sister Meg says she must turn up her hair now that she is a "young lady," Jo shouts, "I'm not! and if… — Louisa May Alcott
The little pig began to pray But Wolfie blew his house away. He shouted, "Bacon, Pork, and Ham! Oh what a lucky wolf I am!"… — Roald Dahl
To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. — Katherine Paterson
When danger reared its ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled. — Graham Chapman
Guilleaume left La Praline with a small bag of florentines in his pocket; before he had turned the corner of avenue des Francs Bourgeois I… — Joanne Harris
And how do you know that you're mad? "To begin with," said the Cat, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?" I suppose so, said… — Lewis Carroll
The cat Horus shot out from under the table and headed for the door, his ears flattened and his tail straight out. There he encountered… — Barbara Mertz
Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It began with a… — Gabrielle Zevin
A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and… — John Steinbeck
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
Seventeen, eh!" said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred. "Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?"… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I thought this man had long ago drained everything from my heart. But now something strong and bitter flowed and made me feel another emptiness… — Amy Tan

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