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403 quotes by 372 authors

There was something awful about terror trapped behind silence. About latent emotions that couldn't be acted out." "Cole's thoughts on page 248 of Linger. — Maggie Stiefvater
emotions really exist at the bottom of the personality or at the top. in the middle they are acted. this is why all the world… — Iris Murdoch
I cared more about your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Beliefs are the foundation of actions. Those who believed without doubting, he would say, acted without thinking. And those who acted without thinking were enslaved. — R. Scott Bakker
Dearest Cecilia, Youâ€™d be forgiven for thinking me mad, the way I acted this afternoon. The truth is I feel rather light headed and foolish… — Ian Mcewan
Morgan sighed. "I," she announced, "am so pathetic." "You are not," I said. "I am." She went over and straightened the cling wrap, corner to… — Sarah Dessen
Katniss?" He drops my hand and I take a step, as if to catch my balance. "It was all for the Games," Peeta says. "How… — Suzanne Collins
As it was, we all acted alone, we were caught alone, and every one of us will have to die alone. But that doesnâ€™t mean… — Hans Fallada
She never acted as if she liked him all that much, but then she never acted as if she liked anyone all that much. — John Green
Of course, then you nearly crushed to death in front of my eyes. Later I thought of a perfectly good excuse for why I acted… — Stephenie Meyer
But just in proportion as this process of extermination has acted on an enormous scale, so must the number of intermediate varieties, which have formerly… — Charles Darwin
My head grew muddled with it all; the silly ways adults acted with one another, never saying what they meant, trusting in sighs and glances… — Melanie Benjamin
Every now and then, Iâ€™d meet a guy and think that we were getting along great, and suddenly Iâ€™d stop hearing from him. Not only… — Nicholas Sparks
Adults always acted like they could fix everything. But they can't. And they know it. — Jana Oliver
But now that she had achieved knighthood, and thought and acted as she wanted and decided, for one has to act in this way in… — Kathy Acker
Even being a Jedi is something where you look for more. At first you acted as if Jedi was synonymous with hero. It isn't. Being… — Michael A. Stackpole
Don't cry." "How can I not?" I asked him. "You just said you loved me." "Well, why else did you think all of this was… — Meg Cabot
He didn't reject the idea so much as not react to it and watch as it floated away. He thought very broadly of desires and… — David Foster Wallace
As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of… — Mohsin Hamid
The boys had asked why, if it acted slowly, was it called quicksand. The Mollusks had replied that, as far as they were concerned, most… — Ridley Pearson

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