Underthing Quotes & Sayings

Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom I return again and again, not so much because I want to write like them, even if I were capable of it, but simply for a sort of stylistic shot in the arm. — Penelope Lively

One legged chickens, I know, are the least apt to scratch a garden. — Josh Billings

From quiet homes and first beginning,
Out to the undiscovered ends,
There's nothing worth the wear of winning,
But laughter and the love of friends. — Hilaire Belloc

Deep in the Underthing, stones warm beneth her feet, Auri heard a faint, sweet strain of music. — Patrick Rothfuss

I was wondering, Auri. Would you mind showing me the Underthing?"
Auri looked away, suddenly shy. "Kvothe, I thought you were a gentleman," she said, tugging self-consciously at her ragged shirt. "Imagine, asking to see a girl's underthing." She looked down, her hair hiding her face.
I held my breath for a moment, choosing my next words carefully lest I startle her back underground. While I was thinking, Auri peeked at me through the curtain of her hair.
"Auri," I asked slowly, "are you joking with me?"
She looked up and grinned. "Yes I am," she said proudly. "Isn't it wonderful? — Patrick Rothfuss

I was standing one day on the front stoop, and as he came out of the building I said, "Jeremy, sometimes when I stand here, I can't believe Im really in New York City. I stand here and think, Whoever would have guessed? Me! I'm living in the City of New York!"
And a look went across his face
so fast, so involuntary
that was a look of real distaste. I had not yet learned the depth of disgust city people feel for the truly provincial. — Elizabeth Strout

Hard times make for simple minds, — Alice Hoffman

A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense. — Jean De La Bruyere