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Quotes About Stairs

Amos clapped his hands. "Khufu!" I thought he'd sneezed, because Khufu is a weird name, but then a little dude about three feet tall with gold fur and a purple shirt came clambering down the stairs. It took me a second to realize it was a baboon wearing an L.A. Lakers jersey.
~ Rick Riordan
Before I could respond, Thalia tromped up the stairs. She was officially not talking to me now, but she looked at Grover and said, Tell Percy to get his butt downstairs. Why? I asked. Did he say something? Thalia asked Grover. Um, he asked why. Dionysus is calling a council of cabin leaders to discuss the prophecy, she said. Unfortunately, that includes Percy.
~ Rick Riordan
Agh-uhh!" the baboon grunted. He turned and waddled up the stairs. Unfortunately, the Lakers jersey didn't completely cover his multicolored rear.
~ Rick Riordan
And now you have a small map of the princess's heart (hatred, sorrow, kindness, empathy), the heart that she carried down inside her as she went down the golden stairs and through the kitchen and, finally, just as the sky outside the castle began to lighten, down into the dark dungeon with the rat and the serving girl.
~ Kate DiCamillo
he went down the stairs, "no choice, no choice
~ Kate DiCamillo
The stairs aren't challenging enough anymore? he asked. Antonio laughed. Challenge has nothing to do with it, Jer. I'd say it's the big bad wolf huffing and puffing at her door up there.
~ Kelley Armstrong
So why was his stomach tightening and twisting with every step up those stairs? Because hope was a dangerous thing. It said the failure would be his own fault alone.
~ Kelley Armstrong
This morning I was laughing at my cat who was running up the stairs and slipped, and pretended like it didn't happen.
~ Jayma Mays
Good-bye Dr. Steve,' I said, then climbed the stairs and went to the fifth floor to die.
~ Ally Carter
As a kid, I was more scared of the supernatural stuff and ghosts and goblins and the Crypt Keeper from 'Tales from the Crypt.' I was always scared he would chase me up the stairs, as a kid.
~ Evan Peters
He jackrabbits to the stairs, but instead of running away he turns around and does a merry little soft-shoe routine. When he's done he sings "Rum-tiddley-um-tum-tay" before disappearing down the stairs. I stagger back to the apartment with a handful of blood and embarrassment. Fuck Hollywood is at the door when I get there.
~ Richard Kadrey
Hi, Stark. I didn't hear you come in. What are you boys up to?" It's Candy. She's coming down the stairs from the second-floor apartment. When I didn't see her in the store, I thought she was out. Me and Kasabian freeze like kids caught snorting Mom and Dad's coke in the garage.
~ Richard Kadrey
I'll be there in five." Eight minutes later I parked in the parking garage, climbed the four flights to my floor, and walked down the hall. The building has an elevator, but tough guys climbed stairs. Picture me bristling with manliness. Also, impatience. Cindy's door was closed. The door to the little insurance agency across from my office was closed. My door was open.
~ Robert Crais
If I have to move up in a building, I choose the elevator over the escalator. Because one time I was riding the escalator and I tripped. I fell down the stairs for an hour and a half.
~ Demetri Martin
Stairs," Valkyrie said, disappointed. "Not just ordinary stairs," Skulduggery told her as he led the way down. "Magic stairs." "Really?" "Oh, yes." She followed him into the darkness. "How are they magic?" "They just are." "In what way?" "In a magicky way." She glared at the back of his head. "They aren't magic at all, are they?" "Not really.
~ Derek Landy
Stephanie glared at Skulduggery. "What was wrong with the door? You could have just come down the stairs and walked out the door. Why did you have to jump out of the window?" "You know why," Skulduggery said, walking away. Axle looked up, tears streaming from his eyes. "Why did he do that? Why?" Stephanie glowered. "Because doors are for people with no imagination," she said, and led Axle to the car.
~ Derek Landy
Her dad came down the stairs, picked up the passport and opened it. "This isn't mine," he said. "This belongs to an ugly man wearing a stupid expression.
~ Derek Landy
Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar stairs with vexatious phlegm.
~ Emily Bronte
That was a hell of a save in there by the stairs, where'd you learn to tackle like this? NFL
~ Robert Kirkman
Go to bed, you fool," Calcifer said sleepily. "You're drunk." "Who, me?" said Howl. "I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober." He got up and stalked upstairs, feeling for the wall as if he thought it might escape him unless he kept in touch with it. His bedroom door did escape him.
~ Diana Wynne Jones
As I head up the stairs, I hear Daddy whisper to her, "Why in the world are you encouraging her to go enjoy her hot boyfriend?" I almost laugh out loud. "That's not what I meant!" Trina says. He makes a harrumph sound. "It sure sounded like it." "Oh my God, don't take everything so literally, Dan. Besides, her boyfriend is hot.
~ Jenny Han
Stairs Up! Extremely Dangerous Traps! I Forgot What This One Does! Money! Moderately Dangerous Traps! Mystery! Bigger Monsters! Literally Nothing!
~ Andrew Rowe
Come on, hurry up," Marcia snapped impatiently at the spiral stairs. Taking her at her word, the stairs sped up to double daytime speed,
~ Angie Sage
The Queen is the only person who can put on a tiara with one hand, while walking down stairs.
~ Princess Margaret