S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“she's never forgotten, either, how a mystery caught in the hand could lose its grace”
Source: Prodigal Summer
“She's no beauty, mate”
Source: The Sweet Far Thing
“She's no flibberti-gibberti mamzell, but a whir-stir-get-lost-sir bundla dynamite!”
Source: The Satanic Verses
“She's no lady. Her songs are all unbelievably unhappy or lewd. It's called Blues. She sings about sore feet, sexual relations, baked goods, killing your lover, being broke, men called Daddy, women who dress like men, working, praying for rain. Jail and trains. Whiskey and morphine. She tells stories between verses and everyone in the place shouts out how true it all is.”
Source: Fall On Your Knees
“She's no longer afraid to die. What she's afraid of is living, accepting the status quo.”
“She's nobody's fool so I'm playing it cool as can be. I'll give it a whirl but I ain't for no girl catching me.”
“She's not a saint, and she's not what you think She's an actress, whoa She's better known for the things that she does on the mattress”
“She's not afraid. She's wearing a dentata.”
Source: Snow Crash
“She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.”
“She's not dead. You didn't kill her, nor did the hunger birds, although they did their best to get to you through her. She's been given her ocean. One day, in its own time, the ocean will give her back.I thought of corpses and of skeletons with pearls for eyes. I thought of mermaids with tails that flicked when they moved, like my goldfishes' tails had flicked before my goldfish had stopped moving, to lie, belly up, like Lettie, on the top of the water. I said, 'Will she be the same?”
“She's not going to let go until she sees for herself that there's nothing left to hold on to.”
Source: Take Me There
“She's not here," I tell him. Buttercup hisses again. "She's not here. You can hiss all you like. You won't find Prim." At her name, he perks up. Raises his flattened ears. Begins to meow hopefully. "Get out!" He dodges the pillow I throw at him. "Go away! There's nothing left for you here!" I start to shake, furious with him. "She's not coming back! She's never ever coming back here again!" I grab another pillow and get to my feet to improve my aim. Out of nowhere, the tears begin to pour down my cheeks. "She's dead, you stupid cat. She's dead.”
Source: Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)
“She's not impressed by your fancy car.
She got a body so she's snotty and she don't care who you are.
So don't get mad and dis her reputation
Callin' her a floozy, any conversation.
Mad grammar, backstabber, girls they wanna be her.
But like Stevie Wonder, none of y'all can see her!”
“She's not like anyone I've ever seen before. When I'm not with her, I want to be. And when she opens the book and I see her face, I can barely remember what I'm supposed to say, much less how to speak at all." I test the words on my tongue. "I think I might be in love with her. But how can I really know, since the only love I've ever experienced was written for me?”
Source: Between the Lines
“She's not my type,' Carter says. 'So what is your type?' 'Tall, skinny, black hair, blue eyes, freckly nose. Blue tinsel wig and snowflakes optional.' 'Skinny?' I squeal. 'Definitely. Pretending to be shy, sensible and stand-offish when really you're mad about me.' 'You sure about that?' 'No, but I'm hoping.”
“She's not perfect, but she tries so hard for me. And I thank God, that she isn't, cause how boring that would be.”
“She's not the one I want." His words came out terse. "It's you. It's been you since...since the minute I first saw you.”
Source: Awake at Dawn
“She's not wearing makeup so her face just looks like skin.”
Source: Choke
“She's not your type. Since when do I have a type?”
“She's one of the few people able to look beyond the lines on my face to see the twenty-year-old who lives inside.”
Source: The House at Riverton
“She's one of those soppy girls, riddled from head to foot with whimsy. She holds the view that the stars are God's daisy chain, that rabbits are gnomes in attendance on the Fairy Queen, and that every time a fairy blows its wee nose a baby is born, which, as we know, is not the case. She's a drooper.”
Source: Aunts Omnibus
“She's one of those third year girls who gripe my liver... You know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year and lap up a little culture... They're officious and dull. They're always making profound observations they've overheard.”
“She's only pretty in that she has two small black eyes and a good figure.”
“She's perfect, so flawless, I'm not impressed.”
“She's pretty." (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.)”
“She's Prim's size in diameter.”
“She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one.”
“She's quite intelligent, in my stupidity.”
“She's quite skinny, like me, but nice skinny. Roller-skate skinny. I watched her once from the window when she was crossing over Fifth Avenue to go to the park, and that's what she is, roller-skate skinny. You'd like her.”
Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“She's really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail.”
Source: Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)
“She's saving the world one fashion disaster at a time!”
“She's saying that's ok, Hey baby, do what you want I'll be your night lovin' thing I'll be the freak you can taunt And I don't care what you say I want to go too far I'll be your everything If you make me a star... Dirty Diana”
“She's sensitive, too. Takes to hurt the way water takes to paper.”
Source: This Is How You Lose Her
“She's sent the crows out to blind the guests coming for dinner!" What?" She's BLINDING THE GUESTS COMING FOR DINNER!" Well, that's one way to avoid having to dust, I suppose.”
Source: Wicked
“She's singing to-night to bring the chandelier down!”
“She's so fat, she's my two best friends.”
“She's so hairy - when she lifted up her arm I thought it was Tina Turner in her armpit.”
“She's so in love with me, she doesn't know anything. That's why she's in love with me.”
“She's so obnoxious. Like a whole Saturday night drunk tank full of obnoxious packed into one little body." Detective Cavuto”
“She's so pure, Moses couldn't even part her knees.”
“She's so small, yet she contains so much evil.”
“She's so thin she's either dying or rich.”
“She's so ugly, the tide wouldn't take her out.”
“She's soft and she's gentle and sweet as can be, and if Sharmon needs squeezin', then leave it to me.”
“She's staring down her desires, while they're staring down her dress.”
“She's stark raving mad!”
“She's still beautiful. Not in an obvious Vanessa LeGrande or Byrn Shraeder kind of way. In a quiet way that's always been devastating to me.”
“She's still doing it, pushing me into situations I can't handle, making me cope. She knows I can't cope.”
“She's strong! And scary...I bet she's single...I'd put money on it.”
“She's stupid, isn't she, Emily?”