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Quotes About Wondered

And he wondered just how much teasing she had received—and why human males would train a female to shoot a gun and then tease her into being angry enough to shoot them. "I'm
~ Anne Bishop
Since then, she had wondered if it were strength or a sort of madness that let her pretend she was normal.
~ Robin Hobb
Mac was tired of all that, and as he sat down at his desk across from Zeke St. John, he wondered if he might be becoming the burnout everyone thought he was.
~ Lisa Jackson
What is she doing here? I wondered. Hasn't she had enough green-upping?
~ Lisa Papademetriou
Oh, was that liquor of yours a stimulant? asked Elena. I wondered why he didn't fall asleep. Couldn't you tell? chuckled Mayhew. Not really. Miles twisted his head to take in Elena's upside-down worried face, and smile in weak reassurance. Sparkly black and purple whirlpools clouded his vision. Mayhew's laughter faded. My God, he said hollowly, you mean he's like that all the time?
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
~ Ronald Regan
So this is what luck looks like, is it? I've often wondered.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Last night as I lay on the prairie,And looked at the stars in the sky,I wondered if ever a cowboyWould drift to that sweet bye-and-bye.
~ Anonymous: Cowboy Songs
Jessica wondered what compulsion had brought her to uncover those two things first—the head and the painting. She knew there was something symbolic in the action.
~ Frank Herbert
I mused about the human phenomenon that went by the title "organized religion." What, I wondered, was disorganized religion?
~ Roland Merullo
It was the 'Marriage.'" "What do people marry for?" Miss Wardle said. I've sometimes wondered." "My dear, don't ask me." "One marries for latitude, I suppose." "Or to become a widow." "I'd give such worlds to be a widow," Miss Pontypool declared. "It's a difficult thing to be," Mrs. Barrow assured her.
~ Ronald Firbank
way and the summer sun was blazing. She wondered whether he should take off his sweater. He lined up his club, patting
~ Santa Montefiore
But Mimi- her tenderness didn't have an easy visibility. You wondered what it would be, and after what terrible manifestations it would appear.
~ Saul Bellow
Was life always like that? she wondered. A game of hide and seek in which you only occasionally found the person you wanted to be?
~ Maud Hart Lovelace
Sometimes I have wondered whether life wouldn't be much more amusing if we were all devils, and no nonsense about angels and being good.
~ William Hurlbut
He asked if I had liked the book in English. I wondered whether to lie. "No," I said. "Maybe I should read it again." "Uh-huh," Ivan said. "So that's how it works for you?" "How what works?" "You read a book and don't like it, and then you read it again?
~ Elif Batuman
Kate wondered why they were both contemplating careers they were so unsuited for.
~ Anne Tyler
The poet stripped off his gloves with an elegantly negligent gesture and smiled up at the Queens. Will wondered if anyone else could see what Kit's smile cost.
~ Elizabeth Bear
I wondered if the Goodlaw had been waiting for us, or if this was a chance encounter. I guessed this was my opportunity to find out.
~ Elizabeth Bear
I shrugged, and wondered if Pearl could see in that simple gesture the pain of losing an enforced religion because somebody gave you the switch and you were curious enough to turn it off.
~ Elizabeth Bear
She wondered when she had moved from mere conspiracy to treason.
~ Elizabeth Bear
England. When she entered her self-imposed exile in the colonies, she'd never expected to see it again. Now, she wondered if she was seeing it for the last time. An unexpected gift, perhaps. Or an unlooked-for cruelty.
~ Elizabeth Bear
I was a huge fan of Bobby Cox, a huge fan of Chipper Jones and John Smoltz. And just those guys, I grew up watching those guys and often wondered early on in my career if I would ever have the chance to play for the Atlanta Braves, and there it was. God kind of answered my prayers.
~ Tim Hudson
There were the questions of what kind of First Lady I would be, what issues would I focus on. Those were the questions that were being pounded on me through the campaign. A lot of times, I wondered what in the world Barack was even getting us into.
~ Michelle Obama