Wall Quotes
3017 Wall quotes by 1990 unique authors
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That was the day my whole world went black. Air looked black. Sun looked black. I laid up in bed and stared at the black…
— Kathryn Stockett
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We are fascinated, all of us, by the implacable otherness of others. And we wish to penetrate by hypothesis, by daydream, by scientific investigation those…
— Tim O'Brien
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Walls work both ways. They keep people out...but they keep people in, too.
— Diana Palmer
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Say yes, babe, or I'll spill you off over the Wall next time - got it?
— Robin McKinley
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Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I often wonder what would have happened to me if I hadn't made that decision. I suppose I would have sunk. I suppose I would…
— V.S. Naipaul
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A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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If you run into a psychic wall face-first, do you wind up with psychic bruises? -Clary, pg.239-
— Cassandra Clare
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Now this is really going to impress Valentine." "I don't know," Clary said. "Other crack teams get bat boomerangs and wall-crawling powers; we get the…
— Cassandra Clare
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It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make,…
— Gregory David Roberts
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Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter! My lord, if you will give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar, and daub the…
— William Shakespeare
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I don't think it is enough appreciated how much an outdoor book the Bible is. It is a "hypaethral book," such as Thoreau talked about…
— Wendell Berry
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A shrieking rise of power rushed into my pathways, rocking me against the wall. Ido's body slammed into mine. He was not going to let…
— Alison Goodman
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The walls of this elevator are made of crystal so that you can watch the people on the ground floor shrink to ants as you…
— Suzanne Collins
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Breaking down that wall is the kind of story that might have a happy middle - oh, look, we broke down this wall, I'm going…
— John Green
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Ah, well,ʺ said Abe, idly studying his fingertips. ʺI have it on good authority thereʹs going to be a new ‘gateʹ opening up soon over…
— Richelle Mead
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It would take more than long-stemmed roses to change my view that you're a despicable cowardy custard and a disgrace to a proud family. Your…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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Don't you have a religion?" Dorolow asked Horza. "Yes," he replied, not taking his eyes away from the screen on the wall above the end…
— Iain Banks
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A twinge at the edge of her lips and she continued, the soft, slow lilt of recitation: "Ancient walls that sing the distant hours.
— Kate Morton
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And what are you that, missing you, I should be kept awake As many nights as there are days With weeping for your sake? And…
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
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The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice. Yet had I…
— H.G. Wells
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I remember a story of a girl in Paradise who ate an apple once. Some wise Sapient gave it to her. Because of it she…
— Catherine Fisher
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Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it…
— Richard Siken
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As I descend the stairs, I can’t help brushing my fingers along the unblemished white marble walls. So cold and beautiful. Even in the Capitol,…
— Suzanne Collins
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This house sheltered us, we spoke, we loved within those walls. That was yesterday. To-day we pass on, we see it no more, and we…
— Daphne du Maurier
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