You Open Quotes

300 You Open quotes by 245 unique authors

Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them… — Stephen King
You keep seeing your picture on posters that you are missing but you're not. That'd be weird, right? Or say you look down at the… — Lynda Barry
When you open a book it's like going to the theater first you see the curtain then it is pulled aside and the show begins. — Cornelia Funke
There's a Polar Bear In our Frigidaire-- He likes it 'cause it's cold in there. With his seat in the meat And his face in… — Shel Silverstein
Sometimes when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny. — Diane Setterfield
I'm going to open another vottle. not a vottle, but a bottle. you open it and I'll drink it. and you try to write as… — Charles Bukowski
Islam was like a mental cage. At first, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It has internalized its… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The first sip of beer on a hot day is like that first finger-dip when you open a new jar of peanut butter. — Harlan Coben
When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and… — Pema Chodron
Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and… — Annie Dillard
Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in there jackets, lines of neat print on… — David Almond
Give parents the tiniest of confidences and they'll use them as crowbars to jimmy you open and rearrange your life with no perspective. Sometimes I'd… — Douglas Coupland
When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make every now and then a… — Charlotte Bronte
I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's… — Elizabeth Scott
Cheating is easy. There's no swank to infidelity. To borrow against the trust someone has placed in you costs nothing at first. You get away… — Jeanette Winterson
When you have been with your partner for so many years, they become the glove compartment map that you've worn dog-eared and white-creased, the trail… — Jodi Picoult
It's like the smell of burned toast. You made the toast. You looked forward to it. You even enjoyed making it, but it burned. What… — Elliot Perlman
Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia. — Kurt Vonnegut
For fear, real fear such as shakes you to your foundation, such as you feel when you are brought face to face with your mortal… — Yann Martel
At two o'clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to… — Rudyard Kipling

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