Bent Quotes

474 quotes by 406 authors

I can't understand how people can settle for having just one life. I remember we were in English class and we were talking about that… — Dan Chaon
Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death. — Simone de Beauvoir
You can party, but I better not catch you drunk. (Wulf) (Chris rolled his eyes, then bent down to said to Cassandraâ€™s stomach...) Be wise,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Suddenly Faramir stirred, and he opened his eyes, and he looked on Aragorn who bent over him; and a light of knowledge and love was… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Oh, dear." She let her head fall back to the pillow. "There it went. I've fallen in love with you now." "Just now?" Chuckling, he… — Tessa Dare
He put the book down. â€œAs you wish.â€ He rose and walked past me. I lowered my sword, expecting him to pass, but suddenly he… — Ilona Andrews
Days to come stand in front of us like a row of lighted candlesâ€” golden, warm, and vivid candles. Days gone by fall behind us,… — Constantine Peter Cavafy
Everybody's crooked. The trick is to find out how they're bent. — Jennifer Crusie
Emerson,' I said, choosing my words with care, 'it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you… — Barbara Mertz
It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it. — W. Somerset Maugham
Psychoanalysts are bent on producing man abstractly, that is to say ideologically, for culture. It is Oedipus who produces man in this fashion and who… — Gilles Deleuze
Poirot said placidly, â€œOne does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up… — Agatha Christie
The instant she saw the letter she squinted her eyes and bent her lips in a tough tiny smile that advanced her age immeasurably. "Darling,"… — Truman Capote
I had extra thick light sabers because mine kept getting bent. I'd be halfway through a fight and it would be like 'Oops, sorry! Mine's… — Ewan McGregor
She probably gave up and started playing Minesweeper." [...] We reached the cafe and found Sydney bent over her laptop, with a barely eaten Danish… — Richelle Mead
I used to be ashamed And now I am proud. The world once was black And now it is bright. I used to walk head… — Judith McNaught
You aren't even angry with me anymore, Stefan, so let me up." He didn't budge. "It would be a misconception on your part, little Tanya,… — Johanna Lindsey
â€Ž"With any major decision there are cautions and considerations to make, but once there has been illumination, beware the temptation to retreat from a good… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Day and night she had drudged and struggled and thrown her soul into her work, and there was not much of her left over for… — Carson McCullers
She didn't flirt with him, but they hung out together a lot, and every time I saw their heads bent over a computer screen or… — James Patterson

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