Seats Quotes - Page 24

• When the music is over, she keeps her head down till she finds her seat again, and I wonder how many times each day she dies a little.

  Libba Bray

  Each Day, Littles, Wonder

  Libba Bray (2010). “A Great and Terrible Beauty”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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• I am SHADOW, and my dwelling is near to the Catacombs of Ptolemais, and hard by those dim plains of Helusion which border upon the foul Charonian canal." And then did we, the seven, start from our seats in horror, and stand trembling, and shuddering, and aghast, for the tones in the voice of the shadow were not the tones of any one being, but of a multitude of beings, and, varying in their cadences from syllable to syllable fell duskly upon our ears in the well-remembered and familiar accents of many thousand departed friends.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Voice, Dwelling, Departed

  Edgar Allan Poe (1857). “The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: Poems and tales. Eureka, an essay on the material and spiritual universe”, p.294

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• Except for when I was very little and thought that being an "engineer" meant he drove a train. Then I imagined him in the seat of an engine car the color of coal, a string of shiny passenger cars trailing behind. One day my father laughed and corrected me. Everything snapped into focus. It's one of those unforgettable moments that happen as a child, when you discover that all along the world has been betraying you.

  Nicole Krauss

  Children, Father, Color

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• Lying on the front passenger seat, as if it didn't matter, was Rose's Diary. It Mattered.

  Caroline B. Cooney

  Lying, Rose, Diaries

  Caroline B. Cooney (2012). “Fatality”, p.3, Open Road Media

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• Philosophers have often held dispute As to the seat of thought in man and brute For that the power of thought attends the latter My friend, thy beau, hath made a settled matter, And spite of dogmas current in all ages, One settled fact is better than ten sages. (O,Tempora! O,Mores!)

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Men, Age, Matter

  Edgar Allan Poe (2008). “Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illustrated Entire Stories and Poems”, p.782, Bottletree Books LLC

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• What he's really saying is: Please be a human being. With a life so full of rules and regiments, it's so easy to forget that's what they are. She knows—she sees—how often compassion takes a back seat to expediency.

  Neal Shusterman

  Compassion, Forget, Easy

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwind Unboxed: Unwind; UnStrung: an Unwind story; UnWholly”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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• This wasn't strong-willed, fly-by-the-seat-of-her-miniskirt Kate that I'd befriended last year. You think you know a girl- and then she goes and loses her virginity at a Mardi Gras party and goes soft.

  Lauren Kate

  Girl, Strong, Party

  Lauren Kate (2011). “The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove”, p.104, Penguin

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• A story went the rounds about a San Franciscan white matron who refused to sit beside a Negro civilian on the streetcar, even after he made room for her on the seat. Her explanation was that she would not sit beside a draft dodger who was a Negro as well. She added that the least he could do was fight for his country the way her son was fighting on Iwo Jima. The story said that the man pulled his body away from the window to show an armless sleeve. He said quietly and with great dignity, "Then ask your son to look around for my arm, which I left over there.

  Maya Angelou

  Country, Fighting, Son

  Maya Angelou (2009). “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, p.210, Random House

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• He slouched back in his seat, looking tired, and leaned his face on his shoulder to look at me while he played with my hair. He started to hum a song, and then, after a few bars, he sang it. Quietly, sort of half-sung, half-spoken, incredibly gentle. I didn’t catch all the words, but it was about his summer girl. Me. Maybe his forever girl. His yellow eyes were half-lidded as he sang, and in that golden moment, hanging taut in the middle of an icecovered landscape like a single bubble of summer nectar, I could see how my life could be stretched out in front of me.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Summer, Girl, Song

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.248, Scholastic Inc.

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• Sam:"Okay, what words would you use then?" I leaned back in the seat, thinking, as Sam looked at me doubtfully. He was right to look doubtful. My head didn't work with words very well- at least not in this abstract, descriptive sort of way. Grace:"Sensitive" I tried. Sam translated: "Squishy" Grace:"Creative" Sam:"Dangerously emo" Grace:"Thoughtful" Sam:"Feng shui." I laughed so hard I snorted. Grace:"How did you get feng shui out of thoughtful?" Sam:"You know, because in feng shui, you arrange funiture and plants and stuff in thoughtful ways.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Emo, Thoughtful, Thinking

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• He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist.

  Lois Lowry

  Disappear, Shoulders, Giver

  Lois Lowry (2014). “The Giver Quartet”, p.52, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• In my opinion, a problem derails your life and an inconvenience is not being able to get a nice seat on the un-derailed train.

  Carrie Fisher

  Nice, Able, Opinion

  Carrie Fisher (2012). “Wishful Drinking”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

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• Can you ever get off for good behavior?" he joked. I gave him what I hoped was a seductive smile as I found my seat. "Sure," I called over my shoulder. "If I was ever good.

  Richelle Mead

  Seductive, Behavior, Found

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.43, Penguin

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• Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe,/With loss of Eden, till one greater Man/Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,/Sing heavenly muse

  John Milton

  Loss, Men, Eden

  Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 1 (1667)

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• Back seat drivers don’t know the feel of the wheel but they sho’ know how to make a fuss" Bob Dylan/Bonnie Raitt, “Let’s Keep It Between Us,” 1982

  Bob Dylan

  Bob, Wheels, Dylan

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• Is it snowing where you are? All the world that I see from my tower is draped in white and the flakes are coming down as big as pop-corns. It's late afternoon - the sun is just setting (a cold yellow colour) behind some colder violet hills, and I am up in my window seat using the last light to write to you.

  Jean Webster

  Writing, Yellow, White

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• Finish. The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish. Don't talk about doing it. Do it. Finish.

  E. L. Konigsburg

  Writing, Differences, Discipline

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• The men and women, who desire to obtain seats in the celestial kingdom, will find that they must battle everyday.

  Brigham Young

  Men, Everyday, Desire

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• If you drive a car, I'll tax the street; if you try to sit, I'll tax your seat; if you get too cold, I'll tax the heat; if you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.

  George Harrison

  Feet, Car, Trying

  "Song: "Taxman" ("Revolver")". 1966.

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• I was about to look away when he reached across the seat, touched my jaw with his long, strong, beautiful fingers, and caressed my face. Being touched by Jericho Barrons with kindness makes you feel like you must be the most special person in the world. It’s like walking up to the biggest, most savage lion in the jungle, lying down, placing your head it its mouth and, rather than taking your life, it licks you and purrs.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Beautiful, Strong, Kindness

  FaceBook post by Karen Marie Moning from Jul 06, 2015

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• Puck turned to Sabrina. "What is she doing down there?" Hiding, I guess." Puck leaned down and poked his head under the seat. "I found you." Ms. Smirt shrieked. Puck lifted himself up to his full height and laughed. "She's fun." He leaned back down and she screamed again. "I could do this all day. Can I keep her?

  Michael Buckley

  Fun, Found You, Puck

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• All that matters to me is the man in front of me right now. (Tory) I’m not a man, Soteria. (Acheron) I know. But if you think your godhood excuses you from putting the toilet seat down, think again. (Tory)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Men, Thinking, Excuse You

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.698, Macmillan

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• This is how I learn most of what I know about my children and their friends: by sitting in the driver's seat and keeping quiet.

  Anna Quindlen

  Children, Sitting, Keeping Quiet

  Anna Quindlen (2010). “Every Last One: A Novel”, p.29, Random House

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• Where are we going?" asked Victor. "If I'm allowed to ask." I squirmed around in my seat so that I could look him in the eye. "That's what you're going to tell us. As hard as it is to believe, we didn't do all that just because we missed your pleasant company." "That is hard to believe.

  Richelle Mead

  Believe, Eye, Looks

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.925, Penguin

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• Anthony Bridgerton leaned back in his leather chair,and then announced, "I'm thinking about getting married." Benedict Bridgerton, who had been indulging in a habit his mother detested—tipping his chair drunkenly on the back two legs—fell over. Colin Bridgerton started to choke. Luckily for Colin, Benedict regained his seat with enough time to smack him soundly on the back, sending a green olive sailing across the table. It narrowly missed Anthony's ear.

  Julia Quinn

  Mother, Thinking, Two

  Julia Quinn (2015). “The Viscount Who Loved Me With 2nd Epilogue”, p.14, HarperCollins

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