Tone Quotes

857 Tone quotes by 657 unique authors

It is that happy stretch of time when the lovers set to chronicling their passion. When no glance, no tone of voice is so fleeting… — Ahdaf Soueif
Uh-huh. You know with that sinister tone you should look into working for the IRS. I’m sure they’re desperate for people who can cow others… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, "You're a good man, Harry." I swallowed and bowed my head, made… — Jim Butcher
For some nights I slept profoundly; but still every morning I felt the same lassitude, and a languor weighed upon me all day. I felt… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Sometimes I remember that I can't always protect those I love." Under his fingers, her hair was soft and silky. She didn't try to tell… — Nalini Singh
I’m just trying to imagine you in flannel pink sock monkey pajamas. I’m sure you look stunning in pink. (Damien) Actually, with his skin tone… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
And with his arm around the younger man's shoulders still, he led him away from the bow and back to the small group by the… — John Flanagan
Do you know what happened to the last person who took that tone with me? (Xypher) Let me guess…Disembowelment. Probably painful. Definitely slow. (Simone) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Don’t play that game with me, Acheron. Tell me what I need to know! (Xypher) Nice tone. We should rent you out to record Halloween… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Well, it’s no use your talking about waking him, said Tweedledum, when you’re only one of the things in his dream. You know very well… — Lewis Carroll
You really don’t want to take that tone with me. (Varyk) Well, I do have several others we can choose from. Contemptuous. Angry. Snide. Aggravated.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
If you like I'll be furious flesh elemental, or- changing to tones that the sunset arouses- if you like- I'll be extraordinary gentle, not a… — Vladimir Mayakovsky
Never take your eyes off them,” Horace said to Gilan, in an admonishing tone. “Didn’t MacNeil ever tell you that? — John Flanagan
A day, a livelong day, is not one thing but many. It changes not only in growing light toward zenith and decline again, but in… — John Steinbeck
Left alone with the dial tone...excuse me, operator, why is no one listening? — Melina Marchetta
Bran was the only person I knew who could use words like "blackguard" and make them sound like swear words-but then he could have said… — Patricia Briggs
I'm human," he said in a tormented tone. "And I'm not." He dropped his hand to her shoulder. "I never knew softness," he breathed. "Not… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Cammie!" I'll never forget the tone of Macey's voice in that moment. "Cam," she said slowly, moving toward me, "I know how it feels to… — Ally Carter
You got guts taking that tone with me. (Nykyrian) What you gonna do, oh great wounded one? I’m the one with the injector. (Syn) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Answer my question, Bacchus. I’m not one of your dickless Greeks to be kept waiting for an answer. (Camulus) You better take a more civil… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Zarek? (Astrid) What?! (Zarek) Don’t use that tone with me. I like to know where people are in my house. Be nice, or I’ll make… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
So you’re telling me that right now I’m responsible for Acheron’s beloved pet and the favorite sister of the Fates? (Zarek) Tell Fang-boy I’m not… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Boy, you better check that tone. (Wulf) Yeah, yeah, ya scare me. I’m even wetting my pants while in your terrifying, gut-wrenching presence. See me… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The cat dropped the rat between its two front paws. "There are those," it said with a sigh, in tones as smooth as oiled silk,… — Neil Gaiman

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