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title: "19 Cold Room Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Cold Room quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Cold Room sayings and thoughts."
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> [I could almost feel him near me, the way you can feel a fire's presence in a cold room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-gray/i-could-almost-feel-him-near-me-the-way-you-can-feel-a-fire-s/)

[Claudia Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-gray/)

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> [“Even you, o Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with love and with hope. But my secret is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/even-you-o-princess-in-your-cold-room-watch-the-stars-that-tremble/)

[Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/)

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> [I don't have kids, a mortgage, or a car. That has let me hold out for the jobs I want to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-lowe/i-don-t-have-kids-a-mortgage-or-a-car-that-has-let-me-hold-out-for/)

[Alice Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-lowe/)

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> [“I awoke in a cold room, hunched on the floor beside a black and empty grate, the clock striking three, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-awoke-in-a-cold-room-hunched-on-the-floor-beside-a-black-and-empty/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [The tea is ice-cold, the room grows colder and colder, but I grow warmer and warmer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-schumann/the-tea-is-ice-cold-the-room-grows-colder-and-colder-but-i-grow/)

[Clara Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-schumann/)

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> [There is a chill air surrounding those who are down in the world, and people are glad to get away from them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/there-is-a-chill-air-surrounding-those-who-are-down-in-the-world-and/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“Mary, you know I hate parties. My idea of hell is a very large party in a cold room where everybody has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-gibbons/mary-you-know-i-hate-parties-my-idea-of-hell-is-a-very-large-party-in/)

[Stella Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-gibbons/)

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> [“His eyes burned with intensity. I wondered briefly if someone he knew was being held in that cold room that smelled like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaye-wells/his-eyes-burned-with-intensity-i-wondered-briefly-if-someone-he-knew/)

[Jaye Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaye-wells/)

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> [“And then once in the music storage room. It was cold. The room was small with thin gray carpet and I cried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-espach/and-then-once-in-the-music-storage-room-it-was-cold-the-room-was/)

[Alison Espach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-espach/)

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> [“As for other acquaintances – there is a chill air surrounding those who are down in the world and people are glad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/as-for-other-acquaintances-there-is-a-chill-air-surrounding-those-who/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“This was the kind of kiss that couldn’t really be called a kiss, the kind that involves arms and legs and necks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kami-garcia/this-was-the-kind-of-kiss-that-couldn-t-really-be-called-a-kiss-the/)

[Kami Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kami-garcia/)

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> [“As for other acquaintances, there is a chill air surrounding those who are down in the world, and people are glad to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/as-for-other-acquaintances-there-is-a-chill-air-surrounding-those-who-2/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [“And autumn ain't so shabby for wow, either. The colors are broccoli and flame and fox fur. The tang is apples, death,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/and-autumn-ain-t-so-shabby-for-wow-either-the-colors-are-broccoli-and/)

[anne lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/)

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> [“As soon as he was out of sight, Gui pulled the macaron mixture towards him, and took a deep breath. He whipped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-madeleine/as-soon-as-he-was-out-of-sight-gui-pulled-the-macaron-mixture-towards/)

[Laura Madeleine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-madeleine/)

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> [“As the uneasiness and reluctance to face it cut him off more and more from all real happiness, and as habit renders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/as-the-uneasiness-and-reluctance-to-face-it-cut-him-off-more-and-more/)

[C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/)

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> [“To illustrate how an individual can attain the goal of being submerged in physical reality while transforming it into holiness, we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chana-weisberg/to-illustrate-how-an-individual-can-attain-the-goal-of-being/)

[Chana Weisberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chana-weisberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/chana-weisberg-97821_biblical-women_to-illustrate-how-an-individual-can-atta_2963669.jpg)

> [“Honesty," she announced. Her slightly shaky voice echoed through the dark assembly hall. the single word and the long silence after it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-alfonsi/honesty-she-announced-her-slightly-shaky-voice-echoed-through-the/)

[Alice Alfonsi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-alfonsi/)

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> [“The only thing that could soothe and calm me during this era was music. That's continued to be true throughout my life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-echols/the-only-thing-that-could-soothe-and-calm-me-during-this-era-was/)

[Damien Echols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-echols/)

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> [“He sat down among the evidence at a barren communal desk in the basement of the station. He looked through the stack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/he-sat-down-among-the-evidence-at-a-barren-communal-desk-in-the/)

[Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/)

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                        "text": "“To illustrate how an individual can attain the goal of being submerged in physical reality while transforming it into holiness, we can use an analogy of a man who finds himself in a cold room. There are three ways that individual can maintain his body temperature: first, he can put on a warm coat; second, he can leave the room to go to a warmer environment; or third, he can light a fire. Similarly, if this individual finds himself in a \"cold\" environment, one which is detrimental to him, he can preserve his integrity through these three methods. First, he can put on a warm coat, which symbolizes strengthening himself inwardly so as not to be influenced by his surroundings. This however, is an incomplete victory, for if he were to relax his self-control he would capitulate. Second, he can leave the room, which implies separating himself from the negative influences surrounding him. Once again, this victory is only through removing himself from temptation and is, therefore, not permanent. He has not met the challenge by improving his surroundings. The third approach, lighting a fire, involves influencing the environment and raising it to a higher level. This is a complete triumph over one's surroundings for the dangers have not only been avoided, they have been entirely removed.”",
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                        "text": "“Honesty,\" she announced. Her slightly shaky voice echoed through the dark assembly hall. the single word and the long silence after it made the students in the audience sit up a little straighter in their seats. Then Gabriella began to recite: \"I see you there in front of me- Your face, your hands, your eyes. I hear you talk, I hear you tell Your hopes, your dreams, your lies. I walked with you, a sunlit trail, Together hand in hand. Then twilight came, and you were gone, And now alone I stand. The woods are cold, the trees are black, The dark is closing in. And you have gone away from me, Your faultless light has dimmed. Betrayal is an empty space, Raw night, cold room, alone. And no one can redeem your face, Sweet knight, safe light, you're gone.\" ”",
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