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Pencils Quotes

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Arthur Conan Doyle
“Man, or at least criminal man, has lost all enterprise and originality. As to my own little practice, it seems to be degenerating into an agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to young ladies from boarding-schools.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I

Arthur Conan Doyle
“It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Dean Koontz
“With lead he shaded love into the woman's eyes.”
Dean Koontz, Brother Odd

“Most people don鈥檛 have shit鈥� But paper and pencils are cheap, that鈥檚 why I draw.”
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Carla H. Krueger
“Bea stared at the pencils as if they were enemies.”
Carla H Krueger, Sleeping with the Sun

Anna Gavalda
“You think they're like your pencils? That they get worn down if you use them?"
"What?"
"Feelings.”
Anna Gavalda, Hunting and Gathering

Kate  Madison
“People always laugh at me when I tell them I鈥檓 scared of pencils, because they can鈥檛 fathom why anyone would fear a puncture wound or lead poisoning from a pencil, especially now that it鈥檚 impossible to get lead poisoning since they don鈥檛 actually contain lead. But those fuckers are sharp, and I have nightmares about getting cornered in a room and repeatedly stabbed with one. Somehow knives don鈥檛 frighten me, even though they are the more obvious tool for both a real and imagined stabbing.”
Kate Madison, Spilled Perfume: A Memoir

Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
“Years later, I remember the waxy taste of the yellow paint, the papery taste of splintered wood, the sharp metallic of the graphite.”
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir

Sara Sheridan
“The sound of pencils taking notes provided a low scrape and hum, almost like radio interference.”
Sara Sheridan, British Bulldog

Anthony T. Hincks
“Mistakes are forgiven, but only in pencil.”
Anthony T. Hincks

Anthony T. Hincks
“Empty hands can't draw by themselves.”
Anthony T. Hincks

Anthony T. Hincks
“Don't let your writing be led astray by the shortness of your pencil.”
Anthony T. Hincks

Anthony T. Hincks
“It's the color in pencils that bring our rainbows to life.”
Anthony T. Hincks

Anthony T. Hincks
“Open up your pencil-case and let the ideas flow.”
Anthony T. Hincks