The 25 Best Quotes About Disappear - Bookroo

BookrooBook ClubsShop BooksBook RegistrySign inconceptdisappear Quotes29 of the best book quotes about disappear01“I wish that everything was different. I wish that I was a part of something. I wish that anything I said mattered, to anyone. I mean, let’s face it: would anybody even notice if I disappeared tomorrow?”Val EmmichauthorDear Evan Hansenbookdifferencesᐧwishingᐧnoticing othersᐧdisappearconcepts02“It was too late. Exactly as he spoke, Polly’s hand went out to touch one of the rings. And immediately, without a flash or a noise or a warning of any sort, there was no Polly. Digory and his Uncle were alone in the room.”C.S. LewisauthorThe Magician's NephewbookDigory KirkeᐧPolly PlummerᐧUncle Andrew Ketterlycharactersmagicᐧdisappearᐧtrickeryconcepts03“What else have you been hiding?’’Celeste NgauthorEverything I Never Told YoubookMarilyn LeeᐧLydia Leecharactershidingᐧdisappearᐧtrue feelingsconcepts04“The money’s gone I don’t know where, and this is come from I don’t know where.”George EliotauthorSilas MarnerbookEppie Marnercharactermoneyᐧdisappearᐧnot knowingconcepts05“Forgiveness can truly be called salvation. It is the means by which illusions disappear.”A Course in Miraclesbookforgivenessᐧsalvationᐧmeaningᐧillusionsᐧdisappearᐧlifeᐧrealityᐧloveconcepts06“You want to be fooled. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough; you have to bring it back. That’s why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call “The Prestige”.”Christopher PriestauthorThe Prestigebookfooledᐧclappingᐧsomethingᐧdisappearᐧbringingᐧcoming backᐧmagic trickᐧhardest partconcepts07“No one cares about the man in the box, the man who disappears.”Christopher PriestauthorThe PrestigebookAngiecharactercareᐧboxᐧdisappearᐧmagician actᐧmanᐧrealityᐧillusionsconcepts08“Those days are gone, and good fucking riddance to them; unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it’s just a drag, like a cold or having no money. If you really wanted to mess me up, you should have got to me earlier.”Nick HornbyauthorHigh Fidelitybookgoneᐧdisappearᐧunhappinessᐧold daysᐧhaving no moneyᐧto mess upconcepts09“I don’t want to die. I don’t want to disappear. I want to stay.”Isaac MarionauthorWarm BodiesbookR (zombie)characterdieᐧdisappearᐧstay aliveᐧexistenceconcepts10“It would be hard to explain, but if you ever get there, come find me. Nothing would ever pull us apart.”Spike JonzeauthorHerbookSamanthacharacterleavesᐧdisappearᐧfearᐧsadnessᐧrelationshipsᐧcome backᐧreunitingᐧgo togetherᐧexplanationsᐧdifficultiesconcepts11“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”Douglas AdamsauthorThe Restaurant at the End of the Universebooktheoriesᐧuniverseᐧreal purposeᐧdisappearᐧinexplicableconcepts12“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.”Carl SaganauthorCosmosbookdisappearᐧrulesᐧsurvivalᐧexceptionsconcepts13“Our younger viewers will not remember the Batman. A recent survey shows that most high schoolers consider him a myth. But real he was. Even today, debate continues on the right and wrong of his one-man war on crime. This report would like to think that he’s alive and well, enjoying a celebratory drink in the company of friends...”Frank MillerauthorBatman: The Dark Knight ReturnsbookBruce WayneᐧLola Chongcharactershigh schoolᐧrealityᐧcrimeᐧcomicsᐧenjoying lifeᐧdisappearconcepts14“If you are possessed of Fear, do not waste time trying to ‘kill out’ Fear, but instead cultivate the quality of Courage, and the Fear will disappear.”Three InitiatesauthorThe Kybalion / A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greecebookfearᐧcourageᐧdisappearconcepts15“If love disappeared when we touched the fault-lines, it wouldn’t be worth much, would it?”Claire CrossauthorDouble Troublebookloveᐧdisappearᐧcrossing the lineᐧworthconcepts16“…the best actors are the most boring people. A strong sense of self was detrimental, because an actor had to let the self disappear; he had to let himself be subsumed by a character. ‘If you want to be a personality, be a pop star.‘”Hanya YanagiharaauthorA Little Lifebookactorsᐧpersonalityᐧboringᐧselfᐧdisappearᐧcharacterconcepts17″‘I think I seen every island in the world,’ he said. ‘And you come home to the prettiest one of all,’ I answered. ‘Yeah,’ he said, but his focus blurred for a moment. ‘The water’s about to get her, Wheeze.’ ‘Only a bit, to the south,’ I said defensively. ‘Wheeze, open your eyes,’ he said. ‘In two years I’ve been gone, she’s lost at least an acre. Another good storm—’ It wasn’t right. He should have been more loyal. You don’t come home after two years away and suddenly inform your mother that she’s dying.”Katherine PatersonauthorJacob Have I LovedbookMcCall PurnellᐧSara Louise Bradshawcharactersislandsᐧdisappearᐧloyaltyᐧhomeᐧgetting smallerconcepts18“Clarice and her utterly best friend, Betty Moody, are planning to ace their book project about Ruby and win the class prize, until Betty disappears into thin air, and horrible teacher Mrs. Wilberton teams Clarice up with the naughtiest boy in school.”Lauren ChildauthorUtterly Me, Clarice BeanbookRubyᐧBetty Moodycharacterswin the class prizeᐧdisappearᐧthin airᐧhorribleᐧteam upᐧnaughtiest boyᐧbest friendᐧutterlyᐧbook projectconcepts19“Morris sat under the Christmas tree. Suddenly he noticed a package that had been overlooked. He opened it. In it was a Disappearing Bag. Morris crawled right in.”Rosemary WellsauthorMorris's Disappearing BagbookMorrischaracterchristmas treesᐧbeing overlookedᐧdisappearᐧcrawlingᐧdisappearing bagᐧpackageᐧto noticeconcepts20“What would your good be doing if there were no evil, and what would the earth look like if shadows disappeared from it?”Mikhail BulgakovauthorThe Master and MargaritabookWolandcharactergoodᐧevilᐧearthᐧshadowsᐧdisappearconcepts21“The sad group passed slowly out of sight; but as it disappeared there fell upon the ear the sounds of sweet music, lovelier far than she had heard before - lovelier than the magic cuckoo’s most lovely songs - and somehow in the music, it seemed to the child’s fancy there were mingled the soft strains of a woman’s voice.”Mrs. MolesworthauthorThe Cuckoo ClockbookcuckooᐧGriseldacharacterssadnessᐧmoving slowᐧdisappearᐧsweetᐧmusicᐧlovelyᐧmagicᐧpeopleᐧvoicesconcepts22“The sad group passed slowly out of sight; but as it disappeared there fell upon the ear the sounds of sweet music, lovelier far than she had heard before - lovelier than the magic cuckoo’s most lovely songs - and somehow in the music, it seemed to the child’s fancy there were mingled the soft strains of a woman’s voice.”Mrs. MolesworthauthorThe Cuckoo ClockbookcuckooᐧGriseldacharacterssadnessᐧmoving slowᐧdisappearᐧsweetᐧmusicᐧlovelyᐧmagicᐧpeopleᐧvoicesconcepts23″‘Ever since I was little,’ Mullet Fingers said, ‘I’ve been watchin’ this place disappear - the piney woods, the scrub, the creeks, the glades. Even the beaches, man - they put up all these giant hotels and only goober tourists are allowed. It really sucks.‘”Carl HiaasenauthorHootbookThe Running Boy/Mullet Fingerscharacterdisappearᐧnatural habitatsᐧwoodsᐧbeachesᐧcommercializationconcepts24It’s Gwyn Griffiths’ birthday, but celebrations are frowned on, as it is also the anniversary of his sister’s disappearance on the mountains above his house.Jenny NimmoauthorThe Snow Spider TrilogybookGwyncharacteranniversaryᐧbirthdaysᐧcelebrationsᐧfrowned onᐧdisappearᐧmountainsconcepts25“The barn was empty! Uncle Peder had disappeared!”Ursula Moray WilliamsauthorAdventures of the Little Wooden Horsebookthe little wooden horseᐧUncle Pedercharactersbarnᐧemptyᐧdisappearᐧaloneᐧgone missingconcepts26“And suddenly the children noticed that its little red wings had gone from the legs! It looked just an ordinary chair now!”Enid BlytonauthorAdventures of the Wishing ChairbookPeter (Adventures of the Wishing Chair)ᐧMollie (Adventures of the Wishing Chair)characters"the wishing chair"ᐧto noticeᐧwingsᐧdisappearᐧordinaryᐧchairsconcepts27“He was sure the crafty old witch planned to fix him for good. If she could shrink him down to a runt of a thing she could turn him into a tadpole, or into a flea, or make him disappear altogether.”Bill PeetauthorBig Bad BrucebookBruceᐧRoxyᐧa witchcharactersplanningᐧfixᐧshrinkᐧfleasᐧdisappearconcepts28“Before he’s completely gone, I reach out to grab a single petal and hold it tight against my chest. But somehow it slips through my fingers and vanishes into the sky. Just like the rest of him.”Dustin ThaoauthorYou've Reached SambookSam ObayashiᐧJulie (You've Reached Sam)charactersgoneᐧmemoriesᐧholding onᐧdisappearconcepts29“What if he turned his back, now, and disappeared mysteriously? What if he went away—ever so far away, into unknown countries beyond the seas—and never came back any more! How would she feel then!”Mark TwainauthorThe Adventures of Tom SawyerbookBecky ThatcherᐧTom Sawyercharactersdisappearᐧregretᐧbeing sorryconceptsSource: Chapter 8, Paragraph 4

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