Accord Quotes

295 Accord quotes by 236 unique authors

...she knew in her heart that nature has a preference for a particular order: parents die, then children die. But it was a harsh design,… — Charles Frazier
in addition to the conditions under which life is given to man on earth, and partly out of them, men constantly create their own, self-made… — Hannah Arendt
Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous. I want… — Anais Nin
Mr Lorry asks the witness questions: Ever been kicked? Might have been. Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at… — Charles Dickens
Now he knew: They were real. Who’d make up a thing like this? Okay, one of them was a cheese that rolled around of its… — Terry Pratchett
When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself. — Oscar Wilde
Grief is a most peculiar thing; we’re so helpless in the face of it. It’s like a window that will simply open of its own… — Arthur Golden
The right circumstances sometimes happen of their own accord, slyly, without fanfare, without warning. Layman's alchemy. . . . The magic of everyday things. — Joanne Harris
Secrets could never be rushed. They had to come of their own accord, on their own schedule. That way ,when they came , the offered… — Donna Jo Napoli
Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait… — Epictetus
What is the purpose of writing music? One is, of course, not dealing with purposes but dealing with sounds. Or the answer must take the… — John Cage
molesting the vampire while he's too weak to fight back, iz? jace asked. i'm pretty sure that violates at least one of the accords. — Cassandra Clare
How happily, said Austerlitz, have I sat over a book in the deepening twilight until I could no longer make out the words and my… — W G Sebald
Works for me. For the ones we love, today we’re allies. Tomorrow we resume our natural order of mortal enemies. Gentlemen, and I use that… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I hadn't, at the last moment, felt like washing off the two diagonal lines of dried blood that marked my cheeks. They seemed touching, and… — Sylvia Plath
I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the world. Our involvement… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When you love a city and have explored it frequently on foot, your body, not to mention your soul, gets to know the streets so… — Orhan Pamuk
It doesn't hurt." "But my eyes do," said a coolly amused voice from the doorway. Jace. He had come in so quietly that even Simon… — Cassandra Clare
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord with the world, they will live in accord with… — Daniel Quinn
The technique of a great seducer requires a facility and an indifference in passing from one object of affection to another which I could never… — Marguerite Yourcenar
Let me guess. Luke an Amatis are at the Accords Hall, having another meeting.” “Yeah. I think they’re having the meeting where they get together… — Cassandra Clare
Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous. — Anais Nin
Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of… — J I Packer
Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like 'democratically… — Noam Chomsky
The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted… — George Orwell

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