Quotes of: Said Keyword

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?

The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp

He said, I always thought the woman I’d marry would hit me easy, in a bolt of lightning, and there is not lightning there is not even thunder there is not even rain.

Willful Creatures

My knitting is simple", he said again. Ï can make anything you want with it, but it will always be simple.

The Winter Courtship Rituals of Fur-Bearing Critters

Thank you," I said bravely, dropping the syllables cleanly, like marbles, and secretly full of the most pathetic pride imaginable. I had spoken to strangers.

Waiting for the Flood

Your heart is known in Heaven,” the angel said. “And all that you are.

Wilde Stories 2012: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction

They made a science out of people?" she said. "What a crazy science that must be." --"Mr. Z

While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction

Oh for God's sake,' Heather said, 'I wish you two would just go out, fail miserably as a couple, and get it over with.

What Happened to Goodbye

So much has been said between them that it is needless to add a marginal note. It is not for him now to gloss the text of their dealings, nor append a moral.

Wolf Hall

Why was this bloody world created?" "As a sewer for the stars," a voice in front of him said. "Alternatively to know God and to glorify Him forever." " [...] The two answers are not, of course, necessarily alternative.

War in Heaven

Do you love her?' she asked him. 'Always have,' he said. 'Then why in the world would you leave her alone?

The Witch of Little Italy

There's something about her," Caire said in a low voice. "She cares for everyone about her, yet neglects herself. I want to be the one who cares for her.

Wicked Intentions

I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.

When Did You See Her Last?

In working-class France, when an apprentice got hurt, or when he got tired, the experienced workers said "It is the trade entering his body.

The Writing Life

He said it was better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong, remembering when you used to belong there.

The Wee Free Men

Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.

When You Reach Me

There's an old saying," Buck said. "A hundred things can go wrong in a holdup, and if you can think of fifty of them you're a damn genius.

A World of Thieves: A Novel

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you.

Winnie-the-Pooh

You really are a chameleon, aren't you? Fitting in wherever you go. "Aren't we all?" she said...

The Witch of Belladonna Bay: A Novel

You'll be just fine," he said. "Listen to your heart and mind together, that's the trick. Not one or the other, both.

The Witch of Belladonna Bay: A Novel

A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.

War Is Kind and Other Poems

I saw that she didn't want to answer that question and so I asked again: when mouths close it's because there's something important to be said.

The Witch Of Portobello