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1112 Watched quotes by 916 unique authors

He went to the church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and for, and patted the children on the head,… — Charles Dickens
I'd watched too many schoolmates graduate into mental institutions, into group homes and jails, and I knew that locking people up was paranormal - against… — Scott Westerfeld
Well, what I don't get is why do we exist? I don't mean how, but why.' I watched the fireflies of his thoughts orbit his… — Jonathan Safran Foer
So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the… — Zora Neale Hurston
She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward. — Markus Zusak
I..." He struggled to answer. "When everything was quiet, I went up to the corridor and the curtain in the livingroom was open just a… — Markus Zusak
Sarah took a deep breath and set off along the passageway again. A clump of lichen on the gatepost opened its eyes and watched her… — A.C.H. Smith
When Eleanor's arm touched his he felt his hands grow cold with deadly fear lest he should lose the shadow brush with which his imagination… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
forgive me also that I didn't fight like Lord Byron for the happiness of captive peoples that I watched only risings of the moon and… — Zbigniew Herbert
I watched the early morning light pass over and through the windows of colored glass, leaving streaks of red and green and yellow on the… — Karen Cushman
I watched our friends' wary, intelligent faces droop at our tale. Their shock was a mere shadow of our own, resembling more the goodwilled imitation… — Ian Mcewan
Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second. Sonea: I love you too. — Trudi Canavan
...and again she wished for Sherwood, and the dappled roof of leaves that never weighed upon her. She pulled her scarf closer around her and… — Robin McKinley
He looked back at her, and when she saw the look on his face, she saw his eyes at Renwick’s, when he had watched the… — Cassandra Clare
Wrapped in a police blanket, I watched the rain and smoked one black cigarette after another... — Che Guevara
Aubrey, crouching on a nearby counter, watched me with squinty eyes, apparently pondering why anyone would willingly immerse themselves in water ever, let alone for… — Richelle Mead
A too closely watched flower/blossoms the wrong color./Excess attention to the jonquil/turns it gentian. Flowers/need it tranquil to get/their hues right. Some/only open at midnight. — Kay Ryan
Touchstone watched, suddenly conscious that he probably only had five seconds left to be alone with Sabriel, to say something, to say anything. Perhaps the… — Garth Nix
Sometimes by a woodland stream he watched the water rush over the pebbled bed, its tiny modulations of bounce and flow. A woman's body was… — Salman Rushdie
I watched him, filled with tenderness and ache, wondering what it was that connected us. Was it the wounded places down inside people that sought… — Sue Monk Kidd
You just gotta tell her, man,’ I said. ‘You just gotta say, “Angela, I really like you, but there’s something you need to know: when… — John Green
What do you think? Does everything look right? " " You really expect me to look at anything but you? " She laughed even as… — Nora Roberts
The Lesson You've Got to learn is the someday you'll someday stagger to, blinking in cold light, all tears shed, ready to poke your bovine… — Mary Karr
Jenks enthusiastically leaned against the counter and opened the box. Bypassing the plastic knife, he broke off about a third of it and took a… — Kim Harrison
The man watched him. Real life is pretty bad? What do you think? Well, I think we're still here. A lot of bad things have… — Cormac McCarthy

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