Best Whispered Sayings
642 Whispered quotes by 318 unique authors
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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
— Paul Simon
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In the early nineties, I was a cub reporter on a city newspaper in Limerick, and assigned to the courthouse there. One day, an old…
— Kevin Barry
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Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of…
— A A Milne
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For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, “Run run run run run,” and took off, pulling me behind her.
— John Green
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The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up…
— Roald Dahl
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I talk to you as I talk to my own soul," he said, turning me to face him. He reached up and cupped my cheek,…
— Diana Gabaldon
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If I die," he whispered in the dark, "dinna follow me. The bairns will need ye. Stay for them. I can wait.
— Diana Gabaldon
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I will do what I promised." He whispered. "No matter what. I will not send you into the darkness alone.
— Cormac McCarthy
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Fang’s hand gently smoothed my hair off my neck. My breath froze in my chest, and every sense seemed hyperalert. His hand stroked my hair…
— James Patterson
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It was the nature of his profession that his experience with death should be greater than for most and he said that while it was…
— Cormac McCarthy
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Mamma," whispered Rannoch as he nestled by her side, "what is man?" Bracken looked into her calf's eyes. "Man? Man is something you must always…
— David Clement-Davies
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How massively the mountains stand, while low to the ground the sand blows. The sand blows on and on. And then there are no mountains,…
— Tanith Lee
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Be compassionate," Morrie whispered. And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place."…
— Mitch Albom
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I whispered, 'I am too young,' and then, 'I am old enough'; wherefore I threw a penny to find out if I might love.
— William Butler Yeats
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During the terrible years of the Yekhov terror I spent seventeen months in the prison queues in Leningrad. One day someone ‘identified’ me. Then a…
— Anna Akhmatova
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What are you?" I whispered. He shrugged again. "Something," he said. "Something like you, something like a beast, something like a bird, something like an…
— David Almond
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I knew I would be in the story somewhere," Eugenides interjected. "Oh no," said Phresine, "This was a humble servant." "Ouch." "Though very courageous." "Not…
— Megan Whalen Turner
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The first night Stephen and I slept together, he whispered numbers into my ear: long, high numbers -- distances between planets, seconds in a life.…
— Peter Cameron
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It’s a miserable story!” said Bruno. “It begins miserably, and it ends miserablier. I think I shall cry. Sylvie, please lend me your handkerchief.” “I…
— Lewis Carroll
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Look...at...me..." he whispered. The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow…
— Terry Pratchett
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I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like;…
— Charles de Lint
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Well, I certainly don't," said Percy sanctimoniously. "I shudder to think what the state of my in-tray would be if I was away from work…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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From shadow queen to puppet queen in one rule," he whispered. "That's very impressive. When he rules your country and he tells you he loves…
— Megan Whalen Turner
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I just want to let you know that when I look into my future, I see nothing but you.” That’s what Chaz had whispered in…
— Meg Cabot
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