Literal Meaning Quotes

“I don't like my shoes,' said Rose.
'I'm wearing my shoes and you don't see me complain.'
'You only hear a person complain,' said Rose. 'Not see.'
How has Rose lived for seventeen years and no one has killed her, not once?”
― Franny Billingsley, Chime

“I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.”
― Josephine Baker

“But the inexplicability of the General's conduct dwelt much on her thoughts. That he was very particular in his eating, she had, by her own unassisted observation, already discovered; but why should he say one thing so positively, and mean another all the while, was most unaccountable. How were people, at that rate, to be understood?”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“I think... it's unlikely anyone would want to catch a grenade for anyone else. Or just in front of a train for someone else. That's very counter-productive.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“What did the mat say to the door? You must be really aDOORable to open up to everyone who knock at you. And I welcome everyone and what do I get? People stepping all over me”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, One Hundred One World Accounts in One Hundred One Word Count

“You’re such a left-brain AND a kleptomaniac. Quit taking things literally and there’s hope for you yet!”
― Bryant A. Loney, To Hear The Ocean Sigh

“Returning to the dining-room, and pausing for an instant behind the screen at the door, Eugene overhears, above the hum and clatter, the fair Tippins saying: "I am dying to ask him what he was called out for!"

"Are you?" mutters Eugene, "then perhaps if you can't ask him, you'll die. So I'll be a benefactor to society, and go.”
― Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend