Window Quotes

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These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words… — Walter Mosley
A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I want to keep sleeping, but the sun outside my window has other ideas: First blind her. Then jab her eyeballs with scorching-hot daggers. — Natasha Friend
And immediately Rather than words comes the thought of high windows: The sun-comprehending glass, And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows Nothing, and… — Philip Larkin
Our heroine knew that the mother would always leave the window open for her children to fly back by; so they stayed away for years… — James M. Barrie
People say that eyes are windows to the soul. — Khaled Hosseini
Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else. In such a way do the days pass---a blend of stock car… — Stephen Dobyns
So when the moon's only partly full, you only feel a little wolfy?" "You could say that." "Well, you can go ahead and hang your… — Cassandra Clare
...but you are too much for them: the weak in courage are strong in cunning; and one by one, you have absorbed and have captured… — James Agee
The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even… — Henry David Thoreau
When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that, we were just looking… — John Green
An aptitude test established architecture as an alternative [career]. But what decided the matter for [Teddy Cruz] was the sight of a fourth-year architecture student… — Rebecca Solnit
most people come to know only one corner of their room, one spot near the window, one narrow strip on which they keep walking back… — Rainer Maria Rilke
You so need to lighten up about that potato-launcher incident," Butch said. Phury rolled his eyes and eased back in the banquette. "You broke my… — J R Ward
Think, for a moment, of the countless happy childhood hours you spent with this amazing device: Drawing perfect horizontals, drawing perfect verticals, drawing really spastic… — Dave Barry
She sat down on one of her grandmother's uncomfortable armchairs, and the cat sprang up into her lap and made itself comfortable. The light that… — Neil Gaiman
That morning she pours Teacher's over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window. — Raymond Carver
Chilled-looking people walking along the riverside, the snow beginning, faintly, to pile up on the roofs of cars, the bare trees shaking their heads left… — Banana Yoshimoto
At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language-door and… — Rumi
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

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