Quotes by Authors - Page 5066

Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.
Neil Gaiman
Dreams like a podcast,Downloading truth in my ears.They tell me cool stuff.""Apollo?" I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad.He put his finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred.""A god named Fred?
Rick Riordan
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
Douglas Adams
Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.
Christopher Paolini
Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?
Douglas Adams
From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!
Dr. Seuss
In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For instance, when you're walking away from a bus that's just been attacked by monster hags and blown up by lightning, and it's raining on top of everything else, most people might think that's just really bad luck; when you're a half-blood, you understand that some devine force is really trying to mess up your day.
Rick Riordan
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
Dorothy Parker
Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
Rick Riordan
If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.
Mo Willems
That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.
George Carlin
I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.
Madonna
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
Dr. Seuss
The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.
Jay McInerney
Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.
Tamora Pierce
He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though...keep up with my news...check if I'm happy...
J.K. Rowling
You possess other people's...bodies."He accepted that statement with a nod."Do you want to possess my body?""I want to do a lot of things to your body, but that's not one of them.
Becca Fitzpatrick
Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice.
Bill Watterson
Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
J.R.R. Tolkien
The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden wool, which picked them up in Greece and carried them all the way to Colchis in Asia Minor. Well, actually it carried Cadmus. Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important.""It was probably important to her.
Rick Riordan
Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.
Suzanne Collins
Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back.
J.K. Rowling
Why were you lurking under our window?""Yes - yes, good point, Petunia! What were you doing under our windows, boy?""Listening to the news," said Harry in a resigned voice.His aunt and uncle exchanged looks of outrage."Listening to the news! Again?""Well, it changes every day, you see," said Harry.
J.K. Rowling
Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.
Terry Pratchett
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
George Carlin
I'm not going to wear a red dress," she said."It would look stunning, My Lady," she called.She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. "If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner, I'll hit him in the face.
Kristin Cashore
Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.
Tina Fey
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Mark Twain
You here to finish me off, Sweetheart?
Suzanne Collins
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.
George Carlin
Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!
J.K. Rowling
Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do.
Becca Fitzpatrick
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
Arthur Conan Doyle
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Winston S. Churchill
Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.
J.K. Rowling
Do your thing and don't care if they like it.
Tina Fey
Don't Panic.
Douglas Adams
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.
Mark Twain
Now, you two – this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've – you've blown up a toilet or –""Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet.""Great idea though, thanks, Mum.
J.K. Rowling
Holey? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?
J.K. Rowling
How do you feel, Georgie?" whispered Mrs. Weasley.George's fingers groped for the side of his head."Saintlike," he murmured."What's wrong with him?" croaked Fred, looking terrified. "Is his mind affected?""Saintlike," repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. "You see...I'm HOLEY, Fred, geddit?
J.K. Rowling
If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.
Lemony Snicket
Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.
James Patterson
The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Douglas Adams
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
Dr. Seuss
I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.
Lemony Snicket
There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.
Charles Dickens
Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies.
Richelle Mead
Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Lewis Carroll
Mom says it's because she has PMS.Do you even know what that means?"I'm not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at- men syndrome
Nicholas Sparks
I’d said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.
Richelle Mead
Why are they all staring?" demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students."Don’t let it worry you," said Ron. "It’s me. I’m extremely famous.
J.K. Rowling
Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?""Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?""Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.
Rick Riordan
Don't talk to me.""Why not?""Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret...
J.K. Rowling
Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.
Terry Pratchett
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.
Douglas Adams
Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.
Rick Riordan
You haven't got a letter on yours," George observed. "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid-we know we're called Gred and Forge.
J.K. Rowling