Sophie Quotes - Page 3

• Charlie had Sophie strapped to his chest like a terrorist baby bomb when he came down the back steps. She had just gotten to the point where she could hold up her head, so he had strapped her in face-out so she could look around. The way her arms and legs waved around as Charlie walked, she looked as if she was skydiving and using a skinny nerd as a parachute.

  Christopher Moore

  Baby, Nerd, Looks

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• That's a movie quote, right? You know, if you do that with books, people think you're intelligent." Sophie lowered her chin. "If this is your pathetic attempt to seduce me again, you're falling miserably." "I don't seduce woman." Phin shoved back his chair and stood up. "They fall into my open arms." "Clumsy of them.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Book, Fall, Intelligent

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• By now it was clear that Howl was in a mood to produce green slime any second. Sophie hurriedly put her sewing away. "I'll make some hot buttered toast," she said. "Is that all you can do in the face of tragedy??" Howl asked. "Make toast!

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Tragedy, Hot, Green

  Diana Wynne Jones (2002). “Wizard's Castle”

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• The maid screamed. The Queen gasped. Sophie waved.

  Roald Dahl

  Queens, Maids

  Roald Dahl (2007). “The BFG”, p.138, Penguin

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• Sophie said a bad word. In the dim light she had stubbed her toe on one of the many dusty bricks piled around the place. Naughty-naughty" Twinkle said. Oh shut up!" Sophie said , standing on one leg to hold her toe. "Why don't you grow up?

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Growing Up, Naughty, Light

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• I watch her do the simplest things: brushing her hair into a ponytail, feeding the dog, tying Sophie's shoelaces, and I want to tell her what she means to me, but I never actually say the words. After all, to acknowledge Delia as a drug, I'd have to face the fact that one day I might have to go without her and this I can't do.

  Jodi Picoult

  Dog, Mean, Hair

  Jodi Picoult (2007). “Vanishing acts”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

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• You give her all your french fries, even when she won't give you back onion rings,' Sophie says. 'And when you say her name it sounds different.' How?' Sophie thinks. 'Like it's covered with blankets.

  Jodi Picoult

  Thinking, Names, Giving

  Jodi Picoult (2007). “Vanishing acts”, p.398, Simon and Schuster

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• Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.

  Michael Scott

  Long, Adults, Excuse

  Michael Scott (2012). “The First Codex”, p.25, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Well, what? Sophie-" "I hit her on the head with a mirror," Sophie said hopelessly. "One of those silver-backed ones, so it was quite heavy. She went down just like a stone, miss. So I...I tied her to the bed and I came looking for you.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mirrors, Missing, Bed

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.695, Simon and Schuster

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• I get no sense from his note at all,” said Will, bounding to his feet, “except that he can quote Tennyson’s lesser poetry. Sophie, how quickly can you have Tessa ready?” “Half an hour,” said Sophie, not looking up from the dress. “Meet me in the courtyard in half an hour, then,” said Will. “I’ll wake Cyril. And be prepared to swoon at my finery.

  Cassandra Clare

  Feet, Dresses, Half

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• I is reading it hundreds of times,' the BFG said. 'And I is still reading it and teaching new words to myself and how to write them. It is the most scrumdiddlyumptious story.' Sophie took the book out of his hand. 'Nicholas Nickleby,' she read aloud. 'By Dahl's Chickens,' the BFG said.

  Roald Dahl

  Book, Teaching, Reading

  Roald Dahl (2007). “The BFG”, p.99, Penguin

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• I guess if they ever do a remake of 'Sophie's Choice,' I could play the Meryl Streep part. I've got to work on my Polish accent. Maybe I'll be the definitive King Lear one day. You know, if they ever feel that King Lear should be more Jewy.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Kings, Play, Choices

  Interview with Christopher Kompanek and Chris Kompanek, tv.avclub.com. September 1, 2010.

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• ...if the spell was off, I’d have my heart eaten before I could turn around.” “Don’t you want your heart eaten?” asked the fire. [...] “Naturally I don’t,” Sophie answered.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Heart, Fire, Want

  Diana Wynne Jones (2014). “The Land of Ingary Trilogy (includes Howl’s Moving Castle)”, p.26, HarperCollins UK

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• Oh confound that gray-and-scarlet suit!" Sophie said. "I refuse to believe that I was the one that got caught with it!

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Believe, Suits, Caught

  Diana Wynne Jones (2002). “Wizard's Castle”

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• Then there you are, then. The day Howl forgets to do that will be the day I believe he's really in love, and not before." Michael to Sophie about wether or not Howl is really in love with Lettie. pg, 170

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Believe, Forget, Howl

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• And anyway, considering that her mother dies and her boyfriend's spending a small fortune to get high off someone else's bad breath, I'd say Sophie's next in line for therapy.

  Rachel Vincent

  Mother, Getting High, Lines

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• Sabine gestured to him with the half-eaten crust. "I like him. Not sure why he's wasting his time with the pole dancer, though." Tod laughed out loud and I groaned. "Sophie takes ballet and jazz. She's not a pole dancer." "There's more money in pole dancing," Sabine insisted.

  Rachel Vincent

  Dancing, Dancer, Ballet

  Rachel Vincent (2013). “Soul Screamers Volume Three: If I Die\Never to Sleep\Before I Wake”, p.526, Harlequin

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• Sophie glanced from me to Sabine, then back, scowling. "I'm not scared of her. I can handle myself." "Yeah, and hissing kittens think they're badass too," Sabine said.

  Rachel Vincent

  Badass, Thinking, Scared

  Rachel Vincent (2012). “Before I Wake”, p.224, Harlequin

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• Nothing is safe from you. If I were to court a girl who lived on an iceberg in the middle of the ocean, sooner or later— probably sooner— I’d look up to see you swooping overhead on a broomstick. In fact, by now I’d be disappointed in you if I didn’t see you.” “Are you off to the iceberg today?” Sophie retorted.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Girl, Ocean, Looks

  Diana Wynne Jones (2002). “Wizard's Castle”

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• You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.

  Bette Midler

  Daughter, Littles, Womb

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• I think we ought to live happily ever after," and she thought he meant it. Sophie knew that living happily ever after with Howl would be a good deal more hair-raising than any storybook made it sound, though she was determined to try. "It should be hair-raising," added Howl. "And you'll exploit me," Sophie said. "And then you'll cut up all my suits to teach me.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Cutting, Thinking, Hair

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• Sophie is asking mum ‘Why am I NOT a doll NOT an adult NOT a boy NOT a giraffe?’ It’s so easy to miss all we are when we focus on what we are not!

  Christine Caine

  Boys, Focus, Missing

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• Sophie did not care to think how Howl might react if Fanny woke him by stabbing him with her parasol.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Thinking, Care, Might

  Diana Wynne Jones (2002). “Wizard's Castle”

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• It is curious how sometimes the memory of death lives on for so much longer than the memory of the life that it purloined. Over the years, as the memory of Sophie Mol ... slowly faded, the Loss of Sophie Mol grew robust and alive. It was always there. Like a fruit in season. Every season. As permanent as a government job.

  Arundhati Roy

  Jobs, Memories, Loss

  Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.16, Penguin Books India

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• It was watching Madeline Alby eat cheese with every ounce of her being, like it was the first and best time, that made him realize that he had never really tasted cheese, or crackers, or life. And he didn't want his daughter to live that way. He'd moved her into her own room the night before...He hadn't slept well, and had gotten up five times during the night to check on her, only to find her sleeping peacefully, but he could lose a little sleep if Sophie could go through life without his fears and limitations. He wanted her to experience all the glorious cheese of life.

  Christopher Moore

  Daughter, Sleep, Night

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