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I went up a straight crooked lane and, I said 'No thanks, yes if yer please. — Jack Finney

And his kiss wasn't at all like his smile. It wasn't crooked or one-sided. It was quite simply ... perfect. — Rachel Hawthorne

In a crooked mind even the right thing gets crooked. — Arsenie Boca

And a bird who was on a crooked branch is suddenly gone without my even hearing him. — Jack Kerouac

If the house is crooked and crumbling, and the land on which it sits uneven, is it possible to make anything lie straight? — Katherine Boo

If you look at a map of Europe you will observe that Greece is a skeleton-like hand stretching its crooked fingers out into the Mediterranean Sea. — Will Durant

I have crooked toes from wearing boots that didn't fit me because that's all I could afford as a kid. — Jonah Lomu

Her heart felt too full, a dry creek bed ill-prepared for such rain. — Leigh Bardugo

Things are always more interesting in the dark — Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Warden," said Locke, "men are stupid. Protect us from ourselves. If you can't, let it be quick and painless. — Scott Lynch

Honey, you may have the face of an angel, but that halo of yours is awfully crooked. — Alison Bliss

Suffering is like anything else. Live with it long enough, you learn to like the taste. — Leigh Bardugo

Alice smiled her wide smile. The crooked incisor smile. — Jennifer Mathieu

Tip began to nod, then shook his head. I could be eight kinds of crooked, there, piglet, but I ain't never been no kind of dumb. — Daniel Woodrell

Best of all are the decorations the grandchildren have made ~ fat little stars and rather crooked Santas, shaped out of dough and baked in the oven. — Gladys Taber

As long as imbeciles are around, The crooked will cash out. — Cyrus J. Kayvan

More cotton will grow on a crooked row than a straight one. — Barbara Swell

Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning. — Hunter S. Thompson

The last time I saw that crooked stupid smile on your face, I got-a-so mad, but then I realized ... that crooked stupid smile is there all the time. — Santino Marella

Every lock has a key, and all keys have jagged edges and crooked sides. No one is perfect, but we're exactly perfect for the one person who matters. — Dannika Dark

If I play a cop, it's always a racist cop or a trigger-happy cop or a crooked cop - but by and large I play cowboys, bikers, and convicts. — M. C. Gainey

I'm just a broken girl who's learned I can't walk the crooked path of this life. — Mary E. DeMuth

He didn't mean to say it. He meant to let her go. "I can help you. — Leigh Bardugo

How could you possibly stop the apocalypse when I'm atomic bombin' the populace? — Crooked I

For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots. — John Lyly

It is the path of least resistance that makes rivers and men crooked. — B. J. Palmer

If you can't get to be uncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked. [ ... ] live well and die happy. — Charles Dickens

Gun pop off like the mouth of Ann Coulter ... — Crooked I

The decker these ***holes brought with them is top tier, but I'm going to stomp his jelly beans so hard his kids will be born crooked. — Amie Kaufman

Cause at night the sun in retreat,
Made the skyline look like crooked teeth,
In the mouth of a man who was devouring, us both. — Death Cab For Cutie

Yes, it was crooked," said Wednesday, "but it was the only game in town. — Neil Gaiman

One cannot walk straight when the path is crooked. A BALDONI SAYING — Joanna Bourne

He looks expensive. In a vintage way. He has a good smile. It's kind of crooked. — April Genevieve Tucholke

She smiled then, her cheeks red, her cheeks scattered with some kind of dust. It was a smile he thought he might die to earn again. — Leigh Bardugo

Cause the profit system follows the path of least resistance and following the path of least resistance is what makes the river crooked. Hmmmm. — Utah Phillips

It turned out that some crooked things looked even worse when straightened. Some tangled knots only made sense once unraveled. — Hugh Howey

Sometimes broken things heal crooked. The pieces didn't fit anymore. — Ann Aguirre

People are straightforward enough, on the whole, till one starts to look for crooked motives, and then, oh boy, how crooked can they be! — Mary Stewart

Absolutely no slouching, Ed. You're the frame. You're the stem to my flower. Quit giving me crooked pictures and wilted flowers. — Heidi Cullinan

Crooked Warden," said Chains. "Just this morning I was suffering from the delusion that I was handing out the educations here. — Scott Lynch

History gets written by the winners, he said, and when the crooks win, you get crooked history. — Jeannette Walls

I always thought I had crooked eyebrows and crooked teeth. That's why I never understood why people called me a beauty. — Lauren Bacall

All we have to do is get out and vote, while it's still legal, and we will wash those crooked warmongers out of the White House. — Hunter S. Thompson

O stand, stand at the window
As the tears scald and start;
You shall love your crooked neighbour
With your crooked heart. — W. H. Auden

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water. — John Dryden

I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose. — Jack Steinberger

These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen. — John F. Kerry

People were more than crooked type and swastika-stamped documents. No number of bullet points and biography facts could pin the soul behind the eyes. — Ryan Graudin

You know I never lie ... "
I raised an eyebrow.
" ... about dancing." he amended with a crooked grin. — Juliet Blackwell

Right and proof are two crutches for everything bent and crooked that limps along. — Franz Grillparzer

She would have her ship and he would have his city. — Leigh Bardugo

The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out. — Billy Sunday

We can't love our neighbors till we know how crooked their hearts are. — John Green

Before you finish that sentence, I want you to think about what a promise from me costs and what you're willing to pay for it. — Leigh Bardugo

It's a crooked system, but gin straight take the pain away. — Ludacris

When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body. — Heather Locklear

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A crooked log makes a strait fire. — George Herbert

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. — Edward Abbey

That boy had betrayed his weakness in a single glance, had ceded the war for the sake of a single battle, and put Inej--all of them--in danger. — Leigh Bardugo

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. — Henry David Thoreau

20Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those of blameless ways are his delight. — Anonymous

I studied a crescent moon hung crooked in a plum purple sky and thought about what it would be like to truly be seen. — Laura Whitcomb

But when will Filipinas ever be free from its leaders who are wealthy and crooked, in whom we have put so much trust?
-The Cripple — F. Sionil Jose

You can only sharpen a blade so far", Kaz said as he joined them at the front of the church. "In the end, it comes down to the quality of the metal. — Leigh Bardugo

It is possible to draw a straight line with a crooked pencil. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The desires of the heart ... are as crooked as a corkscrew. — Robert Stone

If you don't care about money, Nina dear, call it by its other names."
"Kruge? Scrub? Kaz's one true love?"
"Freedom, security, retribution. — Leigh Bardugo

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I have really crooked teeth - they give me character! — Emma Roberts

The track of writing is straight and crooked. — Heraclitus

Abolitionists were men of sharp angles. Organizing them was like binding crooked sticks in a bundle. — Jane Swisshelm

Men as well as rivers grow crooked by following the path of least resistance. — Thomas Jefferson

I've done, like, 45 movies, played 40 gangsters and five crooked cops. — Tony Sirico

I lay in the dark thinking about the difficulties of family, how crazy and crooked the stories of a bloodline can be. — Patrick DeWitt

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved. — Immanuel Kant

God draweth straight lines but we call them crooked. — Horace Mann

Everything straight lies,' murmured the dwarf disdainfully. 'All truth is crooked, time itself is a circle. — Friedrich Nietzsche

This so called 'Home of the Brave'
why isn't anybody Backing us up!
When they c these crooked ass Redneck cops
constantly Jacking us up — Tupac Shakur

Have you anything to say to me now, Madam?" he demanded. "Your wig is crooked," I said, and closed my eyes again. — Diana Gabaldon

Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as streight: and Men may be as positive and peremptory in Error as in Truth. — John Locke

Never trust a man who says he is only a little crooked, and that the crookedness is exercised in your interest. — Theodore Roosevelt

Kids don't have ruts yet that adults have carved into their minds. They're born logical. Crooked thinking has to be taught. — James P. Hogan

If one imitates the upright, one becomes upright. If one imitates the crooked, one becomes crooked. — Christie Watson

A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. — C.S. Lewis

The straight path must sometimes be crooked. — Carole Wilkinson

He gave me a wink and a crooked smile, and I was left there, grinning like an idiot. — Kiera Cass

He's not a bad guy really, except he's so crooked, you shake hands with him you better count your fingers afterwards. — Ian Fleming

It is better to have crooked legs than a crooked spirit. — Marguerite De Angeli

In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pin-striped suits, the best people are bare-assed. — Paul Theroux

Richard opened his hand, and the key stared up at him from his palm. "By my crooked teeth," asked Richard, remembering, "who am I? — Neil Gaiman

We got dragged through a system and got burned by crooked lawyers, and the list goes on and on. — Jerry Only

How to catch a crook? Ask him if he knows anybody strait. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Fortunately the Lord is patient and understanding, and does write straight with our crooked lines. — Thomas H. Green

God can give a straight blow with a crooked stick. — Corrie Ten Boom

You are as crooked as a bank robber if you do not pay your debts on time. — Jack Hyles

The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men. — Henry David Thoreau

When I was a teenager, my self esteem was really low. But when I stood next to Yunho and his crooked teeth, I felt better. — Jaejoong

You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it. — Socrates

Everything is a negotiation with you, Brekker. You probably bartered your way out of the womb. — Leigh Bardugo