Fumbled Quotes

#1. This time, he fumbled for Collin's hand in the elevator. He still felt like a thief, there was no denying it, but sometimes thieves stole things because they needed them to live.

Amy Lane

#2. The sentence, having fumbled to a petering end, she too left.

Iain McKinnon

#3. Famous Shoes knew the young ranger was scared. Nothing was easier to detect in a man than fear. It showed even in the way he fumbled with his cup while drinking coffee; and it was normal that he would be afraid. He didn't know where he was,

Larry McMurtry

#4. I tried not to be too obviously interested, and fumbled my notebook and trusty pencil from my duster's pocket.

Jim Butcher

#5. I fumbled around in the basement of my soul in search of the small, sensible fellow who often comes to the rescue during emergencies. It looked like he wasn't home.

Max Frei

#6. I was thinking how complicated life is and how there are no simple roads or paths. We are a fabric of mistakes and hurts; a family tree of fumbled attempts, successes and failures.

Belinda Jeffrey

#7. Outside the bedroom Jane fumbled around and in her purse and produced a pack of cigarettes, but couldn't figure out whether to smoke one or not. "Holy Motown Jesus with Pips, what the fuck is going on in there?

Christopher Moore

#8. Even the raven started out in human form, and he fumbled blindly, and his actions were haphazard until it was revealed to him who he was and what his purpose was.

Peter Hoeg

#9. Flustered by the budding understanding of why her sister might have chosen to love this supposed monster, Irsa fumbled for her satchel.

Renee Ahdieh

#10. He watched her with murderous distaste as she fumbled with her spoon. They had ordered ice cream, and some of it clung to her lips as she rolled a cold mouthful on her tongue.

Richard Yates

#11. But not once had he almost lost it. Not like last night. Never had he fumbled, laughed and ... connected to another like with Ava.

Kelly Moran

#12. Burckhardt fumbled through his notes. "Dakin and

Elizabeth Peters

#13. I do not belong to anyone! Certainly not to a self-centered, brute of man, err ... being or whatever it is you are, person! she fumbled.

Madison Thorne Grey

#14. You're not safe with me." He reached for the neckline of her bodice and yanked it together. While he fumbled to fasten it, Beatrix hiked up the side of her dress. A tug and a wriggle, and her petticoat dropped to the floor.
"I can undress faster than you can dress me," she informed him.

Lisa Kleypas

#15. He fumbled with something in his breeches. She had thought the past few minutes the most intense of her life, but they were nothing compared with the alarm and ashamed delight now rushing through her veins - until she realized he was only bringing out his pocket watch.

Jennifer Echols

#16. She fumbled in her apron pocket for her tobacco pouch. "Has anyone got a light?" she inquired. A couple of actors produced bundles of matches. Nanny nodded, and put the pouch away. "Good," she said. "Now, has anyone got any tobacco?

Terry Pratchett

#17. The attack came without warning, in the pre-dawn stillness on the day they were due to leave. A series of solid concussions shook the walls and sent Simon scrambling from his bunk. Max thrust a handgun at him, which he immediately fumbled and dropped.

A. Ashley Straker

#18. Meg considered her three big sisters, three different women united in a childhood of memories and the adult lives they'd fumbled through. She had spent her life trying to outrun and outperform each of their shadows, but she'd grown up on her adventures and returned home with clear vision.

Tracy Ewens

#19. He fumbled around with his eyes closed. He groped about, reaching for the comfortable and familiar shaft of his hammer.

Neil Gaiman

#20. He has 'le coeur comme un artichaud'. Eddy fumbled for her high school French. 'A heart like an artichoke?' 'Oui. He has a leaf for everyone, but makes a meal for no one.

Poppy Z. Brite

#21. Dan Fouts fumbled the game away for Chargers.

Bob Griese

#22. This was what humans fumbled for. This was what they quested for in the dark.

Brad Vance

#23. That's not what I asked...I don't care about those boys who might've fumbled around between your legs a time or two. I want to know if you've been with a man.

J.M. Darhower

#24. Crude hasn't been responding to fundamentals all year. I think crude has been 8 to 10 overvalued for some time and has been responding to the fear of what could happen rather than the reality of what is happening.

Kyle Cooper

#25. During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job.

George Stephen

#26. I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

Alice Walker

#27. Die ere thou diest - dying, then thou diest not:
Die not - perchance then, dying, thou shalt die and rot.

Angelus Silesius

#28. To be sure, the hard-to-come-by interview - the 'get' - isn't an uncommon phenomenon here at 'The Daily Show.' We've had high-profile dignitaries, low-profile indignitaries, stars you've heard of, authors you should have read.

Kevin Bleyer