Littles Quotes - Page 23

• If envy is red and doubt is black then happiness is brown. I looked from the little brown stone to the tiny brown freckle to her huge brown eyes.

  Annabel Pitcher

  Eye, Envy, Black

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• Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her life.

  Edith Wharton

  Solitude, Noise, Welcome

  Edith Wharton (2013). “House of Mirth and the Age of Innocence”, p.218, Simon and Schuster

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• Don’t mind me,” I said. “I’m just the person who tried to rob the place last July.” “No, you diddn’t,” Abby said, appearing on the roof. She was wearing a trim suit and tall black boots. Her hair was pulled into a sleek ponytail at the nape of her neck, and either i was imagining things or Townsend wasn’t quite as good a spy as I thought, because I could have sworn I saw him drool a little. Note to self: your aunt is a hottie.

  Ally Carter

  Aunt, Hair, July

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• Your woman wears underwear out in public,” Sabin said. “Must be nice. How’d you manage that little miracle?” “Only the Deity knows.

  Gena Showalter

  Nice, Miracle, Underwear

  Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Surrender”, p.104, HQN Books

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• There is only one princess in the Disney tales, one girl who gets to be exalted. Princesses may confide in a sympathetic mouse or teacup, but they do not have girlfriends. God forbid Snow White should give Sleeping Beauty a little support. Let's review: princesses avoid female bonding. Their goals are to be saved by a prince, get married, and be taken care of the rest of their lives.

  Peggy Orenstein

  Girl, Princess, Taken

  Peggy Orenstein (2011). “Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture”, p.23, Harper Collins

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• Alec," Magnus said. He put a hand on his boyfriend’s shoulder; Alec was standing still, staring angrily at the floor. "Are you okay?" Alec looked at him. "Who are you again?" Magnus gave a little gasp; he looked — for the first time Simon could remember — actually unnerved. It lasted only a moment, but it was there. "Alexander," he said. "Too soon to joke about the happy memory thing, I take it," Alec said.

  Cassandra Clare

  Memories, Hands, Firsts

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.240, Simon and Schuster

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• How much do they be paying you?" he asked mellowly. "The usual salary. A little more than they think I'm worth and a little less than I think I'm worth.

  Betty Smith

  Thinking, Usual, Salary

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• There was only silence. It was the silence of matter caught in the act and embarrassed. There were no cells moving, and yet there were cells. I could see the shape of the land, how it lay holding silence. Its poise and its stillness were unendurable, like the ring of the silence you hear in your skull when you're little and notice you're living the ring which resumes later in life when you're sick.

  Annie Dillard

  Moving, Later In Life, Cells

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• Aristotle taught that stars are made of a different matter than the four earthly elements— a quintessence— that also happens to be what the human psyche is made of. Which is why man’s spirit corresponds to the stars. Perhaps that’s not a very scientific view, but I do like the idea that there’s a little starlight in each of us.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Stars, Men, Views

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Love in the Afternoon”, p.41, Macmillan

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• Why not rise from the grave and terrorize a little instead of staying buried and dead in the cemetery?

  Daniel Handler

  Why Not, Graves, Buried

  Daniel Handler (2012). “Why We Broke Up”, p.156, Egmont UK

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• Why are you drinking? demanded the little prince. "So that I may forget," replied the tippler. "Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who was already sorry for him. "Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head. "Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him. "Ashamed of drinking!

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Sorry, Drinking, May

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• I don't know if you know this," Tobias says, "but Edward is a little unstable." "I'm getting that," I say. "That Drew guy who helped Peter perform that butterknife maneuver," Tobias says. "Apparently when he got kicked out of Dauntless, he tried to join the same group of factionless Edward was a part of. Notice that you haven't seen Drew anywhere.

  Veronica Roth

  Guy, Groups, Tobias

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• When you must choose a new path, do not bring old experiences with you. Those who strike out afresh, but who attempt to retain a little of the old life, end up torn apart by their own memories.

  Paulo Coelho

  Memories, Torn Apart, Path

  Paulo Coelho (2015). “Warrior of the Light -”, p.19, Booklassic

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• I didn't know where this stuff was coming from - all of a sudden I was a little magickal sprite, bonding with my stone, feeling my earth roots, la la la... All I can is describe the way it felt. And that was how it felt. So sue me. Was I swaying? I felt like I might be swaying.

  Cate Tiernan

  Roots, Feelings, Earth

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• You going to try the rest of your gear on?" he asked on an exhale. "Or you want to whine about your pants a little more?" "Don't make me flip you off." "Why would I deprive you of a favorite hobby?" [Vishous to Butch]

  J.R. Ward

  Favorite Hobby, Trying, Hobbies

  J.R. Ward (2007). “Lover Unbound: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.36, Penguin

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• She'd always been a little contemptuous of beauty, as though it was something you had to trade away some other vital thing for.

  Holly Black

  Trade, Contempt, Contemptuous

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• I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.

  Holly Black

  Girl, Heart, Cutting

  Holly Black (2012). “Ironside”, p.162, Simon and Schuster

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• I peered deeper and found my soul. A little tattered and with some holes, but there all the same. It had always been there, I realized with shock.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Soul, Holes, Found

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Poison Study”, p.253, Harlequin

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• She hated that little voice inside her head. Like the Seelie Queen, it planted doubts where there shouldn't be doubts, asked questions that had no answer.

  Cassandra Clare

  Queens, Voice, Doubt

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• The busyness of your life leaves little room for the source of your life.

  Ann Voskamp

  Rooms, Source

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• ... what would Poirot do? Poirot wouldn't flap around in a panic. He'd stay calm and use his little grey cells and recall some tiny, vital detail which would be the clue to everything.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Cells, Stay Calm, Details

  Sophie Kinsella (2012). “I've Got Your Number”, p.8, Random House

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• No, they would not be happy to take my place at your side, cara mia, because I would promptly end their lives in a most unhappy way.’ ‘You are such a caveman, Julian. You look tall and elegant and princely, yet you have not matured beyond the cave.’ …’I have no intention of riding above caveman mentality,’ he growled in her ear, his breath teasing tendrils of hair and sending little flames dancing through her bloodstream. ‘There are so many benefits for the caveman.

  Christine Feehan

  Hair, Flames, Your Side

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• I know the M-word makes you nervous, but yeah. I'm talking about the big, permanent friendship. A little different from what Joe and Charles had, though. See, I want to be the kind of best friends who make love every night, who share all their darkest secrets and favorite jokes, and maybe even someday make babies together. I know that kind of friendship requires hard work, but you know, I'm pretty good at hard work. ~ Tom Paoletti, "The Unsung Hero

  Suzanne Brockmann

  Baby, Hero, Hard Work

  Suzanne Brockmann (2003). “The Unsung Hero”, p.393, Ballantine Books

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• Henry held up his taco- formerly Vlad's- and grinned. " Little known fact, gentlemen. Tacos are the food of genius." pg248 Henry to Vlad & Joss

  Heather Brewer

  Gentleman, Genius, Tacos

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• Shakespeare put no children in his plays for a reason," Sir Godfrey muttered, glaring at Alf and Binnie. "You're forgetting the Little Prince," Polly reminded him. "Who he had the good sense to kill off in the second act," snapped Sir Godfrey.

  Connie Willis

  Children, Play, Forget

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