Tone Quotes

857 Tone quotes by 657 unique authors

Did you like question ten, Moony?" asked Sirius as they emerged into the entrance hall. "Loved it," said Lupin briskly. "Give five signs that identify… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Do you know what you’ve done?” I asked in a bland tone. Annette gave me an inquiring look. “You’ve gotten on my last nerve.” The… — Jeaniene Frost
I am SHADOW, and my dwelling is near to the Catacombs of Ptolemais, and hard by those dim plains of Helusion which border upon the… — Edgar Allan Poe
Real data is messy. ...It's all very noisy out there. Very hard to spot the tune. Like a piano in the next room, it's playing… — Tom Stoppard
There was no mistaking her sincerity--it breathed in every tone of her voice. Both Marilla and Mrs. Lynde recognized its unmistakable ring. But the former… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter… — Peter Kreeft
Some make their worlds without knowing it. Their universes are just sesame seeds and three-day weekends and dial tones and skinned knees and physics and… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I would rather die than betray his trust." "That's not saying much, seeing as you're already dead," Ron observed. "Once again, you show all the… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
One of them hissed-not the hiss of a cat, a long, steady tone-more like the hiss of air escaping the rubber raft that is all… — Christopher Moore
the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse — John Knowles
Christophe, with the careful tone of an adult telling a kid not to pet the nice foaming-rabid pooch. — Lilith Saintcrow
Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words — Elie Wiesel
But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness — John Green
They’re like sharks. Circling. Cute, single guy, good job, nice car. It’s all they know about me.” His tone was light but his expression serious.… — Megan Hart
I am fifty years old and I have never known what it is to love. I can write those words, know them to be true,… — P.D. James
She was transparent, like a watercolor. As if she were about to dissolve in sound, in tones not yet created. — Peter HÃ¸eg
So what name would you rather I call you? she asked as she headed out of the parking lot. Ias or Alexion. He gave her… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
People told her she hadn't changed much, in a tone which hinted they were surprised and a little disappointed she hadn't. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet understand when and how people are hurt. He doesn't… — Steve Martin
So I sent Halt to straighten matters out. Thought it might be a good idea to give him something to keep him busy." So what's… — John Flanagan
Desi, Desi, Desi what am I going to do with you? (Kyrian) Don't you dare take that flippant tone with me! (Desiderius) Why ever not?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I am at a loss to understand why people hold Miss Austen's novels at so high a rate, which seem to me vulgar in tone,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
For Adam, screwed-up bonding thing or not, I’d wait forever. “Really?” he asked in a tone I’d never heard from him before. Softer. Vulnerable. Adam… — Patricia Briggs
Oh, Callie-mine," Anne said, her voice taking on a tone she'd used when Callie was a little girl and crying over some injustice, "your white… — Sarah MacLean
For that great Love speaks in the most wretched and dirty hearts; only the tone of its voice depends on the echoes of the place… — George MacDonald

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