Tables Quotes - Page 36

• When this is all over I'm going to found an association called 'The Knights of the Idiotic Table' and its purpose will be to arrange an annual dinner where we tell stories about Lisbeth Salander. You're all members.

  Steig Larsson

  Knights, Purpose, Stories

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• Hope in gates, hope in spoons, hope in doors, hope in tables, no hope in daintiness and determination. Hope in dates.

  Gertrude Stein

  Determination, Doors, Spoons

  Gertrude Stein (1997). “Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms”, p.23, Courier Corporation

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• Parla come magni,' It means, 'Speak the way you eat,' or in my personal translation: 'Say it like you eat it.' It's a reminder - when you're making a big deal out of explaining something, when you're searching for the right words - to keep your language as simple and direct as Roman rood. Don't make a big production out of it. Just lay it on the table.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Mean, Simple, Way

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.91, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Sit, Your High Majestic Lord Princes," she said. She yanked a chair from the table and sat herself down. "You're in fine temper," Raffin said. "Your hair is blue," Katsa snapped back.

  Kristin Cashore

  Hair, Blue, Majestic

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• Me, I always wanted frost power.” “Frost power?” “Yeah.” Seth gestured dramatically toward my coffee table. “If we’re talking superhero abilities. If I had frost power, I could wave my hand, and suddenly that whole thing would be covered in ice.” “Not frost?” “Same difference.” “How would frost and/or ice power help you fight crime?” “Well, I don’t know that it would. But it’d be cool.

  Richelle Mead

  Coffee, Fighting, Hands

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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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• A lot of people don't have much food on their table. But they got a lot of forks 'n knives. And they got to cut somethin'.

  Bob Dylan

  Cutting, Knives, People

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• Interesting choice," Sullivan said. He slid his gaze over to Paul, who was drumming his fingers on the table in a manic, caffeine-inspired way and blinking a lot. Paul wasn't out-and-out singing along with the king of the dead, but he might as well have put out a big neon sign saying "How's My Driving? Ask Me About My Nerves: 1-800-WIG-N-OUT." --James

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Kings, Interesting, Choices

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• If you come, you better come in force because I will kill every single one of you. My hand won't shake, my aim won't falter. My face will be the last thing you'll see before you die." I jammed my knife into the table and walked out.

  Ilona Andrews

  Hands, Knives, Lasts

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• One day we'll sit and you'll lay it out on the table, neat like a solitaire deck, but now - why, you can't find all the cards.

  John Steinbeck

  One Day, Cards, Neat

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.228, Penguin

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• But for the last couple of weeks I’ve had this bizarre sensation that something is watching me. (Simone) You mean someONE, right? (Tate) I know it sounds crazy – (Simone) I just had a body walk off the table mid-autopsy and you think your story is nuts? (Tate)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Couple, Crazy, Mean

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• What was up with class today? It was watered-down porn. He practically had you and Patch on top of your lab table, horizontal, minus your clothes, doing the Big Deed.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Class, Clothes, Deeds

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• Highland werewolves had a reputation for doing atrocious and highly unwarranted *things*, like wearing smoking jackets to the dinner table.

  Gail Carriger

  Smoking, Dinner, Reputation

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• You’re a slave? (Eleni) I was. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have come here. (Acheron) Take your cloak off and sit, Acheron. You’ve done nothing to apologize for. I admire you all the more for stopping to help us. It’s nothing for a nobleman to do so, yet they seldom bother to help those less fortunate. For a freedman to speak up in defense of another takes great courage and character. What you did is all the more noble and kind, and I would be honored to have you sit at my table with us. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Sorry, Character, Would Be

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• raking a hand through his hair, he forced his attention to the text she'd left on the coffee table, refusing to dwell on the disconcerting fact that a part of him had taken one look at the lass in such proximity to his bed and said simply: Mine

  Karen Marie Moning

  Coffee, Taken, Hair

  Karen Marie Moning (2002). “The Dark Highlander”, p.44, Dell

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• Don't touch her," he growled. There was a note in his voice that would of scared me if it had been directed toward me. He shoved me behind him, putting his body protectively in front of mine with my back to the table. Guardians came at us from all directions,and Dimitri began dispatching them with the same deadly grace that had once made people call him a god.

  Richelle Mead

  Voice, People, Grace

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.237, Penguin

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• Anthony Bridgerton leaned back in his leather chair,and then announced, "I'm thinking about getting married." Benedict Bridgerton, who had been indulging in a habit his mother detested—tipping his chair drunkenly on the back two legs—fell over. Colin Bridgerton started to choke. Luckily for Colin, Benedict regained his seat with enough time to smack him soundly on the back, sending a green olive sailing across the table. It narrowly missed Anthony's ear.

  Julia Quinn

  Mother, Thinking, Two

  Julia Quinn (2015). “The Viscount Who Loved Me With 2nd Epilogue”, p.14, HarperCollins

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• I don't know. This college would probably have the same problem the last one did." I frowned. "What's that?" "Homework." "Adrian," growled his father. "It's okay," said Adrian breezily. He rested his arm casually on the table. "I don't really need a job or extra money. After Rose and I get married, the kids and I'll just live off of her guardian paycheck.

  Richelle Mead

  Jobs, Father, Kids

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.37, Penguin

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• Look, I realize both of you could happily strangle each other across the table, but I don't think that's the most effective use of our time, and frankly, I don't think I have enough money to tip the waitress for that kind of clean-up. And look, here's lunch. Let's eat that instead of eachother.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Thinking, Lunch, Looks

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• This letter is written on the skin of one of the water sprites who drowned your parents.' 'Ick!' I cried, and dropped the letter on the kitchen table.

  Charlaine Harris

  Water, Parent, Kitchen

  Charlaine Harris (2010). “Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.58, Penguin

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• He found Luciana sitting alone at a table in the Allied officers' night club, where the drunken Anzac major who had brought her there had been stupid enough to desert her for the ribald company of some singing comrades at the bar. "All right, I'll dance with you," she said, before Yossarian could even speak. "But I won't let you sleep with me." "Who asked you?" Yossarian asked her. "You don't want to sleep with me?" she exclaimed with surprise. "I don't want to dance with you.

  Joseph Heller

  Stupid, Sleep, Night

  Joseph Heller (2010). “Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.206, Simon and Schuster

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• You know the law, Dresden." "He who kills the cheer springs for beer," chanted the rest of the table.

  Jim Butcher

  Cheer, Spring, Beer

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files”, p.115, Penguin

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• Scream at the mangled leather carcass lying at the foot of the stairs, and my parents would roar with laughter. "That's what you get for leaving your wallet on the kitchen table.

  David Sedaris

  Dog, Laughter, Lying

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• Never ask while you are doing it if what you are doing is fun. Don't introduce even your most reliably witty acquaintance as someone who will set the table on a roar.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Witty, Fun, Introducing

  Christopher Hitchens (2010). “Hitch 22: A Memoir”, p.306, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I like the sound of that, crashing Monica's party," he glanced at Michael, then quickly away. "What about you? That break some kind of vampire rules or something?" "Blow me Shane." "Boys," Eve said primly. "Language. Minor at the table." "Well," Shane said, "I wasn't actually planning to do it." Claire rolled her eyes. "Not like it's the first time I've heard it. Or said it." "You shouldnt say it," Michael said, all seriousness. "No, I mean it. Girls should say 'eat me' not 'blow me'. Wouldn't recommend 'bite me' though. Not around here.

  Rachel Caine

  Girl, Party, Mean

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