Broke Quotes - Page 24

• The monster licked his lips, long lines of whiskers twitching, and spoke in a deep growl. "Pretty, aren't I?" Curran. In midform. I broke from his gaze. "Adorable.

  Ilona Andrews

  Adorable, Long, Monsters

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Magic Bites: A Special Edition of the First Kate Daniels Novel”, p.87, Penguin

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• My rest might have been blissful enough, only a sad heart broke it.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Heart, Might, Enough

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.264, Penguin

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• What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?

  Alan Paton

  Heart, Eye, Gun

  Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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• ... he broke her heart and made her crave his touch even while she was trying to figure out where to hide his body.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Heart, Trying, Body

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “The Dark-Hunters”, p.673, Macmillan

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• It was Will who broke the silence. "Very well. You have me alone in the corrider-" "Yes, yes," said Tessa impatiently,"and thousands of women all over England would pay handsomely for the privilege of such an opportunity. Can we put aside the display of your wit for a moment? This is important.

  Cassandra Clare

  Opportunity, Silence, Important

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• But I have never had the privilege of unhappiness in Happy Valley. California is about the good life. So a bad life there seems so much worse than a bad life anywhere else. Quality is an obsession there—good food, good wine, good movies, music, weather, cars. Those sound like the right things to shoot for, but the never-ending quality quest is a lot of pressure when you’re uncertain and disorganized and, not least, broker than broke. Some afternoons a person just wants to rent Die Hard, close the curtains, and have Cheerios for lunch.

  Sarah Vowell

  Good Life, Wine, Lunch

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• Everything was red, the air, the sun, whatever I looked at. Except for him. I fell in love with someone who was human. I watched him walk through the hills and come back in the evening when his work was through. I saw things no woman would see: that he knew how to cry, that he was alone. I cast myself at him, like a fool, but he didn't see me. And then one day he noticed I was beautiful and he wanted me. He broke me off and took me with him, in his hands, and I didn't care that I was dying until I actually was.

  Alice Hoffman

  Beautiful, Air, Hands

  Alice Hoffman (2009). “The Story Sisters: A Novel”, p.143, Broadway Books

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• Charlotte slammed the paper down onto her desk with an exclamation of rage. “Aloysius Starkweather is the most stubborn, hypocritical, obstinate, degenerate—” She broke off, clearly fighting for control of her temper. Tessa had never seen Charlotte’s mouth so firmly set into a hard line. “Would you like a thesaurus?” Will inquired. “You seem to be running out of words.

  Cassandra Clare

  Running, Fighting, Stubborn

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.526, Simon and Schuster

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• He carried a pipe in his left hand, and as he examined Will at his leisure, he exhaled sending a cloud of sweet-smelling, cough-induced smoke. 'Finally broke down and admitted you're in love with me, have you?'He inquired of Will. 'I do enjoy these suprise midnight declarations.' He leaned against the doorway and waved a languid ringed hand. "Go along, have at it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sweet, Clouds, Hands

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• [I'm] as broke as the ten commandments.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Ten Commandments, Psmith, Ten

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• You went and broke our lives. You are so much worse than a cheater. You killed something. And you killed it when its back was turned.

  David Levithan

  Cheater, Infidelity, Cheating Yourself

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.129, Macmillan

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• The trees bathed their great heads in the waves of the morning, while their roots were planted deep in gloom; save where on the borders of the sunshine broke against their stems, or swept in long streams through their avenues, washing with brighter hue all the leaves over which it flowed; revealing the rich brown of the dacayed leaves and fallen pine-cones, and the delicate greens of the long grasses and tiny forests of moss that covered the channel over which it passed in the motionless rivers of light.

  George MacDonald

  Morning, Sunshine, Light

  George Macdonald (2013). “The Princess Treasury”, p.341, Simon and Schuster

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• And this tenderness was not like That which a certain poet At the beginning of the century called true And, for some reason, quiet. No, not at all— It rang out, like the first waterfall, It crunched like the crust of bluish ice And it prayed with a swanlike voice, And it broke down right before our eyes.

  Anna Akhmatova

  Eye, Ice, Waterfalls

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• I am brave," Will said... "Yes, you are," Magnus said, and kissed him. It wasn't the most dramatic kiss, but Will failed his free arm as if a bee had landed on him; Magnus had to hope Camille would assume this was passion. When they broke apart, Will looked stunned. So did Camille, for that matter. ... Will swung sideways...He dashed across the room, retrieved it, and tucked it into Magnus's waistcoat pocket. Then, with a wink at Camille that, Magnus thought, God alone knew how she would interpret, he sauntered out of the room.

  Cassandra Clare

  Passion, Kissing, Brave

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• You see, all that I ever held dear has been taken from me," she said in a matter-of-fact tone. "And when you've lost everything-" Her facade began to crumble, and her voice broke, but she made herself carry on. "When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

  Ken Follett

  Taken, Voice, Matter

  Ken Follett (2007). “World Without End”, p.1083, Penguin

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• The world," he said, "is not a wish-granting factory," and then he broke down, just for one moment, his sob roaring impotent like a clap of thunder unaccompanied by lightning, the terrible ferocity that amateurs in the field of suffering might mistake for weakness.

  John Green

  Mistake, Suffering, Wish

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.139, Penguin UK

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• I once saw Arnold Schwarzenegger kill a man in a movie by grabbing his head and twisting it until the neck broke. Was that difficult? Could a man do it without a lot of practice?

  David Wong

  Men, Practice, Saws

  David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.301, Titan Books

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• Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr'd the moon with splinters: here I clip The anvil of my sword, and do contest As hotly and as nobly with thy love As ever in ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valour. Know thou first, I loved the maid I married; never man Sigh'd truer breath; but that I see thee here, Thou noble thing! more dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw Bestride my threshold.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Moon, Men

  William Shakespeare (1809). “The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.137

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• In a low whisper she was certain only her friend could hear, she said, "I specifically remember we both promised never to drink from any man's goblet of wine. From the looks of you, Frances Catherine, I'm thinking you broke your word.

  Julie Garwood

  Wine, Men, Thinking

  Julie Garwood (2011). “The Secret”, p.84, Penguin

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• On the beach, at dawn: Four small stones clearly Hugging each other. How many kinds of love Might there be in the world, And how many formations might they make And who am I ever To imagine I could know Such a marvelous business? When the sun broke It poured willingly its light Over the stones That did not move, not at all, Just as, to its always generous term, It shed its light on me, My own body that loves, Equally, to hug another body.

  Mary Oliver

  Beach, Moving, Light

  Mary Oliver (2010). “Swan: Poems and Prose Poems”, p.9, Beacon Press

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• Do you think my husband and his soldiers will be overly upset with me?" The priest broke into a wide grin. "I'll stand by your side when we find out," he said. "I would be honored to escort you to your husband." The priest took hold of Johanna's arm. She didn't notice. "I expect them to be a little upset at first," she explained. "But only just a little." "Yes," he agreed. "Tell me, lass. When was your last confession?" "Why do you ask?" "It's preferred to receive absolution before you meet your Maker.

  Julie Garwood

  Husband, Thinking, Your Side

  Julie Garwood (2011). “Saving Grace”, p.215, Penguin

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• The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with the energy of their fall. The waves were steeped deep-blue save for a pattern of diamond-pointed light on their backs which rippled as the backs of great horses ripple with muscles as they move. The waves fell; withdrew and fell again, like the thud of a great beast stamping.

  Virginia Woolf

  Horse, Moving, Fall

  Virginia Woolf (2016). “The Waves”, p.109, Virginia Woolf

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• You know I want to be a director, but you could never truly see the movies in my head and that, Ed, is why we broke up.

  Daniel Handler

  Directors, Want, Broke Up

  Daniel Handler (2012). “Why We Broke Up”, p.7, Egmont UK

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• Did you accomplish anything in your meeting with Kynan and Arik?” Limos, looking proud of herself, bobbed her head excitedly. “I broke Arik’s ribs.” Reaver exhaled on a deep sigh. “Anything else?

  Larissa Ione

  Ribs, Limos, Proud

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• Undeveloped, the whole thing,tossed into a box before we really had a chance to know what we had, and that's why we broke up.

  Daniel Handler

  Chance, Broke Up, Boxes

  Daniel Handler (2012). “Why We Broke Up”, p.42, Egmont UK

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