Usual Quotes

623 Usual quotes by 519 unique authors

Hagrid, look what I’ve got for relatives!” Harry said furiously. “Look at the Dursleys!” “An excellent point,” said Professor Dumbledore. “My own brother, Aberforth, was… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Ah walk doon Hammersmith Broadway, London seeming strange and alien, after only a three-month absence, as familiar places do when you’ve been away. It’s as… — Irvine Welsh
He was so full of wrath against grown-ups, who as usual, were spoiling everything, that as soon as he got inside his tree he breathed… — James M. Barrie
I'd write of people and places like I knew, and I'd make my characters talk everyday English; and I'd let the sun rise and set… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
And sure enough,the youth in question was not his usual dapper self. His face was puffy, his eyes red and wild; his shirt(distressingly unbuttoned)hung over… — Jonathan Stroud
He did not like the grown-ups who talked down to him, but the ones who went on talking in their usual way, leaving him to… — T.H. White
Daughters can spend ten percent more than a man can make in any usual occupation. That’s a law of nature, to be known henceforth as… — Robert A. Heinlein
Given her deafness, the auditory part of the brain, deprived of its usual input, had started to generate a spontaneous activity of its own, and… — Oliver Sacks
Doras II was a somewhat absentminded king, It is said, when Death came to summon him, Doras granted Death the usual formal audience and then… — Diana Wynne Jones
Beneath her cheek, his heart was thumping steadily. Definitely faster than his usual near-hibernation beat. Lifting her head, she flashed him a tight smile. “I… — Jill Shalvis
I wanted to keep things as normal as possible for the trainees, so I led my usual morning class. I called it Magic Problem-Solving 101.… — Rick Riordan
What do you mean, Araluen? Death?" Halt made a careless gesture. "The usual, I suppose: the sudden cessation of life. The end of it all.… — John Flanagan
Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very form of a… — Lisa See
As usual, the sock yarns have no idea what is going on. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
The rewrites are a struggle right now. Sometimes I wish writing a book could just be easy for me at last. But when I think… — Shannon Hale
The shadows didn't seem as dark as usual. Not with my personal sun along. — Stephenie Meyer
So Haymitch, what do you think of the games have one hundred percent more competitors than usual?” asks Caesar. Haymitch shrugs. “I don’t see that… — Suzanne Collins
He had on a funny T-shirt, as usual. Today's featured acartoon figure running from a giant T. rex, and it read EXERCISE: SOME MOTIVATIONREQUIRED. — Rachel Caine
I see you've decided to take my advice after all, Richard." Lady Wendall's amused voice said from somewhere above and behind him. "Marrying your ward… — Patricia C. Wrede
The taste of the usual was like cinders in his mouth, and there were moments when he felt as if he were being buried alive… — Edith Wharton
Summerset, don't you ever sleep?" "It's Lieutenant Dallas. She's--" Roarke dropped his briefcase, grabbed Summerset by the lapels. "Has she been hurt? Where is she?"… — Nora Roberts
I have a sense of melancholy isolation, life rapidly vanishing, all the usual things. It's very strange how often strong feelings don't seem to carry… — Philip Larkin
Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual. — Julian Barnes
It had become usual to give Napoleon the Credit for every Successful achievement and every stroke of good fortune. You would often hear one hen… — George Orwell
Two hundred miles from the surface of the earth there is no gravity. The laws of motion are suspended. You could turn somersaults slowly slowly,… — Jeanette Winterson

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