Packages Quotes - Page 10

• Maybe the package comes in a different shape than we originally thought it would.

  Susane Colasanti

  Different, Shapes

  Susane Colasanti (2009). “Waiting For You”, p.201, Penguin

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• This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don't consider it rejected. Consider that you've addressed it 'to the editor who can appreciate my work' and it has simply come back stamped 'Not at this address'. Just keep looking for the right address.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Writing, Editors, Appreciate

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• Okay," Kincaid said. "Anyone have any questions?" "Why do they sell hot dogs in packages of ten but hot dog buns in packages of eight?

  Jim Butcher

  Dog, Eight, Hot

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• She's kind of funny looking. Her face is out of balance--broad forehead, button nose, freckled cheeks, and pointy ears. A slammed-together, rough sort of face you can't ignore. Still, the whole package isn't so bad. For all I know maybe she's not so wild about her own looks, but she seems comfortable with who she is, and that's the important thing.

  Haruki Murakami

  Balance, Important, Together

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• You had a package. It was torn, so I looked in.” She lifted one of a stack of firefighter calendars, with his own mug and half-naked body on the cover. “Nice,” she said, a ghost of a smile crossing her lips. “Mr. 2008.” He bit back a sigh. “It’s for charity.” “And you definitely contributed.

  Jill Shalvis

  Nice, Firefighter, Naked

  Lori Wilde, Rhonda Nelson, Cara Summers, Cami Dalton, Kira Sinclair (2008). “One-Click Buy: August Harlequin Blaze: Secret Seduction\The Hell-Raiser\Lie with Me\Pleasure to the Max!\Whispers in the Dark\Flashback”, p.1125, Harlequin

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• Zombies smell worse than anything you can imagine if you haven’t been hunting things on the dark side of the world. It’s a ripe, gassy odour, like rotting eggs and meat gone bad, crawling blind with maggots. It’s road kill and decayed food and body odour all rolled into one package and tied up with puke.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Dark, Hunting, Eggs

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• I'm pretty sure that if you looked up the word "nuts" in the dictionary, you'll find my picture. Just another fun feature of my mutant-birdkid-freak package.

  James Patterson

  Fun, Nuts, Mutants

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1”, p.298, Hachette UK

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• Love doesn't always come in convenient packages.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Midnight Sun, Convenient

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• Did I ever mention I used to be a delivery driver too? I was. I can read a map. What’s more, using a brilliant mixture of zen navigation, Aristotelian logic, and pure rage I can get you your package and/or delicious sandwich relatively close to on-time.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Sandwiches, Maps, Mixtures

  "There and Back Again…." by Patrick Rothfuss, blog.patrickrothfuss.com. May 4, 2010.

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• Hedwig didn't return until the end of the Easter holidays. Percy's letter was enclosed in a package of Easter eggs that Mrs. Weasley had sent. Both Harry's and Ron's were the size of dragon eggs, and full of home-made toffee. Hermione's, however, was smaller than a chicken's egg. Her face fell when she saw it. "Your mum doesn't read Witch's Weekly, by any chance, does she, Ron?" she asked quietly. "Yeah," said Ron, whose mouth was full of toffee. "Gets it for the recipes." Hermione looked sadly at her tiny egg.

  J. K. Rowling

  Easter, Home, Holiday

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• There was something about a man with a shovel, and the sweat on his neck might as well have been chocolate sauce. It wasn't fair. Brains and brawns should be two separate categories, not bundled into one irresistible package. She needed to pull herself together before she went after him with a spoon. But where to start?

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Men, Sweat, Two

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• Why do people respect the package rather than the man?

  Michel de Montaigne

  Men, People, Appearance

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• It's good to let God pick a man for you. We don't do so well when we pick them ourselves. They end up lipsticks in a drawer, all those wrong colors you thought looked so good in the package.

  Deb Caletti

  Men, Color, Ends

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• It seemed to me,' said Wonko the Sane, 'that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a package of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.

  Douglas Adams

  Civilization, Needs, Use

  Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.107, Pan Macmillan

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• He's male. I've noticed that sometimes the brains simply get left out of the package.

  Eloisa James

  Brain, Males, Sometimes

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• I hate endings. Just detest them. Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster. … The temptation towards resolution, towards wrapping up the package, seems to me a terrible trap. Why not be more honest with the moment? The most authentic endings are the ones which are already revolving towards another beginning. That’s genius.

  Sam Shepard

  Hate, Temptation, Why Not

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• I got the total package, you know, the curves, the rhythm, and the voice. I'm just the best.

  Miley Cyrus

  Curves, Voice, Dissing

  "How ‘Wrecking Ball’ Escaped Beyonce To Become Miley Cyrus’ Career-Defining Hit" by Ryan Perry, uproxx.com. December 21, 2016.

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• Don't touch my junk, you airport security goon - my package belongs to no one but me, and do you really think I'm a Nigerian nut job preparing for my 72-virgin orgy by blowing my johnson to kingdom come?

  Charles Krauthammer

  Jobs, Thinking, Airports

  "Don't touch my junk" by Charles Krauthammer, www.washingtonpost.com. November 19, 2010.

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• I am not interested in releasing best of stuff and I have not given my permission. You release best of packages when you're a has-been and have nothing new to offer.

  Amanda Lear

  Stuff, Release, Permission

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• I sell a complete package... a life style that's in harmony with and exemplified by the exterior and interior living space. I'm obsessive about the way I live and work, so when it comes to renovating, I believe in finding the true integrity of a house, then breathing life back into it in a way that connects with a certain type of buyer.

  Jeffrey Lewis

  Integrity, Believe, Breathing

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• I have never done a package tour in my life. It appeals in a way, but then I remind myself that you can't control the other people with you, which could turn out to be ghastly.

  Arabella Weir

  People, Way, Done

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• The alternatives [to the stimulus packages] were to do nothing or, worse, effectively replicate the Premiers' Plan of 1931 when governments cut expenditure, thereby compounding the problems created by a private sector already in retreat. The result, of course, was an economic rout, appalling unemployment and a decade of negligible growth through the 1930s

  Kevin Rudd

  Cutting, Government, Growth

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• Adam and Eve ate the first vitamins, including the package.

  E. R. Squibb

  Healing, Health, Firsts

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• Our whole culture is based on the appetite for buying, on the idea of a mutually favorable exchange. .... For the man an attractive girl - and for the woman an attractive man - are the prizes they are after. 'attractive' usually means a nice package of qualities which are popular and sought after on the personality market. What specifically makes a person attractive depends on the fashion of the time, physically as well as mentally. ... Two persons thus fall in love when they feel they have found the best object available on the market, considering the limitations of their own exchange values.

  Erich Fromm

  Love, Girl, Fashion

  Erich Fromm (2000). “The Art of Loving: The Centennial Edition”, p.3, A&C Black

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• With the red hair, you get the white skin; it's a package deal. The cons are that you never look particularly attractive on the beach. The pros are in a softly lit room, you look pretty.

  Marcia Cross

  Beach, White, Hair

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