Quotes of: Said Keyword

Maturity,” Bokonon tells us, “is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.

Cat's Cradle

I bet you cook good, huh?" Darlene asked. "Mother doesn't cook," Ignatius said dogmatically. "She burns.

A Confederacy of Dunces

The way Magnus’ breath had sounded, rattling in his chest, before he’d said his father’s name.

City of Heavenly Fire

Yes, the wind came up--" Mrs. Sharpe began. She paused. "And changed us all," Petra said softly.

The Calder Game

You always use that word "remember",' said Milena. 'You say, "remember, team". You never tell us to think.

The Child Garden

So, technically," Simon said, "even though Jace isn't actually related to you, you have kissed your brother.

City of Glass

Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.

Chanel

Books are in the mind, Grandfather Alessandro said. Too many books and you forget your body is in the world.

In the City of Shy Hunters

Boxing’s not that straightforward,” said Eldric. “You can practice and practice, but the real experience will always be different. Lots of things are like that, actually.

Chime

Hanson got to sleep with you, and I didn't,” he said, his own jaw a little tight. “So I stole his car.

Crazy Hot

Cat," said Peterkin, turning his head a little on one side, "I love you.

The Coral Island

The terrible things that happen to us,” Tessa said slowly. “What we do with them...I think that’s what makes us artists.

The Color of Light

Strike said "Huh" again, thinking about betrayal, about how everything and everybody were just so much smoke.

Clockers

[...]How can a great civilization have destroyed itself so completely?" "Perhaps,"said Apollo, "by being materially great and materially wise and nothing else.

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Chaol," he said, looking over his shoulder. Dorian's eyes were frozen, his jaw clenched. "Treat her well.

Crown of Midnight

She had once said that she believed the women's liberation movement of the sixties and seventies was actually a ploy by men to get women to do more.

Commencement

He said if you do what you have to do today, all the tomorrows have a way of working things out by themselves.

Crash Into Me

Good-bye. I’m sorry,” I said. “Don’t be sorry.” He stood straight, his chin proud and his shoulders relaxed. “This isn’t over.

Control

But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Once she said the world was an astonishing animal: light was its spirit and noise was its mind. That it was composed to feed on honor, but did not.

Collected Poems

Eggs," said Henry dreamily, looking at his plate. "I do love eggs. I could eat them all day.

Clockwork Prince