Town Quotes
1859 Town quotes by 1418 unique authors
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In life, a person will come and go from many homes. We may leave a house, a town, a room, but that does not mean…
— Ari Berk
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For a second I was just a kid – a kid who had lived all of his life in the same tiny town. Just a…
— Stephenie Meyer
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The human mind is a fearful instrument of adaptation, and in nothing is this more clearly shown than in its mysterious powers of resilience, self-protection,…
— Thomas Wolfe
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Darling Daddy, This is Rose. So flames went all up the kitchen wall. Saffron called the fire brigade and the police came too to see…
— Hilary McKay
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It isn’t about being at the same school or the same town or even the same room. It’s about being together. Love is a choice…
— Kristin Hannah
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But why had he always felt so strongly the magnetic pull of home, why had he thought so much about it and remembered it with…
— Thomas Wolfe
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It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town... he can walk out…
— Henry David Thoreau
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When you see runners in town is easy to distinguish beginners from veterans. The ones panting are beginners; the ones with quiet, measured breathing are…
— Haruki Murakami
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In his face there came to be a brooding peace that is seen most often in the faces of the very sorrowful or the very…
— Carson McCullers
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sure, we need the gypsies. we always have. because if you don't have someone to run out of town once in a while, how are…
— Stephen King
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If a man ordered a beer milkshake he'd better do it in a town where he wasn't known.
— John Steinbeck
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And what does the rain say at night in a small town, what does the rain have to say? Who walks beneath dripping melancholy branches…
— Jack Kerouac
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I'm dreaming of sleeping next to you and feeling like a lost little boy in a brand new town I'm counting my sheep and each…
— Jason Mraz
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When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I can’t think of a higher honor…
— Roberto Bolano
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I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and…
— Richard Peck
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Instinct told me it was dangerous. I could handle dangerous. Dangerous and me went back a long way. We did lunch when dangerous was in…
— Devon Monk
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We hold hands as we walk through town. If anybody notices, nobody cares. I know we all like to think of the heart as the…
— David Levithan
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Somewhere, things must be beautiful and vivid. Somewhere else, life has to be beautiful and vivid and rich. Not like this muted palette -a pale…
— Lisa Ann Sandell
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And then the turbines generate electricity that goes into the whole town." "You mean they aren't powered by giant hamsters on wheels? I was misinformed.
— Michael Grant
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Danzhol. The one with the marriage proposal and the objections to the town charter in central Monsea. "Bacon," Bitterblue muttered. "Bacon!" she repeated, then carefully…
— Kristin Cashore
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I could point out that that's not a dress, that's underwear, but I doubt it would be in my best interest." "Need I remind you,"…
— Cassandra Clare
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Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl…
— Neil Gaiman
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When I look out [the window] at the big houses on either side of the road, it's obvious we've entered the rich side of town.…
— Simone Elkeles
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Ah, Jenks? It’s not a lake, it’s a friggin’ freshwater ocean. Did you see the size of the tanker going under the bridge when we…
— Kim Harrison
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Well, I started out down a dirty road Started out all alone And the sun went down as I crossed the hill And the town…
— Tom Petty
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