Astounding Quotes

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Perhaps the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man. The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as… — Henry David Thoreau
We have each other, and our stories twist and mingle like the twisting currents of a river. We hold each other tight as we spin… — David Almond
It is astounding to me, and achingly sad, that with eighty thousand people on the waiting list for donated hearts and livers and kidneys, with… — Mary Roach
She was bedridden falling a fall which broke her hip. X-rays showed that she had cancer of the colon which had already spreed. To my… — Adeline Yen Mah
In a head-on collision with Fanatics, the real problem is always the same: how can we possibly behave decently toward people so arrogantly ignorant that… — David James Duncan
But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that are as astounding… — Elie Wiesel
The anoretic operates under the astounding illusion that she can escape the flesh, and, by association, the realm of emotions. — Marya Hornbacher
But we still find the world astounding, we can't get enough of it; even as it shrivels, even as its many lights flicker and are… — Margaret Atwood
Brigan was saying her name, and he was sending her a feeling. It was courage and strength, and something else too, as if he were… — Kristin Cashore
Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how… — Bill Bryson
It is astounding to find that the belly of every black and evil thing is as white as snow. And it is saddening to discover… — John Steinbeck
Fiordland, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the south-west corner of South Island, New Zealand, is one of the most astounding pieces of… — Douglas Adams
He hadnâ€™t once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
At that time, he was satisfying a sensual curiosity by experiencing the pleasures of people who live for love. He had believed he could stop… — Marcel Proust
A good deed, "said the prophet Mohammed, "is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another." Why will doing a good… — Dale Carnegie
Everything I have done, every change I have made to that circus, every impossible feat and astounding sight, I have done for her. — Erin Morgenstern
And yet ... But what if ... I want to do something impossible. Something astounding and unheard of. I want to scrub the moss off… — Isaac Marion
Piracy is robbery with violence, often segueing into murder, rape and kidnapping. It is one of the most frightening crimes in the world. Using the… — Nick Harkaway
That my complicated life could be made so simple was astounding. — Cheryl Strayed
This is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding-- it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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