Noses Quotes - Page 15

• I like to be somewhere at least where you can see a few girls around once in a while, even if they're only scratching their arms or blowing their noses or even just giggling or something.

  J. D. Salinger

  Girl, Arms, Ifs

  J.D. Salinger (1951). “The Catcher in the Rye”

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• There are plenty of eyewitness accounts, just because you're so narrow-minded you need to have everything shoved under your nose before you-

  J. K. Rowling

  Needs, Eyewitnesses, Accounts

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• I'd watch your mouth", he said, tilting his head as he looked at my ID."The last lunker who laughed at her picture spent the night in the emergency room with a drink umbrella jammed up his nose".

  Kim Harrison

  Night, Watches, Mouths

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• But people only die in proper duels, you know, with real wizards. The most you and Malfoy’ll be able to do is send sparks at each other. Neither of you knows enough magic to do any real damage. I bet he expected you to refuse, anyway.” “And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?” “Throw it away and punch him on the nose,” Ron suggested.

  J. K. Rowling

  Real, People, What If

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• Ourchestra: So you haven't got a drum, just beat your belly. So I haven't got a horn-I'll play my nose. So we haven't any cymbals- We'll just slap our hands together, And though there may be orchestras That sound a little better With their fancy shiny instruments That cost an awful lot- Hey, we're making music twice as good By playing what we've got!

  Shel Silverstein

  Hands, Play, Together

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• I've got a theory, it could be bunnies... I've got a theor- Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes They've got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses. And what's with all the carrots-? What do they need such good eyesight for anyway? Bunnies, bunnies it must be bunnies! ...or maybe midgets.

  Joss Whedon

  Cute, Needs, Bunnies

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• A person's got to think, otherwise that person's no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only that seal could think, he'd know he was making a thousand children laugh.

  Bette Greene

  Inspiring, Children, Thinking

  Bette Greene (1984). “Summer of my German soldier”, Starfire

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• Both Matilda and Lavender were enthralled. It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master. Here was somebody who had brought the art of skulduggery to the highest point of perfection, somebody, moreover, who was willing to risk life and limb in pursuit of her calling. They gazed in wonder at this goddess, and suddenly even the boil on her nose was no longer a blemish but a badge of courage.

  Roald Dahl

  Art, Perfection, Risk

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• She spent an afternoon staring at their front door. Waiting for someone? Yankel asked. What color is this? He stood very close to the door, letting the end of his nose touch the peephole. He licked the wood and joked, It certainly tastes like red. Yes, it is red, isn't it? Seems so. She buried her head in her hands. But couldn't it be just a bit more red?

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Doors, Hands, Color

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Everything Is Illuminated”, p.79, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It appears these days I don't have much of a life because my nose is often stuck in a book. But I discovered that reading builds a life inside the mind.

  Gary Soto

  Book, Reading, Mind

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• It's a soft-sounding word, 'never,' but its velvety timbre can't hide its sharp edges...Never pressed down on him. It grabbed him by the neck and shook him. He sucked in a deep breath, sucked in all that never and started to sneeze. Never filled his nose, his eyes, his soaking fur.

  Kathi Appelt

  Eye, Fur, Necks

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• You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that grace is freely given, the truth is that sometimes you pay for it through the nose. And you can't pay your child's way.

  Anne Lamott

  Children, Pain, Grace

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• Brimstone: '...I shall smite thee with my fightful blasting wand so that thy teeth shall drop out, thy skin shall wrinkle, thou shalt have boils on thy bottom and be subject to night sweats, ringing in the ears, falling sickness, flaking dandruff, arthritis, lumbago, uncontrollable dribbling, deafness, runny nose, and ingrowing toenails. Amen.

  Herbie Brennan

  Fall, Night, Wrinkles

  Herbie Brennan (2011). “Faerie Wars”, p.27, A&C Black

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• I discovered early that crying makes my nose red, and the knowledge has helped me through several painful episodes.

  Edith Wharton

  Red, Cry, Painful

  Edith Wharton (2008). “The House of Mirth (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)”, p.379, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• She was not good on the phone. She needed the face, the pattern of eyes, nose, trembling mouth... People talking were meant to look at a face, the disastrous cupcake of it, the hide-and-seek of the heart dashing across. With a phone, you said words, but you never watched them go in. You saw them off at the airport but never knew whether there was anyone there to greet them when they got off the plane.

  Lorrie Moore

  Heart, Eye, Phones

  FaceBook post by Lorrie Moore from Jan 21, 2012

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• I used to have a cat, an old fighting tom, who would jump through the open window by my bed in the middle of the night and land on my chest. I'd half-awaken. He'd stick his skull under my nose and purr, stinking of urine and blood. Some nights he kneaded my bare chest with his front paws, powerfully, arching his back, as if sharpening his claws, or pummeling a mother for milk. And some mornings I'd wake in daylight to find my body covered with paw prints in blood; I looked as though I'd been painted with roses.

  Annie Dillard

  Mother, Morning, Cat

  Annie Dillard (2009). “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• A beep on the nose is a sign of great affection.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Affection

  "Fictional character: Lucy". "Snoopy Come Home", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• Loneliness is a hard thing to handle. I feel it, sometimes. When I do, I want it to end. Sometimes, when you're near someone, when you touch them on some level that is deeper than the uselessly structured formality of casual civilized interaction, there's a sense of satisfaction in it. Or at least, there is for me. It doesn't have to be someone particularly nice. You don't have to like them. You don't even have to want to work with them. You might even want to punch them in the nose. Sometimes just making that connection is its own experience, its own reward.

  Jim Butcher

  Nice, Loneliness, Connections

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.269, Penguin

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• Pass by the synthetic yarn department, then, with your nose in the air. Should a clerk come out with the remark that All Young Mothers In This Day and Age (why can't they save their breath and say "now"?) insist on a yarn which can be machine-washed and machine-dried, come back at her with the reply that one day, you suppose, they will develop a baby that can be machine-washed and -dried.

  Elizabeth Zimmermann

  Mother, Baby, Knitting

  Elizabeth Zimmermann (2012). “Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac: The Commemorative Edition”, p.18, Courier Corporation

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• ...the nose is generally the organ in which stupidity is most readily displayed.

  Marcel Proust

  Stupidity, Organs

  Marcel Proust (2006). “Remembrance of Things Past”, p.269, Wordsworth Editions

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• At moments I dislike having a face, a nose, lips, because he has them.

  Saul Bellow

  Faces, Lips, Moments

  Saul Bellow (1976). “Herzog”, Viking Adult

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• Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded shirt. And all that is left is a fading name and the shape of a nose or the color of hair. The men who write the history books will tell you the stories of battles and conquests. But the women will tell you the stories of people's hearts.

  Karen White

  Daughter, Book, Writing

  Karen White (2009). “The Lost Hours”, p.24, Penguin

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• He doesn’t pretend,” the punk pixie said. He nodded toward Doyle. “Nice rings. You got anything else pierced?” “Yes,” Doyle said. The boy smiled, making the rings in the edge of his nose and his bottom lip curl cheerfully with it. “Me too,” he said.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Nice, Boys, Curls

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• She really started to cry, and the next thing I knew, I was kissing her all over - anywhere - her eyes, her nose, her forehead, her eyebrows, and all, her ears - her whole face except her mouth and all.

  J. D. Salinger

  Eye, Kissing, Ears

  J. D. SALINGER (1951). “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE”

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• Where did you get that idea for a nose? - Frizz Mizuno

  Scott Westerfeld

  Ideas

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