Apparent Quotes

455 quotes by 402 authors

You see, evil always contains the seeds of its own destruction. It is ultimately negative, and therefore encompasses its downfall even at its moments of… — Neil Gaiman
The various elements of truth stand in perpetual antithesis, sometimes requiring us to believe apparent opposites while we wait for the moment when we shall… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
A computer chatted to itself in alarm as it noticed an airlock open and close itself for no apparent reason. This was because Reason was… — Douglas Adams
As the situation developed, the futility of attempting suicide in the middle of a hospital became apparent. — Steig Larsson
Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that very well-lit back… — Joan Didion
When faced with people who have very limited conversational skills and no apparent desire to cultivate any it's always easier to simply go along. — Jeff Lindsay
I will achieve in my life - Heaven grant that it be not long - some gigantic amalgamation between the two discrepancies so hideously apparent… — Virginia Woolf
She had been a teenager once, and she knew that, despite the apparent contradictions, a person's teenage years lasted well into their fifties. — Derek Landy
The philosopher Descartes believed he had found the most fundamental truth when he made his famous statement: "I think, therefore I am." He had, in… — Eckhart Tolle
Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best children's stories begin,… — Paulo Coelho
To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind. — Benjamin Franklin
Yet again, the more you strive for some kind of perfection or masteryâ€”in morals, in art or in spiritualityâ€”the more you see that you are… — Alan Watts
There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent. There was no… — Pascal Mercier
Always, beneath every apparent chaos, order waits to be revealed. — Dean Koontz
We are left with nothing but death, the irreducible fact of our own mortality. Death after a long illness we can accept with resignation. Even… — Paul Auster
Kylie bit down on her lip. Burnett took a step forward. He squared his shoulders, empathy filling his eyes. He took a deep, apparent heartfelt… — C.C. Hunter
We all make mistakes, we all have fears, and we all have weaknesses. Behind all that is our essential self. When our essential self has… — Marianne Williamson
Our prayer is not simply, â€˜Dear God, please send me a better job,â€™ but, â€˜Dear God, enable me to see this situation differently, that this… — Marianne Williamson
Do you know him well?" I ask.I am too curious; I always have been. "Everyone knows Four," she says. "We were initiates together.I was bad… — Veronica Roth
Mr. Thornton felt that in this influx no one was speaking to Margaret, and was restless under this apparent neglect. But he never went near… — Elizabeth Gaskell

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