Bones Quotes - Page 27

• In the deepest places, where physical norms collapse under the crushing water, bodies still fall softly through the dark, days after their vessels have capsized. They decay on their long journey down. Nothing will hit the black sand at the bottom of the world but algae-covered bones.

  China Mieville

  Crush, Fall, Dark

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• Soldiers are issued armour for their flesh and bones, but they must fashion their own for their souls. Piece by piece.

  Steven Erikson

  Fashion, Soul, Soldier

  "Memories of Ice". Book by Steven Erikson, December 6, 2001.

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• You’re in my bones and my blood and my heart,” he said. “I’d have to tear myself open to let you go.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Blood, Tears

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• I lay there silently, hoarding my small dignity. I did not ask about the gate or the closet. I did not question the bedtime ritual where, on the cold bathroom tiles, I was spread out daily and examined for flaws. I did not know that my bones, those solids, those pieces of sculpture would not splinter.

  Anne Sexton

  Hoarding, Sculpture, Splinters

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• The writers job is to get naked, To hide nothing. To look away from nothing. To look at it. To not blink. To be not embarrassed or shamed of it. Strip it down and lets get down to where the blood is, the bone is. Instead of hiding it with clothes and all kinds of other stuff, luxury!

  Harry Crews

  Jobs, Blood, Luxury

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• I'm a gunfighter, Jim, not a demonologist." Sin moved past him so that he could burn the body o n the ground. "Nice Bones impression. Roddenberry would be proud.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Nice, Past, Would Be

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Retribution”, p.43, Macmillan

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• ....called to give you the good news. I asked our daughter to marry me and she accepted. Congratulations, I will officially your son-in-law. Now, do you want me to call you zmum straightaway, or wait until after the wedding?" I lew through the ir in a dive tht finally tackled him, wrenching the phone away. Bones was laughing so hard he had to breathe to get it all out. "Mom? Are you there? Mom.....?" "You might want to give her a moment, Kitten. I believe she fainted.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Mom, Daughter, Congratulations

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• No one else noticed, or cared. It was just something they did. Taking other people’s livestock. Other people’s lives. She watched the soldiers, hating them. They were different in so many ways, white and black, yellow and brown, skinny, short, tall, small, but they were all the same. Didn’t matter if they wore finger-bone necklaces, or baby teeth on bracelets, or tattoos on their chests to ward off bullets. In the end, they were all mangled with battle scars and their eyes were all dead.

  Paolo Bacigalupi

  Tattoo, Baby, Hate

  Paolo Bacigalupi (2012). “The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series”, p.39, Hachette UK

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• Odd that I couldn’t catch any of your dream,” Bones went on. “Normally your dreams are like background music to me.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Dream, Odd, Backgrounds

  Jeaniene Frost (2009). “Destined For an Early Grave: A Night Huntress Novel”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• Trying to wake you,” Bones answered crisply. “I cut you, threw water on you, slapped you, and set a lighter to your legs. For future reference, which one of those do you think worked?” “Good God,” I hissed. “No wonder I thought you were Death incarnate in my dream, and that made me run toward Gregor at first!

  Jeaniene Frost

  Running, Dream, Cutting

  Jeaniene Frost (2009). “Destined For an Early Grave: A Night Huntress Novel”, p.40, Harper Collins

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• I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam. "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Heart, Frodo, Break

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.918, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• In the pit of red You hid from the bone-clinic whiteness But the jewel you lost was blue.

  Ted Hughes

  Blue, Jewels, Pits

  Ted Hughes (1998). “Birthday letters”, Wheeler Pub Inc

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• I'm always telling myself I don't have many feelings. Even when something does affect me I'm only moderately moved. I almost never cry. It's not that I'm stronger than the ones with teary eyes, I'm weaker. They have courage. When all you are is skin and bones, feelings are a brave thing. I'm more of a coward. The difference is minimal though, I just use my strength not to cry. When I do allow myself a feeling, I take the part that hurts and bandage it up with a story that doesn't cry, that doesn't dwell on homesickness.

  Herta Muller

  Hurt, Eye, Differences

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• An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate, fear, repulsion - you feel these things in your muscle and bones, not just in your mind.

  William Landay

  Hate, Ideas, Desire Love

  William Landay (2012). “Defending Jacob: A Novel”, p.209, Delacorte Press

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• This isn't going to be easy," I grumbled as we headed toward the exit. Bones shrugged. "Nothing worthwhile ever is.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Exit, Easy, Worthwhile

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• For the love of ammonites, man! That's just stupid. Why on earth would the Society need to protect unmarried women from bone-dry lectures regarding soil composition? Do your members find themselves whipped into some sort of dusty frenzy, from which no delicate lass would be safe?" Mr. Barrington tugged on his coat. "Sometimes the debate does get heated." Colin turned to her. "Min, Can I just hit him?" "I think that's a bad idea." "run him through with something sharp?

  Tessa Dare

  Running, Stupid, Men

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• "No, you should stay right where you are, or my estranged brother and I will settle our difference by seeing who can break more of your bones." Tod glanced at him, brows raised. "You want to settle our differences?" Nash frowned. "No, I want to break every bone in his body, and I didn't think you'd let me do it alone." Tod nodded. "Good call."

  Rachel Vincent

  Brother, Thinking, Differences

  "Before I Wake". Book by Rachel Vincent, 2011.

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• He was also handsome in a too-pretty way that made me think with less muscles, a wig, and some makeup, he'd look great in a dress. Vlad's scowl vanished into a smile as the brunet's gaze swung in my direction as though he'd somehow heard that. "Looks as though she's put you in your place as well, Bones," Vlad drawled.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Makeup, Thinking, Dresses

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• It's easy to forget people are blood and bone. They're not indestructible.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Blood, People, Forget

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• Bones leaned back, studying me. I felt so self-conscious. If only I had a shield of makeup, some perfectly arranged hair... and oh yeah. Some panties.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Makeup, Hair, Self

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• To what extent does anybody control his destiny? Life is very much like falling of the edge of a cliff. You have complete freedom to make all the choices you want to take on your way down. My characters choose to yearn and not lose hope even when the odds are completely against them. It doesn't make the landing at the end of that fall any less painful but, somehow, it helps them keep a little dignity their bone broken body.

  Etgar Keret

  Fall, Character, Destiny

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• I will devour you. I will lick your bones clean and crush them between my teeth. I will suck the marrow…” “That’s nice,” Kate said. “The shield.

  Ilona Andrews

  Crush, Nice, Teeth

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.217, Penguin

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• Let me introduce my friend, Cat.’ The redhead, and for some reason, she looked familiar. ‘Her husband Bones’ – here Vlad smiled coolly at the short-haired brunet – ‘is not my friend.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Husband, Cat, Reason

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• ... He went under the stars, and the tender light of the moon, when it hung like an eyelash and the tree trunks shone like bones. He walked through wind and weather, and beneath sun-bleached skies. It seemed to Harold that he had been waiting all his life to walk. He no longer knew how far he had come, but only that he was going forward. The pale Cotswold stone became the red brick of Warwickshire, and the land flattened into middle England. Harold reached his hand to his mouth to brush away a fly, and felt a beard growing in thick tufts. Queenie would live. He knew it.

  Rachel Joyce

  Stars, Moon, Light

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• Do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun, thaw feather and bone, take wing to fly you home?

  Ellen Hopkins

  Home, Wings, Suffering

  Ellen Hopkins (2013). “Burned”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

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