Belly Quotes - Page 15

• My purpose, my whole life, had been to love him and be with him, to make him happy. I didn’t want to cause any unhappiness now—in that way, I decided it was probably better than he wasn’t here to see this, though I missed him so much at that moment the ache of it was as bad as the strange pains in my belly.

  W. Bruce Cameron

  Dog, Pain, Purpose

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• Heat skittered through her belly, then directly south. “Sawyer.” In answer, he brought his head up and kissed her. Deep, hungry, tasting her in a purposely slow, thorough manner before pulling back to once again look into her eyes. Oh, God. “Sawyer, what are we doing?” she whispered. He shook his head. “No f#cking clue.

  Jill Shalvis

  Eye, Looks, Answers

  Jill Shalvis (2015). “Lucky Harbor Collection 1: Simply Irresistible, The Sweetest Thing, Head Over Heels”, p.443, Hachette UK

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• He was in uniform, gun at his hip, expression dialed to Dirty Harry, and just looking at him had something pinging low in Chloe’s belly.

  Jill Shalvis

  Dirty, Gun, Expression

  FaceBook post by Jill Shalvis from Sep 21, 2012

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• Do me a favor?” he whispered. Beth's hold tightened on his hand. ”Anything, what do you need?” ”Hum the Jeopardy theme.” There was a pause.Then Beth burst out laughing and swatted his shoulder. ”Wrath-” ”Actually,take your clothes off and hum it while doing some belly grooves.” As his shellan bent down and kissed his forehead, he looked up at her through his wraparounds. ”You think I'm kidding? Come on, we both need the distraction. And I promise I'll tip well” "You never carry cash." He extended his tongue and swept it over his upper lip. "I plan on working it off.

  J.R. Ward

  Thinking, Hands, Clothes

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• In District 12, looking old is something of an achievement since so many people die early. You see an elderly person, you want to congratulate them on their longevity, ask the secret of survival. A plump person is envied because they aren't scraping by like the majority of us. But here is different. Wrinkles aren't desirable. A round belly isn't a sign of success.

  Suzanne Collins

  Wrinkles, Elderly, People

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.167, Scholastic Inc.

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• Panem et Circenses" translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.

  Suzanne Collins

  Responsibility, People, Political

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.223, Scholastic Inc.

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• It brewed in her as she eyed the pages full to the brims of their bellies with paragraphs and words. You bastards, she thought. You lovely bastards. Don’t make me happy. Please, don’t fill me up and let me think that something good can come of any of this.

  Markus Zusak

  Love, Thinking, Age

  Markus Zusak (2014). “Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger”, p.515, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Puck stopped his drumming [on his belly] for a brief moment and grinned at Sabrina. I hear they have a lot of plastic surgeons in New York City. If I were you I'd make an appointment for that face as soon as you get there," he quipped. Sabrina scowled and shook a fist at him. "Keep it up, stinkpot, and you're going to need a plastic surgeon yourself." Puck winked. "No need to get all mushy on me, Grimm.

  Michael Buckley

  New York, Cities, Needs

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• I moved up beside Jamie."I have to go." She frowned at me. "Where?" I pressed a hand to the bottom of my belly. "My bladder.It-" Ah." She gave a small laugh. "We interrupt this life-or-death situation for a pregnancy pee break. Don't see that in the movies, do you?

  Kelley Armstrong

  Pregnancy, Hands, Laughing

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• Evanlyn smiled grimly as she thought how once she might have objected to the cruelty of the bird's death. Now, all she felt was a sense of satisfaction as she realized that they would eat well today. Amazing how an empty belly could change your perspective, she thought.

  John Flanagan

  Perspective, Bird, Might

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• I just finished touring, and I'm on a detox thing. It's a heavy detox, so nothing in my belly except water, salt, and cayenne pepper.

  Eddie Vedder

  Water, Salt, Peppers

  Interview with Josh Brolin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 25, 2008.

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• That morning she pours Teacher's over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window.

  Raymond Carver

  Teacher, Morning, Trying

  Raymond Carver (2015). “Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories”, p.130, Vintage

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• But what manner of use would it be ploughing through that darkness?' asked Drinian. Use?' replied Reepicheep. 'Use, Captain?' If you mean by filling our bellies or our purses, I confess it will be no use at all. So far as I know we did not set sail to look for things useful but to seek honour and adventures. And here is as great an adventure as I have ever heard of, and here, if we turn back, no little impeachment of all our honours.

  C. S. Lewis

  Adventure, Mean, Darkness

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• I have read my books by many lights, hoarding their beauty, their wit or wisdom against the dark days when I would have no book, nor a place to read. I have known hunger of the belly kind many times over, but I have known a worse hunger: the need to know and to learn.

  Louis L'Amour

  Book, Dark, Light

  Louis L'Amour (2008). “Education of a Wandering Man”, p.82, Bantam

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• Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

  Theodor Adorno

  Language, Hunger, Poor

  Theodor W. Adorno (1978). “Minima Moralia”, p.102, Verso

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• She barely understands her dreams of belly button rings and other kind of things. Symbolic of change, but the thing that is strange, it that the changes occur, and now she's just a part of the herd.

  Jack Johnson

  Dream, Art, Media

  Song: Rodeo Clowns

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• I would put belly laughing at the top of my highlights list. They always say that laughter is the best medicine.

  Carol Vorderman

  Laughter, Medicine, Laughing

  "Carol Vorderman: I've piled on the pounds from partying" by Alun Palmer, www.mirror.co.uk. December 31, 2011.

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• The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Sage, Filling

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• The more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that repression. But too often sarcasm passes for irony, name-calling passes for insight, bleeped-out four-letter words pass for wit, and lowest-common-denominator jokes pass for analysis. Satire should have a point of view. It doesn't have to get a belly laugh. It does have to present criticism.

  Paul Krassner

  Humor, Sarcasm, Views

  "In The Jester's Court". Interview with David Kupfer, thesunmagazine.org. February 2009.

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• I am tortured too. I am tortured by belly fat and magazine covers about how to please everyone but myself. I am tortured by sheep who click on anything that will guarantee a ten-pound loss in one week. Sheep who will get on their knees if it means someone will like them more. I am tortured by my inability to want to hang out with desperate sheep. I am tortured by goddamned yearbooks full of bullshit. I met you when. I'll miss the times. I'll keep in touch. Best friends forever. Is this okay? Are you all right? Are you tortured too?

  A.S. King

  Life, Mean, Yearbook

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• A Hamburger is warm and fragrant and juicy. A hamburger is soft and nonthreatening. It personifies the Great Mother herself who has nourished us from the beginning. A hamburger is an icon of layered circles, the circle being at once the most spiritual and the most sensual of shapes. A hamburger is companionable and faintly erotic. The nipple of the Goddess, the bountiful belly-ball of Eve. You are what you think you eat.

  Tom Robbins

  Mother, Spiritual, Thinking

  Tom Robbins (2006). “Wild Ducks Flying Backward”, p.66, Bantam

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• Manchester is the belly and guts of the nation

  George Orwell

  Guts, Manchester, Nations

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• You are not your bank account, or your ambitiousness. You're not the cold clay lump with a big belly you leave behind when you die. You're not your collection of walking personality disorders. You are spirit, you are love.

  Anne Lamott

  Personality, Clay, Spirit

  Anne Lamott's Commencement Address at University of California in Berkeley, California, www.salon.com. July 6, 2003.

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• The reconciling gospel is always at the forefront of the church’s social action, because a full belly is not better than a reconciled soul.

  Matt Chandler

  Soul, Church, Action

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• With a gun against my belly I... I always smile.

  Owen Wister

  Gun, Always Smile

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