Quotes of: Bell Keyword

It is a poor parish where the priest has to ring his own bells.

Polish

In that hothouse atmosphere, criminal records bloomed like orchids all around us.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Vincent had ten major ideas every week: three brilliant, five good, and two ridiculous.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

My dream was one day ordering a drink and finding out it tasted wonderful.

The Bell Jar

I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow.

The Bell Jar

Then I thought, "No, I broke it myself. I broke it on purpose to pay myself back for being such a heel.

The Bell Jar

He was just a coward and that was the worst luck any many could have.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

La solitude est une belle chose; mais il faut quelqu'un pour vous dire que la solitude est une belle chose.

Honore de Balzac

Jean-Dominique Bauby: A poet once said, "Only a fool laughs when nothing's funny"

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

A good bell is heard from far, a bad one still further.

Finnish

If two doctors visit a sick man, the sexton rings the bells.

Spanish

I knew I should be grateful to Mrs Guinea, only I couldn't feel a thing. If Mrs Guinea had given me a ticket to Europe, or a round-the-world cruise, it wouldn't have made one scrap of difference to me, because wherever I sat - on the deck of a ship o...

The Bell Jar

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: [listening to wiretap of Kimble talking with his lawyer] Yeah, right there. What's he saying? Sounds like, 'Next... Stop'... Do that again! Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: [listening to tape replay] 'Next... stop... ' Pool...

The Fugitive

We thread our way through a moving forest of ice-cream cones and crimson thighs.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The main thing for inner contentment is to be in a state of grace. And there is an artistic state of grace, for art is a kind of religion.

The Bells of Bruges

The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.

The Bell at Sealey Head

Sorry, he said penitently. It’s a book. I have no common sense around them.

The Bell at Sealey Head

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.

The Bell Jar

I thought how strange it had never occurred to me before that I was only purely happy until I was nine years old.

The Bell Jar

The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end.

The Bell Jar