Size Quotes - Page 24

• In California there were nuggets the size of walnuts lying on the ground—or so it was said, and truth travels slowly when rumors have wings of gold.

  Cherie Priest

  Lying, Wings, California

  Cherie Priest (2012). “Boneshaker”, p.15, Pan Macmillan

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• Just because I squeezed my gigantic bottom into men’s trousers, you needn’t assume my brains have shrunk to masculine size.

  Loretta Chase

  Men, Brain, Assuming

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• Now Julie could stay here, in the Keep full of homicidal maniacs who grew teeth the size of switchblades and erupted into a violent frenzy when threatened.

  Ilona Andrews

  Teeth, Violent, Grew

  Ilona Andrews (2011). “Magic Slays”, p.16, Penguin

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• Then she took out a speculum the size of a milk shake machine. Even Michelle Duggar would have flinched at this thing, but I had never seen one before.

  Tina Fey

  Machines, Milk, Shakes

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• Imagination magnifies small objects with fantastic exaggeration until they fill our soul, and with bold insolence cuts down great things to its own size, as when speaking of God.

  Blaise Pascal

  Cutting, Small Objects, Imagination

  Blaise Pascal (2008). “Human Happiness”, Penguin Group USA

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• being physically intimidating didn't keep you from getting your feelings hurt. Everyone's heart is the same size.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Hurt, Heart, Feelings

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Hit List”, p.122, Hachette UK

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• Stu walked Bennie over to Chris in the chair and parted his hair to reveal some tan little creatures the size of poppy seeds moving around on his scalp. Bennie felt himself grow faint.'Lice' the barber whispered.'They get it at school'. 'But he goes to private school' Bernie had blurted.'In Crandale,New York!

  Jennifer Egan

  New York, Moving, School

  Jennifer Egan (2010). “A Visit from the Goon Squad”, p.24, Anchor

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• Otulissa swelled up to twice her normal size. 'Well, SPRINK ON YOUR SPRONK!

  Kathryn Lasky

  Normal, Wells

  Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole #4: The Siege”, p.35, Scholastic Inc.

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• The strength of your memory dictates the size of your reality

  Chuck Klosterman

  Memories, Reality

  Chuck Klosterman (2004). “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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• The world is so huge that people are always getting lost in it. There are too many ideas and things and people too many directions to go. I was starting to believe that the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It makes the world seem not huge and empty but full of possibility.

  Susan Orlean

  Believe, Ideas, People

  Susan Orlean (2009). “The Orchid Thief”, p.133, Random House

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• For the true measure of agriculture is not the sophistication of its equipment the size of its income or even the statistics of its productivity but the good health of the land.

  Wendell Berry

  Land, Agriculture, Income

  Wendell Berry (2015). “The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture”, p.144, Counterpoint

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• Kat," Hale groaned, then fell back onto the pillows. "Funny, I didn't hear a doorbell." "I let myself in; hope that's okay." Hale smiled. "Or the alarm." She stepped inside, tossed a pocket-size bag of tools onto the bed. "You're due for an upgrade." Hale propped himself against the antique headboard and squinted up at her. "She returns." He crossed his arms across his bare chest. "You know, I could be naked in here.

  Ally Carter

  Alarms, Pockets, Naked

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• Strider's bedroom "The only thing hanging on the wall that wasn't a weapon was the portrait just over the bed. No. Not true, he thought then. The portrait was a weapon, too. Of seduction. In it Strider was utterly naked and whisking through the cloads like an avenging angel. He was holding a teddy bear in one hand and a stream of pink ribbons in the other. Anya had given him the nearly life-size monstrasity as a joke. But the joke was on her. He loved the thing.

  Gena Showalter

  Wall, Angel, Hands

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• Floote, what is going on? Do they think I am contagious? Should I assure them I was born with a nose this size?

  Gail Carriger

  Thinking, Noses, Born

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.113, Hachette UK

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• Percy Jackson," Hermes said, "because you have taken on the curse of Achilles, I must spare you. You are in the hands of the Fates now. But you will never speak to me like that again. You have no idea how much I have sacrificed, how much—" His voice broke, and he shrank back to human size. "My son, my greatest pride . . . my poor May . . ." He sounded so devastated I didn't know what to say. One minute he was ready to vaporize us. Now he looked like he needed a hug.

  Rick Riordan

  Taken, Fate, Pride

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• And yet there was something about his strength, his arrogance, his sheer size that got under my skin. He probably couldn't even spell vanilla. He was probably selfish in the sack. Probably selfish and greedy and...unsophisticated. And hung like a horse.

  Josh Lanyon

  Horse, Selfish, Arrogance

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• Sir, usually I do preach for souls, but my orphans cannot eat souls. And if they could, it would take four souls the size of yours to make a square meal for just one orphan!

  Charles Spurgeon

  Squares, Soul, Meals

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• But yeah, Ann [Trason] insisted, running was romantic; and no, of course her friends didn't get it because they'd never broken through. For them, running was a miserable two miles motivated solely by size 6 jeans: get on the scale, get depressed, get your headphones on, and get it over with. But you can't muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it, like easing your body into a hot bath, until it no longer resists the shock and begins to enjoy it.

  Christopher McDougall

  Running, Jeans, Two

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• My office is in a building in midtown Chicago. It's an older building, and not in the best of shape, especially since there was that problem with the elevator last year. I don't care what anyone says, that wasn't my fault. when a giant scorpion the size of an Irish wolfhound is tearing its way through the roof of your elevator car, you get real willing to take desperate measures.

  Jim Butcher

  Real, Years, Desperate Measures

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.19, Penguin

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• At lunchtime I bought a huge orange The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave— They got quarters and I had a half. And that orange it made me so happy, As ordinary things often do Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park This is peace and contentment. It's new. The rest of the day was quite easy. I did all my jobs on my list And enjoyed them and had some time over. I love you. I'm glad I exist.

  Wendy Cope

  Jobs, Love You, Shopping

  Wendy Cope (2011). “Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 1979-2006”, p.33, Faber & Faber

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• Never would I allow my size to define me. Instead I would define it.

  Melanie Benjamin

  Melanie Benjamin (2011). “The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb: A Novel”, p.23, Delacorte Press

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• After it's all over, the early childhood, a chain of birthdays woven with candlelight, piles of presents, voices of relatives singing and praising your promise and future, after the years of schooling, fitting yourself into different size desks, memorizing, reciting, reporting, and performing for jury after jury of teachers, counselors, and administrators, you still feel inadequate, alone, vulnerable, and naked in a world that can be unforgiving and terribly demanding.

  Virginia C. Andrews

  Teacher, Years, Voice

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• I hate women who complain about being fat when they're like a size 5. Anything under size 5 isn't a woman. It's a boy with breasts.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Hate, Boys, Complaining

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• There is a latent fairy in all women, but look how carefully we have to secrete her in order to be taken seriously. And fairies come in all shapes, colours, sizes and types, they don't have to be fluffy. They can be demanding and furious if hey like. They do, however, have to wear a tiara. That much is compulsory.

  Dawn French

  Taken, Order, Hey

  "A Tiny Bit Marvellous". Book by Dawn French, 2010.

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• Feminists do the best Photoshop because they leave the meat on your bones. They don’t change your size or your skin color. They leave in your disgusting knuckles, but they may take out some armpit stubble. Not because they’re denying its existence, but because they understand that it’s okay to make a photo look as if you were caught on your best day in the best light.

  Tina Fey

  Light, Skin Color, Feminist

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