Usual Quotes

623 Usual quotes by 519 unique authors

And the old horror of being a professional writer, and the usual stench of words that goes with it, is begining to drive me out… — J D Salinger
Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion! — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Some part of me can't wait to see what life's going to come up with next! Anticipation without the usual anxiety. And underneath it all… — Alexander Shulgin
When I remember that dizzy summer, that dull, stupid, lovely, dire summer, it seems that in those days I ate my lunches, smelled another's skin,… — Michael Chabon
…Tell me, has anything odd happened to you recently? What do you mean, odd?' Unusual. Deviating from the customary. Something outside the usual parameters of… — Jasper Fforde
I suppose I shall have to compound a felony, as usual. - Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle
In that way the long-awaited visit, for which both had prepared questions and had even anticipated answers, was once more the usual everyday conversation. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The evening ended with dancing. On its being proposed, Anne offered her services, as usual, and though her eyes would sometimes fill with tears as… — Jane Austen
There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual- become clairvoyant. We reach then… — Robert Henri
End production today. Wrap party as usual a little sad. Slow danced with Scarlett. Broke her toe. Not my fault. When she dipped me back,… — Woody Allen
Walking along past the store windows, into which she peers with her usual eagerness, her usual sense that maybe, today, she will discover behind them… — Margaret Atwood
The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake eleven for ten?… — Sydney Smith
Seth trotted over to Kendra. Bringing good luck as usual It was a weak pass okay — Brandon Mull
And then he sank back and tried, as usual, not to think. He must succeed. That's what the world was made for. That's what he… — Theodore Dreiser
The lights were off so that his heads could avoid looking at each other because neither of them was currently a particular engaging sight, nor… — Douglas Adams
And then there were cats, thought Dog. He'd surprised the huge ginger cat from next door and had attempted to reduce it to cowering jelly… — Terry Pratchett
I went through the usual stages: imp, rascal, scalawag, whippersnapper. And, of course, after that it's just a small step to full-blown sociopath. — George Carlin
Experiencing yourself out of context, divorced from your usual point of view, skews your perspective – it’s like hearing your voice on an answering machine.… — Slash
New York is strange in the summer. Life goes on as usual but it’s not, it’s like everyone is just pretending, as if everyone has… — Peter Cameron
A novel is not moral in the usual sense of the word. It can be called moral when it shakes us out of our stupor… — Azar Nafisi
Again Creb grunted. It was the usual noncommittal comment used by men when responding to a woman. It carried only enough meaning to indicate the… — Jean M. Auel
How was your day?" Morelli asked me. "Oh, you know, the usual. Stole a truck. Blew up a building, and brought seven monkeys home with… — Janet Evanovich
...this time I didn't launch into my usual tirade. Was it a memory of Krishna, the cool silence with which he countered disagreement, that stopped… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
I'd had a cold that day and wasn't as powerful as usual, otherwise Alyss would never have done so well," Redd said as, in the… — Frank Beddor
She didn't like to be talked about. Equally, she didn't like not to be talked about, when the high-minded chatter rushed on as though she… — A. S. Byatt

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