Pieces Quotes - Page 8

• How could you make appeal to the future when not a trace of you, not even an anonymous word scribbled on a piece of paper, could physically survive?

  George Orwell

  Paper, Appeals

  George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). “Animal Farm and 1984”, p.129, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• when the fierce, burning winds blow over our lives-and we cannot prevent them-let us, too, accept the inevitable. And then get busy and pick up the pieces.

  Dale Carnegie

  Blow, Wind, Burning

  Dale Carnegie (2004). “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”, p.244, Simon and Schuster

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• Thinking that it would console him, she took a piece of charcoal and erased the innumerable loves that he still owed her for, and she voluntarily brought up her own most solitary sadnesses so as not to leave him alone in his weeping.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Sadness, Thinking, Solitary

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2014). “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, p.339, Penguin UK

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• She had died peacefully, in her sleep, after an evening of listening to all of her favorite Fred Astaire songs, one crackling record after another. Once the last chord of the last piece had died out, she had stood up and opened the French doors to the garden outside, perhaps waiting to breathe in the honeysuckle one more time.

  Anne Fortier

  Song, Sleep, Garden

  Anne Fortier (2010). “Juliet: A Novel”, p.7, Ballantine Books

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• No matter how clear things might become in the forest of story, there was never a clear-cut solution, as there was in math. The role of a story was, in the broadest terms, to transpose a problem into another form. Depending on the nature and the direction of the problem, a solution might be suggested in the narrative. Tengo would return to the real world with that solution in hand. It was like a piece of paper bearing the indecipherable text of a magic spell. It served no immediate practical purpose, but it contained a possibility.

  Haruki Murakami

  Real, Cutting, Math

  "Town of Cats" by Haruki Murakami, www.newyorker.com. September 5, 2011.

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• His words were still clear in her mind from that first meeting. "Whoever eats this will love you." She looked into the mirror, at her birthmark, bright as blood, at her kiss-stung lips, at the absurd smile stretching across her face. Carefully separating out the crushed pieces of shell, she pulled the dried pulp free from its cage of veins. Piece by piece, she put the sweet brown fruit in her own mouth and swallowed it down.

  Holly Black

  Sweet, Love You, Kissing

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• Men do what is called a good action, as some piece of courage or charity, much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non-appearance on parade. Their works are done as an apology or extenuation of their living in the world. I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is not an apology, but a life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Apology, Men, Wish

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “Essays: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.48, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The thing about Wes," Delia said to me, unwrapping another package of turkey, "is that he thinks he can fix anything. And if he can't fix it, he can at least do something with the pieces of what's broken.

  Sarah Dessen

  Thinking, Turkeys, Broken

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.68, Penguin

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• All right, then. Emergency medical situation, take two.” He leaped to his feet, staggered, keeled over, then lifted his head weakly. “Chloe? Is that you?” He coughed. “Do you have my insulin?” I placed it in his outstretched hand. “You saved my life,” he said. “How can I ever repay you?” “Undying servitude sounds good. I like my eggs scrambled.” He held up a piece of fruit. “Would you settle for a bruised apple?” I laughed.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Hands, Eggs, Two

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• I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

  Suzanne Collins

  Games, Hunger, Capitol

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.137, Scholastic Inc.

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• Tell me, is it possible to love someone who is not as smart as you are? ...But isn't it important for you to think she is smarter than you in order to fall in love? ...Why is that? Because we want to know things, how the pieces fit. Talkers seduce, words direct us into corners. We want more than anything to grow and change. Brave new world.

  Michael Ondaatje

  Falling In Love, Smart, Brave New World

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• You have the power to tear me to pieces, to wound me so deep and true that I‘ll never recover.

  Nalini Singh

  Tears, Wounds

  Nalini Singh (2011). “Kiss of Snow”, p.346, Penguin

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• Professor Lyall, cursing his Alpha for departing so precipitously, balled up the piece of paper and, after minor consideration for the delicacy of the information it contained, ate it.

  Gail Carriger

  Paper, Delicacy, Information

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.163, Hachette UK

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• My dear friend, we mustn't give them even the slightest excuse to judge us! Otherwise, we end up in pieces.

  Albert Camus

  Giving, Judging, Excuse

  Albert Camus (2006). “The fall”, Penguin Modern Classics

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• Let me tell something, seeing your name and psychiatric ward on the same piece of paper isn't the best way to start your day.

  Michael Thomas Ford

  Names, Paper, Way

  Michael Thomas Ford (2011). “Suicide Notes”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• I wasn't crying, my eyes were running. My eyes were running because there were pieces of zombies all over my toys. Jesus.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Running, Jesus, Eye

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “The Laughing Corpse: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.138, Penguin

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• ...even saying good-bye isn’t enough. There’s always one more thing you should have had the time to say, or do, or ask. There’s always going to be that one missing piece.

  Mira Grant

  Should Have, Bye, Missing

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• Love is when you have a really amazing piece of cake, and it’s the very last piece, but you let him have it.

  E. Lockhart

  Cute Love, Love Is, Cake

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 4: Real Live Boyfriends”, p.140, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• The Admiral's using us," he says to the kids around him. "Don't you see that?" Most of the kids just shrug, but Hayden's there, and he never misses an opportunity to add his peculiar wisdom to a situation. "I'd rather be used whole than in pieces," Hayden says.

  Neal Shusterman

  Kids, Opportunity, Missing

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.205, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm Teoish," Sarene said, successfully spearing something that looked like a marinated piece of shrimp. "We're all this tall." "Father's Teoish too, Kaise," Daorn said. "And you know how tall he is." "But father's fat," Kaise pointed out. "Why aren't you fat too, Sarene?

  Brandon Sanderson

  Father, Shrimp, Said

  Brandon Sanderson (2007). “Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition”, p.61, Macmillan

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• In 1971, after seven years in college, with that magic piece of paper clutched triumphantly in my fist, the best job I was able to get was night watchman on a sewer project in Babylon, N.Y. guarding a hole in the ground to prevent anyone from stealing it. God bless the American educational system!

  Spider Robinson

  Jobs, Educational, Night

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• a mother's death also means the loss of the consistent, supportive family system that once supplied her with a secure home base, she then has to develop her self-confidence and self-esteem through alternate means. Without a mother or mother-figure to guide her, a daughter also has to piece together a female self-image of her own.

  Hope Edelman

  Daughter, Mother, Self Esteem

  Hope Edelman (1994). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss”, Delta

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• If a person remains tense for a long time he might not notice it himself, but it’s like his nerves are a piece of rubber that has been stretched out. It’s hard to go back to the original shape.

  Haruki Murakami

  Long, Nerves, Shapes

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• Spilling a Secret What its size, will have varying consequences. It’s not possible to predict what will happen if you open the gunnysack, let the cat escape. A liberated feline might purr on your lap, or it might scratch your eyes out. You can’t tell until you loosen the knot. Do you chance losing a friendship, if that friend’s well-being will only be preserved by betraying sworn-to silence trust? Once the seam is ripped, can it be mended again? And if that proves impossible, will you be okay when it all falls to pieces?

  Ellen Hopkins

  Fall, Cat, Eye

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• It's very hard, feeling that you're no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.

  Anton Chekhov

  Feelings, World, Furniture

  Anton Chekhov (2004). “The Shooting Party”, p.236, Penguin UK

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