Wire Quotes

337 quotes by 282 authors

I am not perfect." It came out in a rush of breath. "See I thought I was. Thank God I ain't. See a perfect thing… — Harry Crews
The great trains howling from track to track all night. The taut and telegraphic murmur of ten thousand city wires, drawn most cruelly against a… — Nelson Algren
I carefully lay out the provisions. One thin black sleeping bag that reflects body heat. A pack of crackers. A pack of dried beef strips.… — Suzanne Collins
When the Bible itself becomes irksome, inquire whether you have not been spoiling your appetite by sweetmeats and renounce them; and believe that the Word… — F B Meyer
The heart of it all is mystery, and science is at best only the peripheral trappings to that mystery--a ragged barbed-wire fence through which mystery… — Rick Bass
I first became fascinated with the Sears catalogue because all the people in its pages were perfect. Nearly everybody I knew had something missing, a… — Harry Crews
When I saw him look at me with lust, I dropped my eyes but, in glancing away from him, I caught sight of myself in… — Angela Carter
So I went to New York City to be born again. It was and remains easy for most Americans to go somewhere else and start… — Kurt Vonnegut
You'll walk with me out on the wire, cuz baby, I'm just a scared and lonely rider, but I gotta know how it feels... I… — Bruce Springsteen
Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free!! — Leonard Cohen
I saw the years of my life spaced along a road in the form of telephone poles threaded together by wires. I counted one, two,… — Sylvia Plath
Squatting on old bones and excrement and rusty iron, in a white blaze of heat, a panorama of naked idiots stretches to the horizon. Complete… — William S. Burroughs
What I didn't say was that each time I picked up a German dictionary or a German book, the very sight of those dense, black,… — Sylvia Plath
I can't believe you jokers fixed it." Hi was picking his way down to the beach. "Believe it, clown. Too much brain power here to… — Kathy Reichs
I'll wire the International Federation of American Homing Pigeon Fanciers and give them the number stamped on the bird's leg ring. — Carolyn Keene
I've come to see our central nervous system as a kind of vintage switchboard, all thick foam wires and old-fashioned plugs. The circuitry isn't properly… — Darin Strauss
ï»¿The wind sounds like a silver wire, And from beyond the noon a fire Is pour'd upon the hills, and nigher The skies stoop down… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The thing about champagne,you say, unfoiling the cork, unwinding the wire restraint, is that is the ultimate associative object. Every time you open a bottle… — David Levithan
One minute she acts like she wants to be with me and I'm the one rejecting her. The next, she's got this barbed wire fence… — Jennifer Armintrout
The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense… — Tahir Shah

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