Quotes of: Talk-is-cheap Keyword

It doesn't matter to me. We're still cousins in our own way. Blood's just something old people talk about to make you feel bad.

Rubyfruit Jungle

And stop talking in that puffed-up way they taught you. Words aren't brains, you know.

The Return of Merlin

I want to talk to you," she said, "for hours and days and forever, but we can't right now. Not here, and not while we're still in danger.

Ruins

That's what sofas are for: sit down, drink a cup of tea, talk of literature. At least that's how I see it.

Signatura 400

They (teenage boys)don’t really listen to speeches or talks. They absorb incrementally, through hours and hours of observation.

Stories I Only Tell My Friends

I’ve come to accept the voices in my head… I just wish they didn’t spit when they talk.

Storm Clouds Gathering

He wondered fleetingly how many people who sat alone for hours as they scribbled their stories practiced talking about their work during their coffee breaks....

The Silkworm

People sometimes talk about the power of first impressions, and believe me, there is truth to it.

My Name Is Memory

At breakfast!' said Louise in an awed voice. 'A man who can read poetry at breakfast would be capable of anything.

Madam, Will You Talk?

Knowledge is talkative, refuses to shut up.. Wisdom is so subtle, refuses to be invisible..

Nucleus - Power Women: Lead from the Core

We're guys, and we're Werewolves, and you're talking about throwing food away? Are you nuts, woman?" - Nick

Nature’s Destiny

Just because it looks like a leprechaun and talks like a leprechaun, it doesn't mean it can't act like the little fucking demon it is.

Nemesis

I am dying by inches, from not having any body to talk to about insects...

Letters. A Selection, 1825–1859

Jesus, I'm not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they're going to do. I'm just going to do it.

Looking for Alaska

How can you read and talk at the same time?” I asked. “Well, I usually can’t, but neither the book nor the conversation is particularly intellectually challenging.

Looking for Alaska

People only talk about how wonderful youth is when they have forgotten how hard it was.

The Lonesome Gods

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.

The Life, Letters and Writings of Charles Lamb

A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper.

The Little Silkworm

It was always this way: The more people talked, the more they obscured. You didn't need to argue for the truth. You could see it.

Lexicon

Some people are just sad when there aren't talking squirrels.” —Lily Winter

The Moon Coin

I've stopped talking because there's really nothing left to say and there's this piercing sort of pain where my heart is.

Mockingjay