Packing Quotes

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J.K. Rowling
“What are you doing with all those books anyway?" Ron asked, limping back to his bed.
"Just trying to decide which ones to take with us," said Hermione. "When we're looking for the Horcruxes."
"Oh, of course," said Ron, clapping a hand to his forehead. "I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library".”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Richard L. Proenneke
“There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been.”
Richard Proenneke, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

Martha Gellhorn
“I took only one suitcase, and a cosmetics case for medicines but I was worried about books. Solitude is all right with books, awful without.”
Martha Gellhorn, Travels With Myself and Another

Laurell K. Hamilton
“Larry had brought me blue jeans, a red polo shirt, jogging socks, my white Nikes, an extra cross from my suitcase, the silver knives, the Firestar complete with inner pants holster, and the Browning and its shoulder holster. He'd forgotten a bra, but hey, except for that it was perfect.”
Laurell K. Hamilton, Bloody Bones

“Up 5.15 a.m. thinking, packpackpack. I appear to have accumulated more things. How did this happen? I haven't shopped. Think my bath oils have bred.”
Emma Thompson, The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film

Tove Jansson
“Moominmamma had got up very early to pack their rucksacks, and was bustling to and fro with wooly stockings and packets of sandwiches, while down by the bridge Moominpappa was getting their raft in order.
"Mamma, dar," said Moomintroll, "we can't possibly take all that with us. Everyone will laugh."
"It's cold in the Lonely Mountains," said Moominmamma, stuffing in an umbrella and a frying pan. "Have you got a compass?"
"Yes," answered Moomintroll, "but couldn't you at least leave out the plates -- we can easily eat off rhubarb leaves.”
Tove Jansson, Comet in Moominland

Rachel Caine
“I hate traveling with amateurs.”
Rachel Caine, Kiss of Death

“In London it had seemed impossible to travel without the proper evening clothes. One could see an invitation arriving for an Embassy ball or something. But on the other side of Europe with the first faint tinges of faraway places becoming apparent and exciting, to say nothing of vanishing roads and extra weight, Embassy balls held less significance.”
Robert Edison Fulton Jr., One Man Caravan

Bijou Hunter
“I started to grin until I heard laughing and sensed we were on display.
Glancing at them, I tightened my grip on Judd as if to say, “So what? He’s mine. Suck it.”
Judd though wasn’t interested in their laughter. He glared hard at them and literally growled like a dog.
While I giggled at the sound, the men shut up and moved away.
When Vaughn saw this display, he yelled out, “Whipped is a good look on you, brother.”
“I’m packing, Outlaw. Don’t make me pull it out.”
At the same moment, Judd, Vaughn, and I thought of the same thing and started laughing.
“Yeah, don’t pull it out here, baby,” I said, giggling. “I’m the only one who should be looking at it.”
Judd leaned his head back and sighed. “It’s not my fault, you know. All of the blood left my brain the minute you sat on my lap.”
“Poor bastard,” I whispered in his ear as I nibbled on the lobe.”
Bijou Hunter, Damaged and the Knight

Jerome K. Jerome
“I looked at the piles of plates and cups, and kettles, and bottles and jars, and pies and stoves, and cakes, and tomatoes, &c., and felt that the thing would soon become exciting. It did. They started with breaking a cup. That was the first thing they did. They did that just to show you what they COULD do, and to get you interested.”
Jerome K. Jerome, Three men in a boat

Jerome K. Jerome
“When George is hanged, Harris wil be the worst packer in this world”
Jerome K. Jerome, Three men in a boat

Jarod Kintz
“Chinese restaurants seem to be able to stuff a square meter of noodles into a tiny to-go box. If you had that same packing power, what would you cram into your pockets, and why would it be 33 ducks?”
Jarod Kintz, Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.

Barbara Hodgson
“My travels inevitably begin with copious research and planning. I began this kind of planning long ago when I was very young and anxious to hit the road. Hours were spent pouring over junior encyclopedias memorizing the names of exotic-sounding cities---Addis, Ababa, Samarkand, Damascus. Lengthy lists were written detailing the most minute necessities: three pairs of socks, two pencils. spare batteries, rope.”
Barbara Hodgson, The Tattooed Map

“I had a dream about you last night... in it, we wondered why dogs come in packs but you can't pack dogs.”
Marshall Ramsay, Dreaming is for lovers

Will Advise
“Backpackers can pack much more meows than baggers. Beggars never feed stray cats as street cats are self-sustaining.”
Will Advise

Jason Medina
“Sorry, we took so long. I had a lot to pack.'
'I’m sure you did. I hope you packed it well,' he smiled coyly.”
Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

Jennifer Lynch
“Going to a festival?’ asked the sales assistant curiously.
‘I’m going to a salsa festival, yes,’ replied Cameron.
‘Salsa? said the surprised young man. You can’t do that in this tent. You can barely stand up!’ he answered.
‘That’s when I salsa best,’ said Cameron and strode off to pack.”
Jennifer Lynch, Salsa

Theodora Taylor
“Whoa. What kind of weirdo kidnapped someone in the middle of packing but makes sure to complete the job?”
Theodora Taylor, Victor: Her Ruthless Owner

Sangu Mandanna
“In his world, people didn’t just up and move house with barely
any warning. They had employers to give at least a month’s notice to, family
members popping in to help them pack, and scores of friends to throw them
tearful going-away parties. They didn’t pack up their possessions in a single
morning, say “I’ll be off, then,” and just go.”
Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches