porcupine QUOTES

1 " I don’t understand how I could have believed you were a warm, affectionate, and tenderhearted person! You’re obviously as prickly as a porcupine and any man who comes close to you will end up with a face full of quills! "

― Colleen Houck

2 " And then, despite the fact that A. J. does not believe in God, he closes his eyes and thanks whomever, the higher power, with all his porcupine heart. "

― Gabrielle Zevin , The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

3 " BREXIT?
So mental a political tap dance, that it makes riding a porcupine bareback over a cliff seem the only sane thing to do. "

― Steve Merrick

4 " The sandy beach reminded Harold of picnics. And the thought of picnics made him hungry. So he laid out a nice simple picnic lunch. There was nothing but pie. But there were all nine kinds of pie that Harold liked best. When Harold finished his picnic there was quite a lot left. He hated to see so much delicious pie go to waste. So Harold left a very hungry moose and a deserving porcupine to finish it up. "

5 " I scared a little porcupineand caught a quill in my behind.It hurt so badly in my tail,but tugging on it made me yell.The porcupine was still around,so I complained. He simply frownedand said, " Stop whining! Look and seehow many quills are stuck on me! "

6 " A princess once carefully kissed a porcupine to be kind, upon which he began to think himself a prince. He then dressed like a prince, behaved like a prince, and announced himself to be a prince. The world, therefore, saw him as such, and so a porcupine prince he was. (Of course, most were reluctant to argue with him otherwise.) "

― Richelle E. Goodrich , Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

7 " I am going to the USA to catch sight of a wild porcupine and to give some lectures. "

― Sigmund Freud , Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego

8 " I Name you Echthroi. I Name you Meg.I Name you Calvin.I Name you Mr. Jenkins.I Name you Proginoskes.I fill you with Naming.Be!Be, butterfly and behemoth,be galaxy and grasshopper,star and sparrow,you matter,you are,be!Be caterpillar and comet,Be porcupine and planet,sea sand and solar system,sing with us,dance with us,rejoice with us,for the glory of creation,seagulls and seraphimangle worms and angel host,chrysanthemum and cherubim.(O cherubim.)Be!Sing for the gloryof the living and the lovingthe flaming of creationsing with usdance with usbe with us.Be!" - Madeleine L'Engle, A Wind in the Door "

9 " His hair stood upright like porcupine quills. "

10 " Apparently he was not the sharpest quill on the porcupine if you get my drift. "

11 " The porcupine whom one must handle gloved may be respected but is never loved. "