Blue Quotes - Page 31

• I play until my fingers are blue and stiff from the cold, and then I keep on playing. Until I'm lost in the music. Until I am the music--notes and chords, the melody and harmony. It hurts, but it's okay because when I'm the music, I'm not me. Not sad. Not afraid. Not desperate. Not guilty.

  Jennifer Donnelly

  Hurt, Play, Guilt

  Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.33, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• No, look, there's a blue box. It's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. It can go anywhere in time and space and sometimes even where it's meant to go. And when it turns up, there's a bloke in it called The Doctor and there will be stuff wrong and he will do his best to sort it out and he will probably succeed cos he's awesome. Now sit down, shut up, and watch 'Blink'.

  Neil Gaiman

  Space, Doctors, Looks

  "If This is Sunday Than I Must be at Home" by Neil Gaiman, journal.neilgaiman.com. April 7, 2011.

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• Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Blow, Sky, Mouths

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.309, Faber & Faber

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• Let me guess,” Eli said, his voice that low, even timbre, as always. “Drinking from kegs also falls under outdoor activity.” I just looked at him, standing there in jeans and the same blue hoodie he’d had on the first time I met him. Maybe it was the embarrassment, which had been bad enough before I had an audience, but I was instantly annoyed. I said, “Are we outside?” He glanced round, as if needing to confirm this. “Nope.” “Then no.” I turned my attention back to the keg.

  Sarah Dessen

  Drinking, Fall, Jeans

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.88, Penguin

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• Despite the fact that he no longer dressed like the big dork he did then, despite the fact that he’d swapped the nerd wear for some much cooler clothes, despite the fact that he’d let his hair go all shaggy and loose to the point where it curved down into his face in that cool guy, slightly windswept, effortless way, despite the fact that every time I looked into his brilliant blue eyes I was totally reminded of the Zac Efron poster that used to hang on my old bedroom wall, it still didn’t make it okay for him to laugh at me the way he did.

  Alyson Noel

  Wall, Eye, Hair

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• Any messages for me?" Usually I got one or two, but mostly people who wanted my help preferred to talk in person. "Yes. Hold on." She pulled out a handful of pink tickets and recited from memory, without checking the paper. "Seven forty-two a.m., Mr. Gasparian: I curse you. I curse your arms so they wither and die and fall off your body. I curse your eyeballs to explode. I curse your feet to swell until blue. I curse your spine to crack. I curse you. I curse you. I curse you.

  Ilona Andrews

  Memories, Fall, Two

  Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.38, Penguin

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• His eyes were open wounds beneath his heavy brows, a blue as dark as the sea by night.

  George R. R. Martin

  Eye, Dark, Night

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.725, Bantam

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• The window opened in the same direction as the king's, and there, summer-bright and framed by the darkness of the stairwell, was the same view. Costis passed it, and then went back up the stairs to look again. There were only the roofs of the lower part of the palace and the town and the city walls. Beyond those were the hills on the far side of the Tustis Valley and the faded blue sky above them. It wasn't what the king saw that was important, it was what he couldn't see when he sat at the window with his face turned toward Eddis.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Summer, Kings, Wall

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• There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. (They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz.) And as I lay there, it occurred to me that God is up there somewhere.

  Donald Miller

  Beautiful, Stars, Pages

  Donald Miller (2012). “Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality”, p.100, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Alec raised his blue eyes."Whos Will?" Magnus exhled a sort laugh."Will.Dear God.That was a long time ago.Will was a Shadowhunter,like you.And yes,he did look like you,but your nothing like him.Jace is much more the way Will was,in personality at least-and my relationship with you is nothing like the one I had with Will.Is that whats bothering you?" "I dont like thinking your only with me because I look like so dead guy you liked.

  Cassandra Clare

  Eye, Thinking, Bothering You

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• How can it be, I wondered, that we can be lying in bed next to a person we love wholly and helplessly, a person we love more than our own breath, and still ache to think of the one who caused us pain all those years ago? It's the betrayal of this second heart of ours, its flesh tied off like a fingertip twined tightly round with a single hair, blue-tinged from lack of blood. The shameful squeeze of it.

  Carolyn Parkhurst

  Pain, Betrayal, Lying

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• It was the hat. He looked sweet in the hat. How could a man in a fuzzy blue hat have used human bones to pave his roads?

  Jennifer Egan

  Sweet, Men, Fuzzy

  Jennifer Egan (2010). “A Visit from the Goon Squad”, p.107, Anchor

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• I went about the job in a direct way. I took the hatchet in both my hands and vigorously beat the fish on the head with the hammerhead (I still didn’t have the stomach to use the sharp edge). The dorado did the most extraordinary thing as it died: it began to flash all kinds of colours in rapid succession. Blue, green, red, gold, and violet flickered and shimmered neon-like on its surface as it struggled. I felt I was beating a rainbow to death.

  Yann Martel

  Jobs, Hands, Rainbow

  Yann Martel (2015). “Life of Pi - CANCELED”, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Looking at her, he was in London again. He saw the gaslight and smelled the smoke and dirt and horses, the metallic tang of fog, the flowers in Kew Gardens. He saw a boy with black hair and blue eyes like Alec's. A girl with long brown curls and a serious face. In a world where everything went away from him eventually, she was one of the few remaining constants.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Horse, Flower

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.259, Simon and Schuster

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• I was ten. I had noticed something was weird earlier in the day, but I knew from commercials that one's menstrual period was a blue liquid that you poured like laundry detergent onto maxi pads to test their absorbency. This wasn't blue, so... I ignored it for a few hours.

  Tina Fey

  Tests, Pads, Liquid

  "Bossypants". Book by Tina Fey, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 5, 2011.

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• Honey lamb, there are a lot of things in this world I feel insecure about. Religion. Our national economic policies. What color socks to wear with a blue suit. But I've got to tell you that my performance in that hotel room last night isn't one of them.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Insecure, Night, Color

  FaceBook post by Susan Elizabeth Phillips from Feb 17, 2016

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• How did you keep this by you?" Grey demanded abruptly. "You were searched to the skin when you were brought back." The wide mouth curved slightly in the first genuine smile Grey had seen. "I swallowed it," Fraser said. Grey's hand closed convulsively on the sapphire. He opened his hand and rather gingerly set the gleaming blue thing on the table by the chess piece. "I see," he said. "I'm sure you do, Major," said Fraser, with a gravity that merely made the glint of amusement in his eyes more pronounced. "A diet of rough parritch has its advantages, now and again.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Eye, Hands, Chess Pieces

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series Bundle: Books 1, 2, 3, and 4: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn”, p.2325, Delacorte Press

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• But I just went to work and imagined that I had on the most beautiful pale blue silk dress - because when you are imagining you might as well imagine something worth while.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Beautiful, Dresses, Might

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “Anne of Green Gables”, p.15, Xist Publishing

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• Young Sally Owens: He will hear my call a mile away. He will whistle my favorite song. He can ride a pony backwards. Young Gillian Owens: What are you doing? Young Sally Owens: Summoning up a true love spell called Amas Veritas. He can flip pancakes in the air. He'll be marvelously kind. And his favorite shape will be a star. And he'll have one green eye and one blue. Young Gillian Owens: Thought you never wanted to fall in love. Young Sally Owens: That's the point. The guy I dreamed of doesn't exist. And if he doesn't exist I'll never die of a broken heart.

  Alice Hoffman

  Song, Falling In Love, Stars

  "Fictional characters: Young Sally Owens, Young Gillian Owens". "Practical Magic", www.imdb.com. 1998.

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• Have either of you seen your mother ” “Yeah ” Ethan said and my heart actually skipped a beat. But I should have known Ethan was joking. “Slim lady. Blue eyes and a gray pageboy ” he continued his eyes glistening in appreciation of his own humor. “Answers to the name ‘Mom'.

  Rachel Vincent

  Mom, Mother, Appreciation

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• The river was so blue it seemed to be breathing.

  Brian Morton

  Breathing, Rivers

  Brian Morton (2007). “Breakable You”, p.254, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The sky was electric blue above the trees but the yard felt dark. Stephanie went to the edge of the lawn and sat her forehead on her knees. The grass and soil were still warm from the day. She wanted to cry but she couldn't. The feeling was too deep.

  Jennifer Egan

  Dark, Sky, Tree

  Jennifer Egan (2010). “A Visit from the Goon Squad”, p.102, Anchor

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• He took his mouth from hers and stared down at her with eyes so dark they no longer looked blue. “Amanda, do you trust me?” “Of course not,” she said. “I don’t know the first thing about you.” Laughter rustled from his chest. “Sensible woman.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Laughter, Eye, Dark

  Lisa Kleypas (2009). “Suddenly You”, p.34, Harper Collins

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• Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

  Harper Lee

  Tkam, Ems, Want

  To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) ch. 10

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• Beckendorf closed eyes tight and brought his hand up to his watch. from that distance, the explosion shook the world. Heat seared the back of my head. The Princess Andromeda blew up from both sides, a massive fireball of green flame roiling into the dark sky, consuming everything....I stared out the window into deep blue water. Beckendorf was supposed to go to college in the fall. He had a girlfriend, lots of friends, his whole life ahead of him. He couldn't be gone.

  Rick Riordan

  Girlfriend, Distance, Princess

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