Spiders Quotes - Page 16

• On more than one occasion David, in his urge to explore the darker corners of the bookshelves, had found himself wearing strands of spider silk in his face and hair, causing the web's creator to scuttle into a corner and crouch balefully, lost in thoughts of arachnoid revenge.

  John Connolly

  Revenge, Hair, Faces

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• Sophia and Grandmother sat down by the shore to discuss the matter further. It was a pretty day, and the sea was running a long, windless swell. It was on days just like this--dog days--that boats went sailing off all by themselves. Large, alien objects made their way in from sea, certain things sank and others rose, milk soured, and dragonflies danced in desperation. Lizards were not afraid. When the moon came up, red spiders mated on uninhabited skerries, where the rock became an unbroken carpet of tiny, ecstatic spiders.

  Tove Jansson

  Running, Dog, Grandmother

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• I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.

  Taylor Swift

  Tired, Long, People

  "Taylor Swift Tapes VH1 'Storytellers,' Lifts Curtain on New Songs from 'Red'". www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 17, 2012.

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• Oh, come on," Clary said. "You're a vampire, not Spider-Man.

  Cassandra Clare

  Men, Vampire, Spider Man

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1232, Simon and Schuster

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• The painting was framed in a misty view of sky, sea, and valley. Newt's painting was small, black, and warty. It consisted of scratches made in a black, gummy impasto. The scratches formed a sort of spider's web, and I wondered if they might not be the sticky nets of human futility hung up on a moonless night to dry.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Night, Views, Sea

  Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Cat's Cradle: A Novel”, p.164, Dial Press

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• Victory to the spider. Patience wins the day. And today my patience ends. (Apollymi)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Winning, Victory, Today

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• He was having more fun than a barrelful of monkeys.* *Several years earlier Spider had actually been tremendously disappointed by a barrelful of monkeys. It had done nothing he had considered particularly entertaining, apart from emit interesting noises, and eventually, once the noises had stopped and the monkeys were no longer doing anything at all—except possibly on an organic level—had needed to be disposed of in the dead of night.

  Neil Gaiman

  Fun, Night, Years

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• Have you guys been playing in toxic waste again?" Fang asked severely, putting his hands on his hips. Nudge giggled. "No." "Been bitten by a radioactive spider?" Fang went on. "Struck by lightning? Drink a super-soldier serum?" "No, no, no," said Iggy. He started reaching for things around the table, and his hand landed on Total. "You're black." "I prefer canine-American." said Total. "When's that pie coming? I'm starving.

  James Patterson

  Hands, Pie, Toxic Waste

  James Patterson (2008). “Maximum Ride: The Final Warning”, p.43, Random House

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• The low ceiling that was water stained and boasting spiders so large she half expected Frodo and Sam to appear and fight them off.

  Alexandra Ivy

  Fighting, Water, Ceilings

  Alexandra Ivy (2011). “Darkness Everlasting”, p.330, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• It was no mean trick doing the wiring with those mittens on. But I managed it and crawled out, batting spiders into the shadows. I could hear a thud as they hit the floor joists, then a scuttling sound, then, worst of all, the silence of spiders.

  Bailey White

  Mean, Silence, Shadow

  Bailey White (2009). “Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living”, p.18, Da Capo Press

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• I saw a spider, I didn't scream 'Cause I can belch the alphabet Just double dog dare me And I chose guitar over ballet
  And I tape these suckers down 'Cause they just get in my way The way you look at me Is kind of like a little sister
  You high five your goodbyes And it leaves me nothing but blisters So I don't want to be one of the boys.

  Katy Perry

  Girl, Goodbye, Dog

  "Song: "One of the Boys"". June 17, 2008.

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• Magnus glanced at Alec and raised his eyebrows "Boo", he said. Jace was grinning. "Come on,surely you've got a phobia or two. What scares you?" Alec thought for a moment. "Spiders," he said. Clary turned to Luke. "Have you got a spider anywhere?" Luke looked exasperated. "Why would I have a spider? Do I look like someone who would collect them?" No offense," Jace said, "but you kind of do.

  Cassandra Clare

  Eyebrows, Two, Scare

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.679, Simon and Schuster

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• It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poisoned version of what took place.

  Gabriel Byrne

  Reality, Two, Levels

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• Like letting spiders live because they eat mosquitoes, Clary thought. "So they're good enough to let live, good enough to make your food for you, good enough to flirt with-but not really good enough? I mean, not as good as people.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mean, Flirting, People

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.180, Simon and Schuster

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• I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I'd keep my job.

  Stan Lee

  Jobs, Book, Men

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• My practical approach based on experience is to create a website for real Internet users, not for search engine spiders.

  David Naylor

  Real, Marketing, Internet Users

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• The ties of blood," said Spider, "are stronger than water." Water's not strong," objected Fat Charlie.

  Neil Gaiman

  Strong, Blood, Ties

  Neil Gaiman (2005). “Anansi Boys”

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• Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government.

  Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

  Courage, Government, Hands

  "The Authority Principle" in Daniel Guerin "No Gods, No Masters: An Anthology of Anarchism" (p. 90), 1980.

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• But we have received a sign, Edith - a mysterious sign. A miracle has happened on this farm... in the middle of the web there were the words 'Some Pig'... we have no ordinary pig." "Well", said Mrs. Zuckerman, "it seems to me you're a little off. It seems to me we have no ordinary spider.

  E. B. White

  Pigs, Miracle, Ordinary

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• I think it's really important, when you're redefining a character [ Spider-Man], for the audience to experience things that they haven't experienced, from the ground up. I wanted to build a character. I feel like point of view is a really crucial thing in the story, and that you need to build up the emotional building blocks, so that you can experience all the other emotions in a very specific way, rather than just experiencing it in an intellectual way.

  Marc Webb

  Block, Character, Emotional

  Source: collider.com

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• For me, there were a few things in the Spider-Man comics that I thought were really interesting. There's this story about Peter's parents and where he came from, and I thought that it was really interesting to explore the emotional consequence of someone whose parents had left them, at a very young age.

  Marc Webb

  Men, Emotional, Interesting

  "Emma Stone and Marc Webb Talk THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Honoring the Marvel Icon, and Why Andrew Garfield is the Perfect Spider-Man". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 20, 2012.

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• You're looking, sir, at a very dull survivor of a very gaudy life. Crippled, paralyzed in both legs. Very little I can eat, and my sleep is so near waking that it's hardly worth the name. I seem to exist largely on heat, like a newborn spider.

  William Faulkner

  Sleep, Names, Legs

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• I think Spider-Man [film], the first one particularly, really figured out the formula of, "Oh, tell the story that they told in the comic. It was compelling. That's why it's iconic."

  Joss Whedon

  Men, Thinking, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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• The spider is an animal who eats mosquitoes. That's why I love the spider - it is the only way we have to deal with these insects.

  Louise Bourgeois

  Animal, Mosquitoes, Way

  Source: www.procuniarworkshop.com

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• We're creating a different universe with different rules and a different tone and different villains. We were very careful to honor the iconography of Spider-Man, but we wanted to tell it in a new and different way [in the film].

  Marc Webb

  Men, Different Universes, Creating

  "Emma Stone and Marc Webb Talk THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Honoring the Marvel Icon, and Why Andrew Garfield is the Perfect Spider-Man". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 20, 2012.

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