Glasses Quotes - Page 6

• Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.

  Joseph Addison

  Drinking, Enemy, Firsts

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steel (1858). “The Spectator”, p.252

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• I think that not being loved by your parents or not having a brother or not being liked at school or even wearing glasses can be a lot worse than having a famous father.

  Kim Wilde

  Brother, Father, School

  The Face magazine, March 1982.

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• Lucas should've run out of there that instant. Instead he stared at me through the glass and slowly unfolded his hand opposite mine so that our hands were pressed againts the pane of glass, fingers to fingers, palm to palm. We each move closer, so that our faces were only inches apart. Even with the stained glass, window between us, it felt as intimate as any kiss we'd shared.

  Claudia Gray

  Running, Moving, Kissing

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• We have begun to slam doors, and to throw things. I throw my purse, an ashtray, a package of chocolate chips, which breaks on impact. We are picking up chocolate chips for days. Jon throws a glass of milk, the milk, not the glass: he knows his own strength, as I do not. He throws a box of Cheerios, unopened. The things I throw miss, although they are worse things. The things he throws hit, but are harmless. I begin to see how the line is crossed, between histrionics and murder.

  Margaret Atwood

  Impact, Doors, Missing

  Margaret Atwood (1989). “Cat's Eye”, Bantam

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• The woman let out an expansive laugh that resounded through the house like a spray of broken glass.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Broken, Laughing, House

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2014). “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, p.27, Penguin UK

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• Saying someone is religious is heard in most of America as a compliment, a reassuring affirmation that someone will be moral, ethical, and after a few glasses of wine, a freak in the bedroom.

  Bill Maher

  Religious, Wine, America

  Bill Maher (2003). “When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism”, New Millenium

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• When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's half filled or half empty. They just hope it's good beer.

  Sherman Alexie

  Beer, People, Half

  Sherman Alexie (2013). “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”, p.71, Open Road Media

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• That is the fear: I have lost something important, and I cannot find it, and I need it. It is fear like if someone lost his glasses and went to the glasses store and they told him that the world had run out of glasses and he would just have to do without.

  John Green

  Running, Fear, Important

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.109, Penguin

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• rain slowly slides down the glass as if the night is crying.

  Patricia Cornwell

  Rain, Science, Night

  Patricia Cornwell (2009). “Four Scarpetta Novels”, p.415, Penguin

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• And we will be ready, at the end of every day will be ready, will not say no to anything, will try to stay awake while everyone is sleeping, will not sleep, will make the shoes with the elves, will breathe deeply all the time, breathe in all the air full of glass and nails and blood, will breathe it and drink it, so rich, so when it comes we will not be angry, will be content, tired enough to go, gratefully, will shake hands with everyone, bye, bye, and then pack a bag, some snacks, and go to the volcano.

  Dave Eggers

  Tired, Sleep, Volcanoes

  Dave Eggers (2013). “A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story”, p.411, Simon and Schuster

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• When I wake, a piece of sharp green glass on the floor is cutting into my hand and I know it's a sign. I etch a letter on my hand; put it on top so I can see the jagged edges bleeding out; S. S is for sorrow, for all I don't say. S is for sick now, my punishing ways.

  Ibi Kaslik

  Cutting, Hands, Sick

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• Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect.

  Victor Hugo

  Men, Sea, Water

  Victor Hugo (2000). “Les Mis??rables”, p.67, Modern Library

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• All things that pass Are wisdom's looking-glass.

  Christina Rossetti

  All Things

  Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.488, Delphi Classics

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• My mother, because of her life, had almost a contradictory way of viewing life. She had this great zest and joy for life and I think that I have that. The glass is always half full for me.

  Sherry Lansing

  Mother, Thinking, Zest

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped'; growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the moment of relief.

  Graham Greene

  Alcohol, Understanding, Relief

  Graham Greene (1973). “The Portable Graham Greene”

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• The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Wine, Catholic, Church

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• Then he almost but didn't say the two sentence he'd been meaning to say for years: part of me is made of glass, and also, I love you

  Nicole Krauss

  Love You, Years, Two

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• There is an old American saying 'He who lives in a glass house should not try to kill two birds with one stone.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Two, House, Bird

  Vladimir Nabokov (2011). “Pnin”, p.76, Vintage

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• He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting up in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: 'To Harry Potter - the boy who lived!

  J. K. Rowling

  Country, Boys, Voice

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone”, p.20, Pottermore

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• Glass shattered, vampires roared, humans screamed. The noise battered at me, just as the tidal wave of scores of brains at high gear washed over me. When it began to taper off, I looked up into Eric's eyes. Incredibly, he was excited. He smiled at me. "I knew I'd get on top of you somehow," he said. Are you trying to make me mad so I'll forget how scared I am?" No, I'm just opportunistic." I wiggled, trying to get out from under him, and he said, "Oh, do that again. It felt great.

  Charlaine Harris

  Eye, Mad, Brain

  Charlaine Harris (2009). “Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set”, p.471, Penguin

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• Hey Nana, If Cinderella's glass slipper fits so perfectly, I wonder why it fell off along the way? I can't help but think that it was on purpose, to attract the prince's affections. No matter what I do, I'll still have the fate of a girl who just keeps getting hurt, wondering if she can be happy in this pointless, one man show?

  Ai Yazawa

  Girl, Hurt, Fate

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• It may merely be apocryphal that when the Wizard saw the glass bottle he gasped, and clutched his heart. The story is told in so many ways, depending on who is doing the telling, and what needs to be heard at the time. It is a matter of history, however, that shortly thereafter, the Wizard absconded from the Palace. He left in the way he had first arrived-- a hot-air balloon-- just a few hours before seditious ministers were to lead a Palace revolt and to hold an execution without trial.

  Gregory Maguire

  Heart, Air, Hot

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• Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will break out in tongues of praise, the high note that smashes the glass and spills the liquid.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Expression, Break Out, Demand

  Jeanette Winterson (2013). “Written On The Body”, p.9, Random House

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• Don't bother. The glass is half-empty.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Half, Empty, Bother

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• You have grudged the very fire in your house because the wood cost overmuch!" he cried. "You have grudged life. To live cost overmuch, and you have refused to pay the price. Your life has been like a cabin where the fire is out and there are no blankets on the floor." He signaled to a slave to fill his glass, which he held aloft. "But I have lived. And I have been warm with life as you have never been warm. It is true, you shall live long. But the longest nights are the cold nights when a man shivers and lies awake. My nights have been short, but I have slept warm

  Jack London

  Lying, Night, Men

  Jack London, black Horse Classics (2017). “Jack London: The Complete Novels [Classics Authors Vol: 6] (Black Horse Classics)”, p.2931, Jack

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