Made Quotes - Page 10

• Like any normal fifth grader, I preferred my villains to be evil and stay that way, to act like Dracula rather than Frankenstein's monster, who ruined everything by handing that peasant girl a flower. He sort of made up for it by drowning her a few minutes later, but, still, you couldn't look at him the same way again.

  David Sedaris

  Girl, Flower, Evil

  4 Copy quote

• Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of small minds.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Inspirational, Engineering, Mind

  9 Copy quote

• When he comes, he makes a noise deep in his throat that is so raw and animal and sexual that I think if he merely looked at me and made that noise, I might explode in an orgasm.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Animal, Thinking, Noise

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.693, Dell

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• She teaches me that the world is made to be pounced on and enjoyed, and that there is absolutely no reason at all to hold back.

  Annie Ernaux

  World, Reason, Teach

  Annie Ernaux (1995). “Frozen Woman”

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• He was the boy that made mix tapes with themes and hand-colored covers until the day he hit my sister and stopped crying.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Boys, Hands, Tape

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• You know nothing... And suppose the vampire who made you knew nothing, and the vampire who made that vampire knew nothing, and the vampire before him knew nothing, and so it goes back and back, nothing proceeding from nothing, until there is nothing! And we must live with the knowledge that there is no knowledge.

  Anne Rice

  Vampire, Knows, Proceeding

  4 Copy quote

• The two men stared at each other. Assumptions were made, judgments rendered, dicks measured.

  Jennifer Estep

  Men, Two, Assumption

  Jennifer Estep (2010). “Spider's Bite: An Elemental Assassin Book”, p.191, Simon and Schuster

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• People changed lots of other personal things all the time. They dyed their hair and dieted themselves to near death. They took steroids to build muscles and got breast implants and nose jobs so they'd resemble their favorite movie stars. They changed names and majors and jobs and husbands and wives. They changed religions and political parties. They moved across the country or the world -- even changed nationalities. Why was gender the one sacred thing we weren’t supposed to change? Who made that rule?

  Ellen Wittlinger

  Country, Jobs, Stars

  Ellen Wittlinger (2012). “Parrotfish”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• We have made it our overriding ambition to escape work, and as a consequence have debased work until it is only fit to escape from. We have debased the products of work and have been, in turn, debased by them. (pg. 43, "The Unsettling of America")

  Wendell Berry

  Ambition, America, Fit

  17 Copy quote

• It's not the mistakes I made but how I responded to them

  Patrick Ness

  Mistake

  4 Copy quote

• Life is populated with scarecrows—all those people and things that seem so scary and trouble our sleep. Isn't it nice to know that most of them turn out to be made of nothing but straw?

  Jerry Spinelli

  Nice, Sleep, People

  Jerry Spinelli, Eileen Spinelli (2014). “Today I Will”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

  43 Copy quote

  Show source

• Was his body made out of orange rocks and did he at any point yell 'It's clobbering time'?" "I find your attempt at levity inappropriate." "Consider me properly chastised.

  Ilona Andrews

  Rocks, Orange, Body

  4 Copy quote

• So, Diana thought, that was the bait she had to lay out for Jack. Of course. What else? He might lust for Diana, and long for Brianna, but Jack’s true love was made of silicon.

  Michael Grant

  Long, Lust, Bait

  4 Copy quote

• First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first.

  Yann Martel

  Firsts, Wonder, Fit

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.82, Canongate Books

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Mom’s not feeling well. So I’m making her a get well card.” “That’s thoughtful of you.” "See, on the front it says, ‘Get Well Soon’ … and on the inside it says,’Because my bed isn’t made, my clothes need to be put away and I’m hungry. Love Calvin.’ Want to sign it?” “Sure, I’m hungry too

  Bill Watterson

  Mom, Get Well Soon, Thoughtful

  7 Copy quote

• I text tiny a minute later. MADE NEW GAY FRIEND. And he texts back PROGRESS!!!

  David Levithan

  Gay, Progress, Tiny

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.114, Penguin

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• It was so much easier to be angry. Being angry made him feel strong, even though-- and this contradiction did nothing to diminish his anger-- he was angry only because his position was so weak.

  Lev Grossman

  Strong, Contradiction, Weak

  Lev Grossman (2009). “The Magicians: A Novel”, p.320, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If God had wanted me to lose weight he would have made sure there was creamed spinach for dessert.

  Janet Evanovich

  Weight, Dessert, Spinach

  Janet Evanovich (2011). “Ten Big Ones”, p.78, Hachette UK

  14 Copy quote

  Show source

• What made you immortal? (Nick) Really good DNA. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dna, Immortal

  4 Copy quote

• He’s ours now. Not made by evil, but birthed by human cruelty. (Mortent Leader)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Evil, Leader, Cruelty

  4 Copy quote

• His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure--all the more intense for being held tightly in--his consistent view that every peril in life is a form of sport, a fierce game betwixt you and Fate, with Death as a forfeit, made him a wonderful companion at such hours.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Sports, Appreciation, Drama

  H. Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lin Carter, Rudyard Kipling, Eando Binder (2014). “The Lost World MEGAPACK ®: 22 Modern and Classic Tales”, p.161, Wildside Press LLC

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• They say asteroids hit the moon pretty often, which is how the moon gets its crater, but this one is going to be the biggest asteroid ever to hit it and on a clear night you should be able to see the impact when it happens, maybe even with the naked eye but certainly with binoculars. They made it sound pretty dramatic, but I still don't think it's worth three homework assignments.

  Susan Beth Pfeffer

  Eye, Moon, Night

  Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• How did you escape? (Syd) I fought my way out in a manner that would have made Rambo proud. And when I got home without his body because I couldn’t pull him out without getting myself killed, I got slapped in my face by everyone around me. So don’t talk to me about death, little girl. I wrote the book on it. (Steele)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Girl, Book, Home

  4 Copy quote

• But all I could think of was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of.

  Sarah Dessen

  Thinking, Age, Feels

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.241, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• A being who, as I grew older, lost imagination, emotion, a type of intelligence, a way of feeling things - all that which, while it made me sorry, did not horrify me. But what am I experiencing when I read myself as if I were someone else? On which bank am I standing if I see myself in the depths?

  Fernando Pessoa

  Sorry, Imagination, Feelings

  4 Copy quote