Quotes of: Dinner-table Keyword

Lucy preferred gin and tonics during the summer and switched over to whiskey sours in the winter. At dinner, a sit-down affair with the family, Lucy drank whatever the Temerlins drank, including expensive French wines. "She never gets obnoxious, even...

Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human

Nina: What are you doing here? Lily: I just came by to apologize. You're right, I should have never spoken to him about you. Erica: [interrupts] Sweetheart. Nina: Give me a second. Erica: Your dinner. Nina: Mom! Please? Lily: Oh, she's a trip. [chuck...

Black Swan

I'm going to be frank, Max..." "Of course. All cards on the table." But he gave me a poker smile.

The Counterfeit Murder in the Museum of Man

Seated at table - no need for the fracture of the room's silence; noiselessly they conversed.

Collected Poems: 1945-1990 R.S.Thomas: Collected Poems : R S Thomas

I stare across the table at Jeremy, and wonder if I will make it through our first date without trying to kill him.

Do Not Disturb

This letter is written on the skin of one of the water sprites who drowned your parents.' 'Ick!' I cried, and dropped the letter on the kitchen table.

Dead in the Family

The woman at the next table is making eyes at you,” Lanie said, whispering conspiratorially. “Really? What does she make them out of? Cloth?

The Do-Over

the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.

The Ersatz Elevator

Sitting around our kitchen table from a very early age on, we talked politics, and we talked policy. Never once can I ever remember my dad saying, 'Go away, this is an adult conversation.'

Cheri Bustos

If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or refuses to abide by the decision of the Umpire, the game must be scored against him.

Howard Staunton

My mother was a very big inspiration. She loved fashion. I loved art in school, and I was very good at drawing. I could sit at the table forever and just dream up collections and draw.

Nina Garcia

If you lie there much longer, I’ll be tempted to tie you to the table legs and try buttering your ass instead of the toast.

Iron Dominance

Ambitions and dreams put you at a drinking table with unexpected companions. Cups were filled and refilled, making you drunk with the illusion of changing the world.

River of Stars

Hatred and food were served up in equal proportions at the Connor dining table as he was growing up.

Revenge

I sat down at the table, took a deep breath, smiled at Detective Masterson, and nodded at Deputy Slalom. It was going to be a great summer. Normal.

Sketchy Behavior

Every great building once begun as a building plan. That means, sitting in that building plan on the table is a mighty structure not yet seen. It is the same with dreams.

Shaping the dream

Every great building once begun as a building plan. That means, sitting in that building plan on the table is a mighty structure not yet seen.It is the same with dreams.

Shaping the dream

With love, you don't even need butter on your bread; without it, an elaborate feast is necessary to make you come to the table.

Someone at a Distance

Never go hungry while the daily bread of grace is on the table of mercy.

Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version

Love's a game where the odds are permanently fixed. The house always wins, and anyone stupid enough to sit at the table is lucky if they walk away with their soul intact.

Thornhill

All thoughts, secret or spoken, belong in a coffee table book written in Braille, so you can really feel the emotions.

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