Assuming Quotes
1443 quotes by 1146 authors
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What kills love? Only this: Neglect. Not to see you when you stand before me. Not to think of you in the little things. Not…
— Jeanette Winterson
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He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was becoming herself and daily casting aside that…
— Kate Chopin
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V jerked back to the present. And for some reason didn't lie. "I'm thinking about my tattoos." "When did you get them?" "Almost three centuries…
— J R Ward
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… It is not healing to see your childhood home, but it helps you measure whether you are broken, and how and why, assuming you…
— Thomas Harris
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Just because I squeezed my gigantic bottom into men’s trousers, you needn’t assume my brains have shrunk to masculine size.
— Loretta Chase
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So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being…
— William Shakespeare
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And I would try and walk far enough away that people would not assume I was with him.
— Neil Gaiman
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People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big…
— Steven Moffat
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I would assume that you were going to offer me refreshment, but the evidence so far suggests that that would be optimistic to the point…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Ghost?†St. Vincent shot him an incredulous glance. “Christ. You’re not serious, are you?†"I’m a Gypsy,†Cam replied matter-of-factly. “Of course I believe in…
— Lisa Kleypas
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It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to a lower, looser…
— Mitch Albom
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Odd how it was so easy for a stranger to assume such familiarity. Especially when those who were supposed to know you best often didn't,…
— Sarah Dessen
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To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because…
— David Mitchell
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Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding…
— Mitch Albom
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You're assuming they would listen to me," I said. Cole lifted his hands off the roof of the Volkswagen; cloudy fingerprints evaporated seconds ater he…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.....We must not.....assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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You may not feel outstandingly robust, but if you are an average-sized adult you will contain within your modest frame no less than 7 X…
— Bill Bryson
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Incidentally, did you know that the whole eight glasses a day thing is complete bullshit and has no scientific basis? So many things are like…
— John Green
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The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing is more simple.…
— Victor Hugo
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It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.
— Brandon Sanderson
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