Hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, 'Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?' when suddenly, thump! thump!
— Lewis Carroll
She would thump them both, and she would apologize to neither.
— Kristin Cashore
No leadership, no ideas. Not even enough imagination to thump someone in the line-up when the ref wasn't looking.
— J.P.R. Williams
When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life.
— Annie Dillard
Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads.
— Howard Nemerov
My grip tightened. His head slanted, and I - A thump thudded off the dorm door, jarring
— Jennifer L. Armentrout
I can be very polite, but I've found that doesn't always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables.
— Joy Baluch
Thump Milton loomed over Ree, a fabled man, his face a monument of Ozark stone, with juts and angles and cold shaded parts the sun never touched.
— Daniel Woodrell
I stare at him, listening to my heart thump inside my chest, to the wind sing, to the sound of someone breaking somewhere in the world.
— Jessica Sorensen
The quiet was so deep that their feet seemed to thump along while all the trees leaned over them and listened, — J.R.R. Tolkien
The gentle Kathryn thumps the engagement ring in his face, thumps it as you'd thump a spider — Ben Fountain
You come back here, or I'll hero you! I'll thump you so you think you've had an adventure! — Robert Jordan
A bass should sound like a bass with the thump of the finger against the wood, like it began with stand up. — Suzi Quatro
Never go up against a Sicilian when death, is on the line.....ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha..........(thump) — Ned Vizzini
Good evening, children,' Said Nurse Matilda, and she gave a loud thump on the floor with her big black stick. 'I am Nurse Matilda. — Christianna Brand
I had played all my angles, tossed my heart with a wet rattling thump onto her snare drum, I Love You I Love You I Love You. — Michelle Tea
Whenever you feel like feeling like a devil's advocate, Bible-thump. That, in a worldly world, is the great irony and satire of evangelism. — Criss Jami
Big cows," thump
"lumps of meat"
thump
. His eyes widened. "Give me milk"
thump
"warm and sweet"
thump. — Julianne Donaldson
Baby doll, I could assert my manly dominance, thump my chest, and declare you're mine. But it wouldn't mean a damn thing if I'm not yours in return. — Kristen Callihan
Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail. — Clive James
Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish. — Rex Stout
She could hear his heartbeat clearly, its gentle thump-thump beating against her cheek."It calls for you, you know," he said. — Kristin Miller
With a bassy thump and a smell like burnt sulfur, Shitload farted himself far into the air. — David Wong
Life is a thump ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess. — Greg Brown
You always come back to earth with a thump at some stage. Life has it's ups and downs; the acid test is how you handle the downs. — Michael Owen
I grew up shopping from farm stands. Dad taught me how to smell a good cantaloupe and thump a watermelon for ripeness. — Nell Newman
Tap-tap-tap is better than thump-thumpthump, Ivy said. — R.L. Stine
We're the police, we don't thump people. — Christopher Fowler
