Conversationally Quotes

#1. Hello?' said the taxi driver, and I realized that it's all very well having an internal monologue, but it does tend to leave the other person a bit stranded, conversationally.

Danny Wallace

#2. She made no other moves, but there was tension in her that said she was a lioness that could strike at any moment.
You know, remarks Magnus conversationally, lionesses do all the work while lions sit around.

Richelle Mead

#3. I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.

Don Henley

#4. I'm fine."

"You know how Flynn defines 'fine' as an answer?" Jake asked him conversationally. "He says it usually translates as an anagram: Fucked up, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional. So which one do you want to go for?

Rolf

#5. Kai's fingers bit into her shoulder hard enough to make her refocus. 'If you pass out on me now, I'm going to kill you,' he said conversationally.

Genevieve Cogman

#6. [...] But do you know what I have in mind, Kate?'
She shook her head. 'Devilry, no doubt,' she muttered.
'I'm going to drive you mad,' he said conversationally. 'I'm going to kiss you and tease you and taste you... and leave. And then I'll come back and do the same thing again. And again.

Eloisa James

#7. So," Cooper said conversationally. "You got hit with a shotgun blast. What's that like?"...
She turned back to Cooper. "Well...um...it hurt. Like really big bee stings on crack.

Paige Tyler

#8. Right," said Fat Charlie conversationally. "You realize, of course, that this means war." It was the traditional war cry of a rabbit when pushed too far.

Neil Gaiman

#9. Ho hoka, Harry Bluejay," said John Chapman. "Fuck off, you crazy barefoot white ghost," said Harry Bluejay, conversationally. "You give me the creeps.

Neil Gaiman

#10. Isn't it strange how often your butt gets all the instructions?" Gerry said conversationally to Mason, "Mine gets hustled all over the place, it's quite the social butterfly.

Rolf

#11. Writers of novels are so busy being solitary that they haven't time to meet one another. But then, a writer learns nothing from a writer, conversationally. If a writer has anything witty, profound or quotable to say he doesn't say it. He's no fool. He writes it.

Edna Ferber

#12. I've read that many major CEOs and assorted other captains of industry are sociopaths," she replied, almost conversationally. "I imagine you fit right in.

Caitlin Crews

#13. What do you suppose we would do," I said conversationally, "if we ever had sex? I mean, what would we call each other? Captain and Walker? Morrison and Detective? Or would we just find excuses to not call each other anything?

C.E. Murphy

#14. I don't think I'd be able to fit that thing in my mouth, she said conversationally, pursing her lips up thoughtfully as she stared between his legs.

R.L. Mathewson

#15. So," Asa said conversationally, "want to go home and play butterflies?"
Sebastian grimaced. "Do you promise not to pull my wings off?"
Asa looked at him sideways. "Do you promise to fly back?

Amy Lane

#16. One day I was driving down the farm track in the pickup,with two of the little boys, aged about four or five, sitting beside me. One of them turned to me conversationally and said, "Baba, don't worry. When you get old one day you'll be sitting here where we are, and we'll be driving you around!

Angus Buchan

#17. Because I was a television writer for many years, I write very conversationally. I put things straight, and with a lot of humor.

Tracy McMillan

#18. Odd, said Miss Pettigrew conversationally, 'the undermining effect of flowers on a woman's common sense.

Winifred Watson

#19. Conversationally, I am like a clockwork toy. I have to be set going.

P.G. Wodehouse

#20. I find in music there's a space and a language I can use to express things in ways I can't describe conversationally.

Sufjan Stevens

#21. But you ain't part of it, are you?" said Granny conversationally. "You try, but you always find yourself watchin' yourself watchin' people, eh? Never quite believin' anything? Thinkin' the wrong thoughts?

Terry Pratchett

#22. Conversationally, we were Fred and Ginger
spin, slide, shuffle, bend.

Marisa De Los Santos

#23. Maybe one day it will be just you and me, my little blueberry," Magnus said conversationally. "But not for a long, long time. We'll take care of him, you and I. Won't we?"
Max Lightwood made a happy burbling sound that Magnus took as agreement.

Cassandra Clare

#24. Boys in their twenties are a waste of time. They have nothing to offer conversationally; they're immature. I feel like I have a better shot with someone in his thirties.

Megan Fox

#25. I did it," Gabriel said, conversationally. "I met the woman, the only woman for me. I met her, and now . . . I'm going to meet my wife.

Eloisa James

#26. [Lily] "Petunia's hair is too curly to braid," She said conversationally. Oliver wasn't sure why, but that was what finally made him blush.

Jessica Day George

#27. She's got a compromised immune system when it comes to love.

Rainbow Rowell

#28. I worked on the United Parcel Service truck, I sold home delivery of milk. But always, in the back of my mind, I wanted to get into radio.

Larry King

#29. It's offensive to me to be called a cost cutter,

Jamie Dimon

#30. I joined a writing class at a nearby community center, where I was the youngest participant by about 40 years. Once a week, I'd funnel down a staircase and join the dozen retirees crowded in folding chairs around a table to discuss one another's stories.

Anthony Marra

#31. Driving your car through deep pools of flood water is a great way of making your car unreliable. Smart people turn around and avoid it.

Steven Magee

#32. Is life worth living? Yes, so long
As Spring revives the year,
And hails us with the cuckoo's song,
To show that she is here;

Alfred Austin