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Quotes About Muttering

26The Lord spoke further to Moses and Aaron, 27"How much longer shall that wicked community keep muttering against Me? Very well, I have heeded the incessant muttering of the Israelites against Me. 28Say to them: 'As I live,' says the Lord, 'I will do to you just as you have urged Me. 29In this very wilderness shall your carcasses drop.
~ Adele Berlin
When squint-eyed Slander plies the unhallow'd tongue, From poison'd maw when Treason weaves his line, And Muse apostate (infamy to song!) Grovels, low muttering, at Sedition's shrine.
~ James Beattie
For London, Blampied claimed, was of all cities in the world the most autumnal —its mellow brickwork harmonizing with fallen leaves and October sunsets, just as the etched grays of November composed themselves with the light and shade of Portland stone. There was a charm, a deathless charm, about a city whose inhabitants went about muttering, "The nights are drawing in," as if it were a spell to invoke the vast, sprawling creature-comfort of winter.
~ James Hilton
That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you're examining a bad line in a poem or a bad motive for action, keep well your repining - meaning, don't ignore the honest muttering in your head.
~ Alice Oswald
Oh...my...god,Drew whimpered.Who... Anubis ignored her (bless him for that) and held out his elbow for me - a sweet old-fashioned gesture. May I have this dance? I suppose, I said,as non committally as I could. I looped my arm through his, and we left the Plastic Bags behind us, all of them muttering,Oh my god! Oh my god! No ,actually, I wanted to say. He's my amazingly hot boy god. Find your own.
~ Rick Riordan
Muttering about caves, Jenks came in with my suitcase, his eyes roving the low ceiling. He dropped my bag by the door, tossed me the keys to the van, and headed out, flicking the light switch several times because he could.
~ Kim Harrison
The taxi driver dropped them off back at the Wabasha Street Caves and drove off clutching a huge tip and muttering under his breath about dog drool on his upholstery. In return, Chudo-Yudo muttered something about taxi drivers tasting good with ketchup.
~ Deborah Blake
Madame Olga began muttering something under her breath in gypsy to the effect of "Fucking debutantes, they do not understand the sacredness of the moment." But everyone in the room just thought this was part of her gypsy spirit chant.
~ Amy Ephron
Next to Flora was Agot, who was clearly furious not to be involved in proceedings. She was wearing something strange (it was, in fact, Fintan's old angel costume) and muttering, 'STICKY STICKY STICK STICK' in a tone just loud enough to be irritating and just quiet enough that she was getting away with it.
~ Jenny Colgan
came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, 'Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess!
~ Lewis Carroll
back again, and looking anxiously about as it went, as if it had lost something; and she heard it muttering to itself 'The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers!
~ Lewis Carroll
It filled my head, that muttering sound, like thick oily smoke from a fat-rendering vat or an odour of noisome decay. And as I lay and tossed about, the voice in my ears seemed more distinct, and I began to understand the words he had muttered. They came to me slowly as if I had forgotten them, and at last I could make some sense out of the sounds. It was this: "Have you found the Yellow Sign?" "Have you found the Yellow Sign?" "Have you found the Yellow Sign?
~ Robert W. Chambers
Another time, after failing to get my attention as I participated in a White House conference call on Russia sanctions, Declan stomped away, muttering, "Putin, Putin, Putin . . . When is it going to be Declan, Declan, Declan
~ Samantha Power
Suddenly, it seemed as if David was surrounded by short, unhappy men muttering about "rights" and "liberties" and having enough of "this sort of thing.
~ John Connolly
If you know me, you know I mutter quite a bit. Not one of my most redeeming qualities.
~ Ted Wheeler
"Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time?" asked Simon. "No," Jace said. "Sometimes he sits on the couch and does it."
~ Cassandra Clare
Lady muttered some very unladylike sniggen snaggen riddly rodden racklesnatzes under her breath, then
~ Glen Cook
I've heard Lusa muttering about grubs and berries in her dreams," he told his friend.
~ Erin Hunter
As he clambered back and picked up the paddle, he was still muttering furiously in his own language and glaring at her. Without deciphering a single word, she knew he was scolding her for her carelessness, trying to explain that one had to be alert the whole time in the jungle. " Idiota! " he said finally, and though Senhor and Senhora Olvidares in the phrase book had not used the word, Maia understood it well enough.
~ Eva Ibbotson
must have looked forsaken standing there because she clucked her tongue against the roof of her mouth and said, "Poor Miss Sarah." I did so despise the attachment of Poor to my name. Binah had been muttering Poor Miss Sarah like an incantation since I was four.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
Of course. The team on your carriage was beautiful. They are yours, aren't they?" He ignored her and walked ahead until his foot connected with soft mushy ground. "Shit," he muttered. "Exactly." He glared at her, thinking himself a saint for not going for her throat.
~ Julia Quinn
The clouds trembled about the sky, already muttering with thunder.
~ Storm Constantine
We walked through the lobby toward the dining room. "Look out!" Ashley cried. The three of us jumped aside as a woman came rushing through the dining room doors. She wore a long white fur coat and dark glasses. She didn't even see us. She was too busy muttering into a cell phone. "I wonder what her hurry is," I said. "I think she's a spy," Natasha said. "Spies always wear fur coats." I rolled my eyes at Ashley.
~ Carol Ellis
Muttering a curse, he wiped his face with a towel and wondered why everyone suddenly felt that they had to offer an opinion on his love life, although he was fairly sure he had never asked for anyone's views on the matter.
~ Suzanne Harper