Turtles Quotes

146 quotes by 134 authors

I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon. — Janet Fitch
Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak. — Etgar Keret
Reeling and Writhing of course, to begin with,' the Mock Turtle replied, 'and the different branches of arithmetic-ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision. — Lewis Carroll
Wow. Who would want a fish for a pet when they could have a turtle?! — Christopher Paul Curtis
Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die — Nikolai Gogol
And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be. — Dr. Seuss
Grace said,"Dr. Wexler was called away on an emergency operation." "An emergency Packers game in Green Bay," Turtle confided to Flora Baumbach. — Ellen Raskin
In the end, everyone loses everyone. There was no invention to get around that, and so I felt, that night, like the turtle that everything… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I told her, Don't touch me that way. Don't come at me with that sour-cream smile. Come at me as if I were worth your… — Dorothy Allison
Larry's zombie bag was a nearly virulent green with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on it. I was almost afraid to ask what his vampire bag… — Laurell K. Hamilton
We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles and turtlenecks, Alaska the girl and Alaska the place, because nothing can last, not… — John Green
Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows.… — Amy Tan
Even a mentally challenged shark would figure out that sea turtles did not wear boxer shorts printed in flying piggies, and no sea turtle would… — Christopher Moore
There is an Indian story -- at least I heard it as an Indian story -- about an Englishman who, having been told that the… — Clifford Geertz
The turtle couldn't help us. — Stephen King
The master was an old Turtle--we used to call him Tortoise--' Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?' Alice asked. We called… — Lewis Carroll
And how many hours a day did you do lessons?' said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject. Ten hours the first day,' said… — Lewis Carroll
Not all nine-fingered girls have hatchets, she said in Tradertalk. Some of us just tried to have a conversation with a snapping turtle. (Sandry to… — Tamora Pierce
Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back. — Kurt Vonnegut
Iâ€™m stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer tries to hit on me.â€ Iâ€™m not hitting on you,â€… — Nicholas Sparks

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