Town Quotes

1859 Town quotes by 1418 unique authors

He who can see truly in the midst of general infatuation is like a man whose watch keeps good time, when all clocks in the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
People fear anyone who differs from what is considered normal, and in a small town the idea of normal can be as narrow as the… — Elizabeth Chandler
Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air; And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair; And it's sweet… — Henry Van Dyke
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobbledstreets silent and the hunched courters'-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the… — Dylan Thomas
That cowboy had heartbreak written all over him and she'd be damned if she knew why every time he blew into town she ended up… — Cindy Gerard
When I was a child, I thought of my Delta town as the center of the universe, but now I realize how little I know… — Ahmed H. Zewail
The sky is purple, the flare of a match behind a cupped hand is gold; the liquor is green, bright green, made from a thousand… — Poppy Z. Brite
Every time I look down on this timeless town Whether blue or gray be her skies. Whether loud be her cheers or soft be her… — Cole Porter
I was filled with dread at the thought my mind had skipped town and left me behind to pay the rent." --Dexter — Jeff Lindsay
I was never very good with either my hands or feet. It always seemed to me they'd just been stuck on as an afterthought during… — Steve Rasnic Tem
He sounds like Jesus. Except rich and sexy.” “Watch it, Meg. In this town joking about Jesus could get you shot. You’ve never seen so… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Hackberry Holland's greatest fear was his fellow man's propensity to act collectively, in militaristic lockstep, under the banner of God and country. Mobs did not… — James Lee Burke
People who stay in the same town with the same friends for their entire lives never get a chance to find out who they can… — Lisa Unger
That’s just the kind of thing that kids do to each other. It’s no big deal. There’s always going to be a person laughing and… — Lauren Oliver
NOW, MY BRETHREN!" Poseidon's voice was so loud I wasn't sure if I was hearing it from the smoke image or from all the way… — Rick Riordan
It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the… — Philip Reeve
Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high… — Anne Rice
A little bit of this town goes a very long way. After five days in Vegas you feel like you've been here for five years. — Hunter S. Thompson
I have always regarded as a stroke of good fortune that I was not born or brought up in a small American town; they may… — Gore Vidal
Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. If one really wants to learn, one has to decide… — Louis L'Amour
Demon Pox, oh, Demon Pox Just how is it acquired? One must first go to the bad part of town Until one is very tired… — Cassandra Clare
I was too tired to think. I merely felt the town as a unique unreality. What was it? I knew -- the moon's picture of… — E E Cummings
As the children were sitting there eating pears, a girl came walking along the road from town. When she saw the children she stopped and… — Astrid Lindgren
The young man knows that he is irretrievably lost. This is no town of cats, he finally realizes. It is the place where he is… — Haruki Murakami
...I am happy to welcome you to a town peopled in morons exclusively. Furthermore, I hope that your transformation to moron is not an unpleasant… — Patrick deWitt

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