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Voices Quotes (page 61)

It won’t be long,’ said Philippa cheerfully, her mother’s ring in her voice. ‘You know what Bess says. There’s nothing in this world a drop of aqua-vit in a sheep’s bladder won’t cure. Stop the Somervilles with a knife! It needs artillery.’ And she blew her nose hard. Dorothy Dunnett
What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can old man,? you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind? I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that. Henry David Thoreau
It pained him that he did not know well what politics meant and that he did not know where the universe ended. He felt small and weak. When would he be like the fellows in poetry and rhetoric? They had big voices and big boots and they studied trigonometry. James Joyce
-"Then what," Lededje asked, trying to keep her voice cold and not get caught up in the avatars obvious enthusiasm, "is making you smile about a disaster?"-"Well, first, I didnt cause it! Nothing to do with me, hands clean. Always a bonus. Iain Banks
Angela Carter quote: "Those are the voices of my brothers, darling; I love the..."
Those are the voices of my brothers, darling; I love the company of wolves. Angela Carter
I leave you free to imagine any dialogue you please. Choose whatever may charm you. Have it, if you like, that they hear the voice of the blood, or that they fall in love at first sight... Conceive the wildest improbabilities. Have it that the depths of their beings are thrilled at accosting each other in slang. Tangle them suddenly in a swift embrace or a brotherly kiss. Do whatever you like. Jean Genet
Gabriel Garcia Marquez quote: "It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was..."
It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was heard at great depth and great distance. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone. Roald Dahl
Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "One voice speaking truth is a greater force than fleets and..."
One voice speaking truth is a greater force than fleets and armies... Ursula K. Le Guin
And little he knew of the things that ink may do, how it can mark a dead man's thought for the wonder of later years, and tell of happening that are gone clean away, and be a voice for us out of the dark of time, and save many a fragile thing from the pounding of heavy ages; or carry to us, over the rolling centuries, even a song from lips long dead on forgotten hills. Lord Dunsany
Alice Hoffman quote: "He spoke with a raven's voice, old and wise and far above the..."
He spoke with a raven's voice, old and wise and far above the cruelty of the human race. Alice Hoffman
Mr. Bibbit, you might warn this Mr. Harding that I'm so crazy I admit to voting for Eisenhower. Bibbit! You tell Mr. McMurphy I'm so crazy I voted for Eisenhower twice! And you tell Mr. Harding right back? he puts both hands on the table and leans down, his voice getting low? that I'm so crazy I plan to vote for Eisenhower again this November. Ken Kesey
Yes,' Montriveau went on in an unsteady voice, 'this Catholic faith to which you wish to convert me is a lie that men make for themselves; hope is a lie at the expense of the future; pride, a lie between us and our fellows; and pity, and prudence, and terror are cunning lies. And now my happiness is to be one more lying delusion; I am expected to delude myself, to be willing to give gold coin for silver to the end. If you can so easily dispense with my visits; if you confess me neither as... Honore de Balzac
Dumbledore had not raised his voice, he did not even sound angry, but Harry would have preferred him to yell; this cold disappointment was worse than anything. J. K. Rowling
Those were the Rommely women: Mary, the mother, Evy, Sissy, and Katie, her daughters, and Francie, who would grow up to be a Rommely woman even though her name was Nolan. They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering eyes and soft fluttery voices. But they were made out of thin invisible steel. Betty Smith

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