Admitted Quotes

323 quotes by 274 authors

The road to the promised land runs past Sinai. The moral law may exist to be transcended: but there is no transcending it for those… — C.S. Lewis
October knew, of course, that the action of turning a page, of ending a chapter or of shutting a book, did not end a tale.… — Neil Gaiman
Can a magician kill a man by magic?â€ Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. â€œI suppose a magician might,â€… — Susanna Clarke
Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can… — Ludwig von Mises
I am an American, Chicago born â€“ Chicago, that somber city â€“ and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make… — Saul Bellow
Simple,' Tummeler replied.' Blueberries is one of the great forces o'good in the world.' How do you figure that?' said Charles. Well,' said Tummeler, 'have… — James A. Owen
And that is how we are. By strength of will we cut off our inner intuitive knowledge from admitted consciousness. This causes a state of… — D. H. Lawrence
One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams. — Salvador Dali
â€¦though I wouldnâ€™t have admitted it, even to myself, I didnâ€™t want God aboard. He was too heavy. I wanted Him approving from a considerable… — Sheldon Vanauken
I stare at her, as dumbstruck as if she'd just admitted she's a Scientologist with an invitation to join Tom and Katie on the spaceship… — Meg Cabot
You had to hand it to the Patrician, he admitted grudgingly. If you didn't, he sent men to come and take it away. — Terry Pratchett
It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious people give one another to keep believing when reasons fail. — Sam Harris
Poor Christopher-John had fallen into the hands of Miss. Daisy Crocker. I greatly sympathized him, but as in everything else, Christopher John tried to see… — Mildred D. Taylor
I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who… — Sarah Dessen
At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans. To perceive this and to do something to… — Arthur Conan Doyle
I took all the blame. I admitted mistakes I hadn't made, intentions I'd never had. Whenever she turned cold and hard, I begged her to… — Bernhard Schlink
Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them.… — Terry Pratchett
Once again she shuddered with the evidence that time was not passing, as she had just admitted, but that it was turning in a circle. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
There, in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no… — Toni Morrison
Our lack of community is intensely painful. A TV talk show is not community. A couple of hours in a church pew each Sabbath is… — David James Duncan

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