Quotes of: Said Keyword

It is a world," he said, "filled with the mysterious joinder of accident!" "It is a world," replied Abner, "filled with the mysterious justice of God!

Uncle Abner The Doomdorf Mystery

Men touch their horses to calm them,” she said distantly. “They caress their falcons to remind them that they are bound. Touch smacks of ownership, and I am weary of being a possession.

Unclaimed

If you think you can stand looking and not touching for eight months, you're welcome to try." "Try' being the operative word," he said, sighing. "No, I can't. And I don't want to try.

Unteachable

Hark,” he said, his tone very dry. “What stone through yonder window breaks?” Kami yelled up at him, “It is the east, and Juliet is a jerk!

Unspoken

I love the people,' I said. 'I have room in me for love, and for ever so many little lives.

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

I didn't want to do it,' Kiala said. 'The universe just kind of conspired to force me to make a fool of myself. It does that quite a lot, actually.

Unspent Time

A recent survey said that 51% of Americans don't know any evangelicals – even casually.

The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University

Ma'am," Magnus said, advancing. "I must counsel you not to exit the carriage while a demon-slaying is in progress.

Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale

Soul mates are said to be two souls destined to be together, programmed to recognize each other across time and space. I didn’t know whether that was the truth, but I was inclined to believe it

Voodoo Kiss

It has been said of dreams that they are a 'controlled psychosis,' or, put another way, a psychosis is a dream breaking through during waking hours.

VALIS

I wish I could take my brain and put it inside your head,” Winslow said. “Just for a moment. Then you’d know what all I can’t find how to say.

Volt

A singer can shatter glass with the proper high note," he said, "but the simplest way to break glass is simply to drop it on the floor.

The Vampire Lestat

The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart.

The Virgin's Lover

There's nothing quite like the pleasure you get from plants and flower," he said to himself. "They certainly do cheer you up.

The Valley of Secrets

I don't know what happened to me," he said, shaking his head. "I honestly don't." ... "You grew up, Alex.

A Visit from the Goon Squad

In our world," said Eustace, "a star is a huge ball of flaming gas." Even in your world, my son, that is not what a star is, but only what it is made of.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Have you no idea of progress, of development?" "I have seen them both in an egg," said Caspian. "We call it 'Going Bad' in Narnia

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

You said this was only the beginning, I didn't realize that meant starting a new chapter without you as part of my story.

Write like no one is reading 2

Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.

Witches Abroad

That's the trouble with you preachers," he said. "You've all got too good to believe in anything," and he drove off with a look of disgust and righteousness.

Wise Blood

There's a lot to be said for being alone. But you and I know, don't we, Flavia, that being alone and being lonely are not at all the same thing?

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag