Preened Quotes

#1. The wolf inside him prowled and preened, eager to finish the mating and mount to completion. The man wanted to fuck her hard against the wall and then twice more against the counter and bed just because he could

Carrie Ann Ryan

#2. We are searching for the same thing," Stripey said.
"How do you know?" Janco asked.
"I read his mind." The Sitian pointed to Ari. "Yours was too ... chaotic. Too many useless thoughts to wade through."
A compliment or an insult? Janco guessed compliment and preened.

Maria V. Snyder

#3. I'm gonna give one of 'em my virginity one day." She preened. I was momentarily dumbstruck. I couldn't begin to enumerate all the things that were appalling about that possibility. "We so have to talk," I finally managed.

Karen Marie Moning

#4. How I preened at that, shamefully so in memory for, while I would have been put off by you calling me "hot" or a "babe" at my age, still having "it" - the illusive "it" factor that transcended looks or age was plausible.

From Prey. Middle-Aged Boys&Girls

Diane Bracuk

#5. 'Stress' was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened into a state of babyish beatification.

Julie Burchill

#6. Valentine preened, "Oh, I'm a panther," he said. "I shall slip unnoticed through the darkness like a dark unnoticeable slippy thing.

Neil Gaiman

#7. There's nothing worse than looking as if you've tried too hard or preened to within an inch of your life. If I'm wearing a strong item like a really beautiful dress, then I'll play down my shoes and accessories and make my hair really natural.

Louise Nurding

#8. Bridget loved the Marly who glittered and preened, but this was the woman she remembered.
That was how the story went. That was how it really ended.

Ann Brashares

#9. The biggest thing I did was that I used to go to the library. I fed my mind every day.

Tony Robbins

#10. No matter who reigns, the merchant reigns.

Henry Ward Beecher

#11. I am not sure I can make clear what it means to say I come from the Catholic side of Protestantism, but at the very least, it means that I do not think Christianity began with the Reformation.

Stanley Hauerwas

#12. I think that compared to other politicians who have been put in jail in the past, compared to the human-rights activists in history who have had to face political prosecution, the activists in Hong Kong nowadays are already quite lucky compared to that.

Joshua Wong

#13. I am unable to rouse much interest in any highly civilized race, country or epoch, including this one.

Robert E. Howard

#14. I had a MRSA infection on my ankle. At the time, I had never heard of MRSA. I didn't really know a whole lot about it. It really scared me.

Grant Hill

#15. Being single is hard, and it gets harder and harder every day. But sooner or later you'll be happy, independent, wise, strong and everything. Because you've learned lessons in a better way. In a harder way.

Sarvesh Jain

#16. Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration.

Nhat Hanh

#17. People who behave rarely make history.

Josh Linkner

#18. [Fear] can be a pleasure to look at, and I understand how some other humans love to experience his essence. We can sense beauty, even if we don't see it.

Kelsey Sutton

#19. You're quite right there," he said. "I have practiced abstinence myself for years, and had my time of fasting, too, but now I find myself once more beneath the sign of Aquarius, a dark and humid constellation.

Hermann Hesse

#20. Nixon to Clinton: When seeking advice from people who are more experienced than you, tell them what you plan to do first, and then ask for their reaction. Don't ask for their advice, and then ignore it. That way you save on bruised feelings.

Nancy Gibbs

#21. Let me plead with you, lovers of my Africa, to carry with you into the world the vision of a new Africa

Robert Sobukwe

#22. You were just a caretaker. They didn't have to feel what you felt; they just had to be supported in feeling what they felt.

George Saunders

#23. When the WHY Goes, WHAT Is All You'll Have Left

Simon Sinek