Weirdly Poetic Quotes

“He was bleeding slowly to death in the midst of abundance, for his life's blood was poverty.”
― Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman

“The pheasant had slipped from slumber into death, and new nothing of the end.”
― Felix Salten

“One day, when Djibi's raised her little head to drink by herself, the battle against death was won.”
― Felix Salten

“Gently," said the troop horse. "Remember they are always like this to begin with. The first time I ever saw a man, I ran for half a day, and if I'd seen a camel, I should have been running still”
― Rudyard Kipling

“The people you love weren't algebra: to be calculated, subtracted, or held at arm's length across a decimal point.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“I think it's like the Cheese Touch in 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'. The kids in that story were afraid they'd catch the cooties if they touched the old moldy cheese on the basketball court. At Beecher Prep, I'm the old moldy cheese.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“We need to let him, help him, make him grow up.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder