Backward Quotes

439 quotes by 383 authors

Backward we traveled to reclaim the day Before we fell, like Icarus, undone; All we find are altars in decay And profane words scrawled black… — Sylvia Plath
There is no difference in quality between a life lived forward and a life lived backwards, she thinks. She had come to love this backward… — Gabrielle Zevin
And do I look like the kind of man that can be intimidated?" barked Uncle Vernon. "Well..." said Moody, pushing back his bowler hat to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward. — Louis Sachar
A good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more's the pity. So, if any one man, in… — Herman Melville
I felt instantly at home, and wanted only to dismiss Alistair, along with the rest of Justice Hall, that I might have a closer look… — Laurie R. King
Honestly, if you were any slower, youâ€™d be going backward. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
We cannot go backward. We cannot erase time and events. But we can go forward, hand in hand, hope in our hearts and love lighting… — Sharon Shinn
Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words. — Sarah Dessen
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are… — Anais Nin
Our life runs down in sending up the clock. The brook runs down in sending up our life. The sun runs down in sending up… — Robert Frost
I will not walk backward in life. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated. — Saddam Hussein
The participation if women in some armies in the world is in reality only symbolic. The talk about the role of Zionist women in fighting… — Saddam Hussein
Are the angels of her bed the angels who come near me alone in mine? Are the green trees in her window the color is… — Jack Gilbert
Evil can be undone, but it cannot 'develop' into good. Time does not heal it. The spell must be unwound, bit by bit, 'with backward… — C.S. Lewis
Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward. — Abraham Lincoln
said Jack matter-of-factly. "I'm a man. We're made to think more quickly." ...Aven swung her fist and clocked Jack square on the chin, knocking him… — James A. Owen
I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If the world were really right, humans would live life backward and do the first part last. They'd be all knowing in the beginning and… — Angela Johnson

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