Friendly Quotes - Page 37

• The idea of a teenage Dumbledore was simply odd, like trying to imagine a stupid Hermione or a friendly Blast-Ended Skrewt.

  J. K. Rowling

  Teenage, Stupid, Ideas

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, p.28, Pottermore

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he's capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man.

  Gao Xingjian

  Baby, Men, Intelligent

  Gao Xingjian (2000). “Soul Mountain”

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• whats here a cup closed in my true loves hand poisin i see hath been his timeless end. oh churl drunk all and left no friendly drop to help me after. i will kiss thy lips some poisin doth hang on them, to help me die with a restorative. thy lips are warm. yea noise then ill be brief oh happy dagger this is thy sheath. there rust and let me die.

  William Shakespeare

  Kissing, Hands, Drunk

  4 Copy quote

• It is both revealing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book and mingle with the great of the earth, counsel with the wise of all time, look into the unlived days with prophets...To become acquainted with real nobility as it walks the pages of history and science and literature is to strengthen character and develop life in its finer meanings.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Wise, Real, Book

  7 Copy quote

• Earthlings went on being friendly, when they should have been thinking instead.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Life, Thinking, Should Have

  Kurt Vonnegut (1973). “Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!”, Dell

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• she got a reputation for an easy smile and a sharp tongue, and using one to balance the other, she seemed friendly but distant

  Dorothy Allison

  Balance, Tongue, Reputation

  Dorothy Allison (2005). “Bastard Out of Carolina: A Novel”, p.18, Penguin

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Why did you hit him? (Grace) Because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. (Julian) Nice. You haven’t seen me in what, two thousand years? So, instead of a friendly, brotherly hug, I get slugged. (Eros)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Nice, Years, Two

  4 Copy quote

• Have you two made friendly with the privates yet? (Eros)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Two, Made, Eros

  4 Copy quote

• My spirit. This is a new thought. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I'm a fighter. In a sort of brave way. It's not as if I'm never friendly. Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but i do care for some people.

  Suzanne Collins

  Smile, Mean, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.164, Scholastic Inc.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Old Dan must have known he was dying. Just before he drew his last breath, he opened his eyes and looked at me. Then with one last sigh, and a feeble thump of his tail, his friendly gray eyes closed forever.

  Wilson Rawls

  Eye, Forever, Dying

  4 Copy quote

• Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Life, Country, Mother

  276 Copy quote

• The intruder hesitated, turned, and anchored itself in the corner, where the ceiling met the wall. It sat there, fastened to the paneling by enormous yellow talons, still and silent like a gargoyle in full sunlight. I took a swig from the bottle and set it so I could still see the creatures reflection. Nude and hairless, it didn't carry a single ounce of fat on its lean frame. Its skin stretched so tight over the cords of muscle, it threatened to snap. Like a thin layer of wax melted over an anatomy model. Your friendly neighbourhood Spiderman.

  Ilona Andrews

  Wall, Reflection, Yellow

  7 Copy quote

• Oh, ma petite, you are growing gargantuan." I looked at him and it was not a friendly look. "Never tease a woman about her weight, Jean-Claude. At least not an American twentieth-century one." He Spread his hands wide. "My deepest apologies." "When you apologize, try not to smile at the same time. It ruins the effect.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Apology, Hands, Trying

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “Burnt Offerings: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.63, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The world is full of monsters with friendly faces.

  Heather Brewer

  Monsters, World, Faces

  Heather Brewer (2013). “Eighth Grade Bites #1: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod”, p.82, Penguin

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's like male geeks don't know how to deal with real live women, so they just assume it's a user interface problem. Not their fault. They'll just wait for the next version to come out- something more "user friendly.

  Douglas Coupland

  Real, Waiting, Males

  4 Copy quote

• Leo: "So...giants who can throw mountains. Friendly wolves that will eat us if we show weakness. Evil espresso drinks. Gotcha. Maybe this isn't the best time to bring up my psycho babysitter." Piper: "Is that another joke?

  Rick Riordan

  Espresso, Evil, Mountain

  114 Copy quote

• Time talks behind our back. To our face it's friendly and logical, never hesitating to give more of itself. But when we're not looking, it steals our lives and says bad things about us to the parts of us it's stolen

  Jonathan Carroll

  Giving, Faces, Stealing

  Jonathan Carroll (2012). “A Child Across the Sky”, p.91, Open Road Media

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• a father for whom everything is an unshakable duty, for whom there is a right way and a wrong way and nothing in between, a father whose compound of ambitions, biases, and beliefs is so unruffled by careful thinking that he isn’t as easy to escape from as he seems. Limited men with limitless energy; men quick to be friendly and quick to be fed up; men for whom the most serious thing in life is to keep going despite everything. And we were their sons. It was our job to love them.

  Philip Roth

  Jobs, Father, Ambition

  4 Copy quote

• Destroy them later?" Cal offered, which was probably as close to friendly as he ever got.

  Rick Riordan

  4 Copy quote

• He read the letter again, but could not take in any more meaning than he had done the first time and was reduced to staring at the handwriting itself. She had made her g's the same way he did : he searched through the letter for every one of them, and each felt like a friendly little wave glimpsed from behind a veil. The letter was an incredible treasure, proof that Lily Potter had lived, really lived, that her warm hand had once moved across this parchment, tracing ink into these letters, these words, words about him, Harry, her son.

  J. K. Rowling

  Son, Hands, Potters

  16 Copy quote

• The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.

  Julia Child

  Generosity, Humanity, Lovely

  Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme (2006). “My Life in France”, p.66, Anchor

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• A study at the University of Utah found that if you ask someone why he is friendly with someone else, he’ll say it is because he and his friend share similar attitudes. But if you actually quiz the two of them on their attitudes, you’ll find out that what they actually share is similar activities. We’re friends with the people we do things with, as much as we are with the people we resemble. We don’t seek out friends, in other words. We associate with the people who occupy the same small, physical spaces that we do.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Attitude, Utah, Two

  9 Copy quote

• I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

  Maya Angelou

  Kindness, People, Support

  50 Copy quote

• You know, in a way, 'Dear Santa Claus' is rather stuffy... Perhaps something a little more intimate would be better... Something just a shade more friendly..." "How about 'Dear Fatty'?

  Charles M. Schulz

  Would Be, Santa, Littles

  5 Copy quote

• I grew, a happy, healthy child in a bright world of illustrated books, clean sand, orange trees, friendly dogs, sea vistas and smiling faces.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Dog, Children, Book

  Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated”, p.64, Vintage

  5 Copy quote

  Show source