Twist Quotes

310 Twist quotes by 265 unique authors

We have each other, and our stories twist and mingle like the twisting currents of a river. We hold each other tight as we spin… — David Almond
Wouldn't that put a twist in your toga? — Rick Riordan
There is more beauty in truth, even if it is a dreadful beauty. The storytellers at the city gate twist life so that it looks… — John Steinbeck
Oh yeah, just push the knife in further and twist, why doncha?! — Aya Nakahara
He had the hypocrisy to represent a mourner: and previous to following with Hareton, he lifted the unfortunate child on to the table and muttered,… — Emily Bronte
Long ago, long ago. The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist… — Colum McCann
Memory warps time, as it does the sights and sounds and smells of reality; for what shapes it is emotion, which can twist what seems… — Sherwood Smith
That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and… — Haruki Murakami
A garden should make you feel you've entered privileged space -- a place not just set apart but reverberant -- and it seems to me… — Michael Pollan
Good things come, but they're never perfect; are they? You have to twist them into something perfect. — Maud Hart Lovelace
When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed extremely hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone,… — David Foster Wallace
Richard," Kahlan said, "what about Siddin? Weselan and Savidlin will be worried sick over him." Her green eyes gazed deep into his. She leaned closer,… — Terry Goodkind
But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes. The heart of a… — Carson McCullers
I have on my table a violin string. It is free to move in any direction I like. If I twist one end, it responds;… — Rabindranath Tagore
they say that time heals all things, they say you can always forget; but the smiles and the tears across the years they twist my… — George Orwell
Have you ever stood where a stream spills into a river? The two become one. They laugh over the stones together, twist through the sharp… — Catherine Anderson
On a cold, fretful afternoon in early October, 1872, a hansom cab drew up outside the offices of Lockhart and Selby, Shipping Agents, in the… — Philip Pullman
The odd thing in this world is that an eager-beaver type, with no original ideas, who mimes those in authority above him right to the… — Philip K. Dick
I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I… — Suzanne Collins
Will rolled up his sleeves. "We'll probably have to knock down the door--" "Or," said Jem, reaching out and giving the knob a twist, "not."… — Cassandra Clare
Is that love? It seems like a pale word, too easily tossed about by people who don’t know the meaning of it, who twist it… — Ann Aguirre
Hush little owl, You're with Twi. I got the moves to get you by. Big bad crows. St. Aggie's scamps Ain't got nothin to show… — Kathryn Lasky
Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected, how one decision leads you another,… — Ann Patchett
Finally he said that if men drink the blood of God yet they do not understand the seriousness of what they do. He said that… — Cormac McCarthy
You may think that's funny Osama but you never can squeeze every last bit of pride out of a human being. It's like a tube… — Chris Cleave

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