Mumble Quotes

“She looked away and mumbled something.

“I’m sorry I don’t speak mumble,” he said while eying the piping hot apple muffin with streusel topping that she just took out of the bag. Hell, how had he missed that delicious little morsel?

His hand seemed to have a life of its own as it crept towards that tasty little treat. With a gasp, Haley’s hands came down to protect her muffin.

“Control yourself!” she hissed as she broke off a small chunk and ate it. His eyes went back to the muffin. He knew he was pouting when Haley rolled her eyes and continued to eat. Damn it, where was the love? He was a hungry man. With a sigh, he opened his bag and pulled out one of the three coffee rolls he’d ordered and began eating them all while keeping his eyes on that muffin.”
― R.L. Mathewson, Playing for Keeps

“Writers,” Esther said simply. “For some reason, a lot of you reject what you hear and see in your heads. If you go too long ignoring it, it builds up and then you do all sorts of weird things. Mumble to yourself. Nightmares. Daydreams. Total anarchy and chaos. Before you know it, the writer is either sitting in a corner feverishly humming to his- or herself or on Prozac.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, In Other Worlds

“Max always mumbles; not in a shy way, but rather as if he's telling you what it will cost to take out your worst enemy, or how much you'd have to pay to rig a horse race.”
― Scarlett Thomas, The End of Mr. Y

“Yesterday I was drunk.
I wandered in darkness and—
mumbled poor definitions of love.
 
Today I am sober,
I am sleepless,
I am speechless.”
― Rafy Rohaan

“I have heard about your gifts myself, Miss Roth,' read the subtitle under Brentford's awkward mumble.”
― Jean-Christophe Valtat, Luminous Chaos

“JIM. Mr. Blathdigger is no longer the Willoughby accountant. I presume he had a thing or two to say about that, but...who could hear him?”
― Allie Ray, The Last Will and Testament