Accustomed Quotes

382 quotes by 331 authors

He sought his former accustomed fear of death and did not find it. "Where is it? What death?" There was no fear because there was… — Leo Tolstoy
Staring at her face, she began to fancy her outer layer had begun to melt away while she wasn't paying attention, and something -- some… — Laini Taylor
Some who support [more] coercive strategies assume that children will run wild if they are not controlled. However, the children for whom this is true… — Alfie Kohn
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a… — Epicurus
optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.… — Ambrose Bierce
Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work. — Kenzaburo Oe
We always know which is the best road to follow, but we follow only the road that we have become accustomed to. — Paulo Coelho
We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us. — Graham Greene
Because the enormous narcissism of their parents deprived Will and Tom of suitable role models, both brothers learned to identify with absence. Consequently, even if… — Mark Z. Danielewski
A little lifting up of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, an interior act of adoration, even though made on the march and… — Brother Lawrence
The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
How you must have suffered getting accustomed to me, my savage, solitary soul, my name that sends them all running. So many times we have… — Pablo Neruda
But I still did not realize how mad she was, and how accustomed to dreaming; and that she would not cry out for reality, rather… — Anne Rice
I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much. — Charlotte Bronte
Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it -The Scarecrow - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 103… — L. Frank Baum
Few things are sadder than encountering a person who knows exactly what he should do, yet cannot muster enough energy to do it. "He who… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Ah, Beloved. Of all the things I must bid farewell to, you are the most difficult to lose. Forgive me that I have avoided you.… — Robin Hobb
She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselvesâ€¦ They belonged to her her and were her… — Kate Chopin
I could not see the speedometer, and was not accustomed to travelling in an open vehicle, but I estimated that we were consistently exceeding the… — Graeme Simsion
Let me tell you about customs, James," said Lillian. "I am not accustomed to being summoned to someone else's home. You're very fortunate that I… — Sarah Rees Brennan

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