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3192 Worked quotes by 2553 unique authors

The problem is once you've written the opening paragraph and worked out how the rest of the story will go in your head, there's nothing… — Colm Toibin
So I say, “Live and let live.” That’s my motto. “Live and let live.” And anyone who can’t go along with that, take him outside… — George Carlin
The dragonets found the carpenters to be even more fascinating than the furniture, and followed the poor men from pen to pen, crowding around to… — Mercedes Lackey
Written on the body is a secret code only visible in certain lights: the accumulations of a lifetime gather there. In places the palimpsest is… — Jeanette Winterson
Allegra's Austen wrote about the impact of financial need on the intimate lives of women. If she'd worked in a bookstore, Allegra would have shelved… — Karen Joy Fowler
...I doubt very seriously whether anyone will hire me.' What do you mean, babe? You a fine boy with a good education.' Employers sense in… — John Kennedy Toole
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine. — Nikola Tesla
She worked her toes into the sand, feeling the tiny delicious pain of the friction of tiny chips of silicon against the tender flesh between… — Orson Scott Card
I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked… — John Steinbeck
But now I discovered the wonderful power of wine. I understood why men become drunkards. For the way it worked on me was not at… — C.S. Lewis
I guess that’s all forever is...Just one long trail of nows. And I guess all you can do is try and live one now at… — Nicholas Evans
Gregorius was never to forget this scene. They were his first Portuguese words in the real world and they worked. That words could cause somethinge… — Pascal Mercier
Jesus said several times, “Come, follow me.” His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance… — Spencer W. Kimball
If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the unknown, who will not need the support of completely… — Margaret Mead
It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. It’s the very nature of wonder to catch us… — Eugene H. Peterson
She was tired of hugging pillows, counting on blankets for warmth, and reliving romantic moments only in her dreams. She was tired of hoping that… — Cecelia Ahern
I worked in a health food store once. A guy asked me, 'If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet? — Steven Wright
When the writer (or the artist in general) says he has worked without giving any thought to the rules of the process, he simply means… — Umberto Eco
Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence. — Alberto Manguel
No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one.… — Jeannette Walls
…Even the idea of a city never entered his mind. It was as if he had walked under the millimeter of haze just above the… — Michael Ondaatje
He wanted to take his love back from her so badly. The old techniques didn’t work anymore. In fact, they’d never worked. How do you… — Ann Brashares
The available worlds looked pretty grim. They had little to offer him because he had little to offer them. He had been extremely chastened to… — Douglas Adams
Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained. — Sherman Alexie
Culture had worked in her own case, but during the last few weeks she had doubted whether it humanized the majority, so wide and so… — E. M. Forster

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