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“I'd always thought that I understood this, but lately I realize that what I call "understanding" is basically just fantasizing.”

David Sedaris When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Source: When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Understanding

“That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I like to call him "the current president" because it's a hopeful phrase, implying that his administration is only temporary.”

Sarah Vowell book Assassination Vacation

Source: Assassination Vacation

Hope

“Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true… we call it history.”

Gregory Maguire book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

History

“You know, bicycling isn't just a matter of balance," I said. "it's a matter of faith. You can keep upright only by moving forward. You have to have your eyes on the goal, not the ground. I'm going to call that the Bicyclist's Philosophy of Life.”

Susan Vreeland (1946–2017) US author

Source: Clara and Mr. Tiffany

Life, Faith

“I did deranged quite well, when the occasion called for it.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

“Daimons, vampires, ghouls, whatever you want to call them. They suck your blood and your soul and leave you with nothing. Kind of like lawyers. (Selena)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon Night Embrace

Source: Night Embrace

Soul

“We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love.”

Jean Vanier (1928–2019) Canadian humanitarian

Love, God

“Nobody calls me 'blondie' and keeps their kneecaps.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“Enormous? Did you just call me FAT? I am not fat. - Jace”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

City of Ashes
Variant: Enormous? Did you just call me fat?

“Don’t you, when strangers and friends come to call, straighten the cushions, kick the books under the bed and put away the letter you were writing? How many of us want any of us to see us as we really are? Isn’t the mirror hostile enough?”

Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer

Hostility, Books

“It interests me how we find ways to feel superior to another person, another group of people. It happens everywhere, and all the time. Whatever we call it, I think it’s the lowest part of who we are, this need to find someone else to put down.”

Elizabeth Strout (1956) American writer

Source: My Name is Lucy Barton

People, Way, Feeling, Thinking

“No one had ever said such things to her before. People were intimidated by her self-possession and no-nonsense demeanor. No man would ever dream of calling her adorable, sweet, darling… and certainly no one had ever made herthat way.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Suddenly You

People, Dreams, Way

“I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING.”

Holly Black book Doll Bones

Source: Doll Bones

Hate

“I imagine that it will not be easy to persuade Mortmain into a bonnet," Magnus observed. "Though the color would be fetching on him."
Henry burst into laughter. "Very droll, Mr. Bane."
"Please, call me Magnus."
"I shall!”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

Color, Imagination, Laughter

“The thing about people who are truly and malignantly crazy: their real genius is for making the people around them think theyare crazy. In military science this is called Psy-Ops, for your info.”

David Foster Wallace book Infinite Jest

Source: Infinite Jest

People, Thinking, Science

“You can call me Agent Mickelson,' he told me with a smile. 'What about you? Is Max short for something? Maxine?'
'No, Dean. It's just Max.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: School's Out—Forever

Smile

“The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!”

Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) American author

Source: King Kull

Thinking

“The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

Source: Walden and Other Writings

Behavior, Soul, Parting

“Magnus held up a warning finger. "Don't overstep yourself, biscuit," he said, and moved past them, disappearing into the crowd around the portal.
"Biscuit?" said Simon.
"Believe it or not, he's called me that before," Clary said.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

Past

“What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

Oprah's commencement speech at Howard University (12 May 2007) http://www.graduationwisdom.com/speeches/0024-winfrey.htm

God, People, Way, Failure

“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher

Source: Literary Remains, Vol. 1

Wisdom, World, Sense

“Laistry…. I can't even say that. What would you call them in English?"
"Canadians.”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

“I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity”

Jerzy Kosiński (1933–1991) Novelist

Sleep

“Down in the water, Octavian yelled, “Get me out of here! I’ll kill you!”
“Tempting,” Percy called down.”

Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena

Source: The Mark of Athena

Water

“So do boys and men announce their intentions. They cover you like a sarcophagus lid. And call it love.”

Jeffrey Eugenides book Middlesex

Source: Middlesex

Love, Men, Boy

“politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names”

Louisa May Alcott book Little Women

Source: Little Women

Mathematics

“For the last year his grandma had been slipping in and out of reality. One minute she was as clear as a bell and the next she was calling him Simon. Who was Simon? He had no idea.”

Suzanne Collins book Gregor the Overlander

Source: Gregor the Overlander

Idea, Reality, Grandma

“Hey, Ms. P," Tad called, "what's going on?"
She let out a slow breath before she answered. "You won't believe this… Brian Murrey tried to eat Scott Morgan."
Nick's eyes widened at the unexpected explanation. Had he heard that right?”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Infinity

“The problem with having so many people call me by nicknames was that when someone called me by my actual name, it usually meant something serious was happening.”

Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell

Source: The Indigo Spell

People, Problem

“There was a thing called Heaven; but all the same they used to drink enormous quantities of alcohol.”

Aldous Huxley book Brave New World

Source: Brave New World

Alcohol, Drink

“Percy muttered. ‘I want to drown her.’
‘Be patient, water boy.’
‘Don’t call me water boy.”

Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus

Source: The Blood of Olympus

Boy, Water

“We've been wed more than a month. Since it appears you mean to stay, I might as well give you leave to call me by my christian name. It is preferable, at any rate, to 'clodpole.”

Loretta Chase book Lord of Scoundrels

Source: Lord of Scoundrels

Wedding, Appearance

“Nathan Sutter," the teacher read.
Here. My mother never calls me Nathan."
Is it Nate?"
She calls me Honeylips.”

Brandon Mull The Candy Shop War

Source: The Candy Shop War

Teachers, Reading

“what would you call this haircut?"
arthur.”

George Harrison (1943–2001) British musician, former member of the Beatles

“If I pass out face down in this water, will you fish me out?"
"Will you promise to call me Your Majesty?"
"Hell no."
"Then I'll have to think about it.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Breaks

Hell, Thinking, Fish, Water

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Depressing, World

“It is fate that I am here,' George persisted, 'but you can call it Italy if it makes you less unhappy.”

E.M. Forster book A Room with a View

Source: A Room with a View

Fate

“‎"But that's the price we have to pay for stability. You've got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art. We've sacrificed the high art.”

Aldous Huxley book Brave New World

Source: Brave New World

People, Art, Happiness

“Waitress!" Hedge called. "Six double espressos, and whatever these guys want. Put it on the girl's tab.”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

Guy, Girl

“Beneatha: You didn't tell us what Alaiyo means… for all I know, you might be calling me Little Idiot or something…
…
Asagai: It means… it means One for Whom Bread--Food--Is Not Enough.”

Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun

Source: A Raisin in the Sun

Food

“When we commit violence against an infant girl, we call it child abuse; when we commit violence against an infant boy, we call it circumcision.”

Warren Farrell book The Myth of Male Power

Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part II: The Glass Cellars of the disposable sex, p. 221.

Girl, Boy

“It may be that DMT makes us able to perceive what the physicist call "dark matter" - the 95 per cent of the universe's mass that is known to exist but that at present remains invisible to our senses and instruments.”

Graham Hancock (1950) British writer and journalist

Sense, Universe

“Anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic.”

Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer

Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“You would make a great teacher. (Grace)
Commander to teacher. Why not call me Cato the Elder, and really insult me while you’re at it? (Julian)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon Fantasy Lover

Source: Fantasy Lover

Teachers

“Youth calls to age across the tired years: 'What have you found,' he cries, 'what have you sought?" 'What have you found,' age answers through his tears, 'What have you sought.”

Dylan Thomas (1914–1953) Welsh poet and writer

Source: The Poems of Dylan Thomas

Youth, Age, Tear

“Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn’t.”

Miranda July (1974) American performance artist, musician and writer

Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You

People, Thinking, Silence

“And speaking of females, if I call you by one's name while my fangs are plunged deep in your neck, just run with it.”

Kresley Cole American writer

Source: Dreams of a Dark Warrior

“Great," I said. "Another conference call. I havegot to start blocking your number.”

Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice

Source: Last Sacrifice

“Seven half-bloods shall answer the call
To storm or fire the world must fall
An oath to keep with a final breath
and foes bear arms to the doors of death”

Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

Death, World

“He was waving. "Saukerl," she laughed, and as she held up her hand, she knew completely that he was simultaneously calling her a Saumensch. I think that's as close to love as eleven-year-olds can get.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

Love, Thinking

“Please, Achimou? (Tory)
You are the only being who’s ever called me that. (Acheron)
Well, I’d call you babycakes, but I think that might offend you even more. (Tory)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Acheron

Thinking

“For God's sake, Marks, do you think anyone really wants a glance at those dried-up matchsticks you call legs?”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Seduce Me at Sunrise

God, Thinking

“Hannah: What's your plan?
Claire: Go get him
Hannah: Honey, that is not a plan. That's what we in the military call an objective.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Black Dawn

“Piper!” Frank yelled. “Counter those empousai! We need some chaos.”

“Thought you’d never ask.” She started catcalling at the female demons: “Your makeup is smeared! Your friend called you ugly! That one is making a face behind your back!”

Rick Riordan (1964) American writer

“The artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don't believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after masterpiece and never found a buyer in his whole life.”

Steven Pressfield (1943) United States Marine

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Life, Effort

“His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.”

Isabel Allende book Daughter of Fortune

Source: Daughter of Fortune

Justice, Indifference

“I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

“Powdered donuts," Tyson said earnestly. "I will look for powdered donuts in the wilderness." He headed outside and started calling, "Here, donuts!”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

“What would a racist call werewolves? Wargs? She kind of liked that one, but suspected that racist bastards didn't read Tolkien.”

Patricia Briggs book Fair Game

Source: Fair Game

Reading

“Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?”

Edith Wharton book The House of Mirth

Source: The House of Mirth

Truth, Idea

“Some women wait for themselves around the next corner and call the empty spot peace but the opposite of living is only not living and the stars do not care.”

Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist

Women, Peace, Star, Waiting

“Throughout history, people with new ideas—who think differently and try to change things—have always been called troublemakers.”

Richelle Mead Shadow Kiss

Source: Shadow Kiss

People, History, Idea, Thinking

“You can make your superhero a psychopath, you can draw gut-splattering violence, and you can call it a "graphic novel," but comic books are still incredibly stupid.”

Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist

Books, Stupidity, Drawing

“I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I taught her that.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

Ellen DeGeneres, My Point...And I Do Have One

God

“Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood, he thought. They call you devil or they call you god.”

Richard Bach book Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Source: Jonathan Livingston Seagull

God

“At night, when I am alone, I call for you, and whenever my ache seems to be the greatest, you still seem to find a way to return to me.”

Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle

Source: Message in a Bottle

Way, Night

“It was what we Japanese called the onion life, peeling away a layer at a time and crying all the while.”

Arthur Golden book Memoirs of a Geisha

Source: Memoirs of a Geisha

Life, Time, Cry

“Eddie was intensely dedicated too. Adrian sometimes called him mini-Dimitri”

Richelle Mead (1976) American writer

“Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart.”

Lisa Scottoline (1955) American writer

Source: My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman

People, Books

“Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.”

Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949) American author and journalist

“Do not be satisfied with God's calling or His gifts in your life. Be satisfied with Jesus Christ Himself.”

Brother Yun (1958) Chinese christian house church leader

Source: The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

Life, God, Christ

“But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I don’t think it’s in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.”

Stephen King book 11/22/63

Source: 11/22/63 (2011), Chapter Final Notes, page 1030,(First Scribner hardcover edition November 2011)
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210722191755/https://libquotes.com/stephen-king/quote/lbj3k9y Archived] from [https://libquotes.com/stephen-king/quote/lbj3k9y the original

Love, Star, Thinking, Heart

“Glimmer, I hear someone call her - ugh, the names the people in District 1 give their children are so ridiculous…”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

Children, People

“How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?”

Julia Child (1921–2004) American chef

Origins of attribution could be a New York Times Magazine article by Joan Barthel ("How to Avoid TV Dinners While Watching TV" 7 August 1966, p. 34): "'The French Chef'...the program that can be campier than 'Batman,' farther-out than 'Lost in Space' and more penetrating than 'Meet the Press' as it probes the question: Can a Society be Great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?" Article quoted in for Life: The Biography of Julia Child http://books.google.com/books?id=GDDYYhUS4i0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=kleenex&f=false|Appetite (Noël Riley Fitch. Doubleday, 1997, p. 308) <br class="br">Attributed

“But the name Magnus Bane made him think of a towering sort of figure, with huge shoulders and formal purple warlock’s robes, calling down fire and lightning. Not Magnus himself, who was more of a cross between a panther and a demented elf.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Thinking