Avoiding Quotes

444 quotes by 369 authors

Being a Christan is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If believing absurd falsehoods increase the odds of getting laid or avoiding predators, your brain will believe those falsehoods with all its metaphorical little heart. — Peter Watts
Magnus got to his feet. â€œI do believe that's my cue to leave as well,â€ he said. Clary noticed he was avoiding looking at Alec.… — Cassandra Clare
I glanced at Derek. The boy wonder didn't melt into a pile of goo, although his gaze was glued to Rowena's chest. Avoiding eye contact.… — Ilona Andrews
I'm getting better at avoiding this, but when something sets me off, I tend to punch first and then find out who I actually his… — Richelle Mead
There are a number of paths that lead to this place. I have been avoiding them for some small time, now. — Neil Gaiman
So far, sheâ€™d been her usual lame self: solitary and routine-loving, carefully avoiding any path that might lead to spontaneous human interaction. Lena Kaligaris — Ann Brashares
Yes. To write a novel is to risk my sanity. The deeper I get into the suffering and conflict of the characters, into the very… — Anne Rice
That said, in the two weeks before I leave for the Dark Days tour, I am going radio silent, which means I will be avoiding… — Veronica Roth
You mostly.â€ Her hands went still again as her eyes stared off into the past with a look so wistful it made me ache for… — Rachel Vincent
Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to… — Richard Carlson
It was troubling that one of the few people she trusted was a man she spent so much time avoiding — Steig Larsson
Here are some questions I am constantly noodling over: Do you splurge or do you hoard? Do you live every day as if it's your… — Nora Ephron
One of the less attractive aspects of human nature is our tendency to hate the people we haven't treated very well; it's much easier than… — David Eddings
He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun,… — Leo Tolstoy
I'd chosen instead to just change my route, go miles out of the way, as if avoiding it would make it go away once and… — Sarah Dessen
I've learned quite a lot, over the years, by avoiding what I was supposed to be learning. — Margaret Atwood
Always Wear Flats and Have Your Friends Sleep Over: A Step-by-Step How-To Guide for Avoiding Getting Murdered — Mindy Kaling
Long-distance relationships are another way of avoiding intimacy. — Danielle Steel
To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything. — Stephen Chbosky

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