Besides Quotes

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It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides,… — Laura Ingalls Wilder
When a man sees a dying animal, horror comes over him: that which he himself is, his essence, is obviously being annihilated before his eyes--is… — Leo Tolstoy
...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't have the slightest… — Katherine Paterson
Besides, all my New York friends were in the negative, nightmare position of putting down society and giving their tired bookish or political or psychoanalytical… — Jack Kerouac
Time was something that largely happened to other people; he viewed it in the same way that people on the shore viewed the sea. It… — Terry Pratchett
I hold another creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldom mention, but in which I delight, and to which I cling,… — Charlotte Bronte
Besides, rereading, not reading, is what counts. — Jorge Luis Borges
Besides my great fashion sense? I play a mean harmonica. — James Patterson
Besides, if I wanted to hear people speaking wall-to-wall French, all I had to do was remove my headphones and participate in what is known… — David Sedaris
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat… — Langston Hughes
Yawns are not the only infectious things out there besides germs. Giggles can spread from person to person. So can blushing. But maybe the most… — Vera Nazarian
Besides, life isn't meant to be safe. It's only in our mistakes, our errors, and our faults that we grow and truly live. — Glenn Beck
FaÃ«rie contains many things besides elves and fays, and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants, or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
and nobody knows whatâ€™s going to happen to anybody besides the forlorn rags of growing old — Jack Kerouac
I was thanking him for...well, for something I'm not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found… — Arthur Golden
Better to work for yourself alone. You do as you like and follow your own ideas, you admire yourself and please yourself: isnâ€™t that the… — Gustave Flaubert
You wouldn't match Melanie and me up, and if we hadn't gotten stuck together as lab partners in junior high science, I doubt if we'd… — Deb Caletti
Because whatâ€™s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it? — James Patterson
I basked in you; I loved you, helplessly, with a boundless tongue-tied love. And death doesn't prevent me from loving you. Besides, in my opinion… — Franz Wright
Savages!' he echoed, ironically. 'You set foot on one of the shores of this globe, professor, and youâ€™re surprised to find savages? Where arenâ€™t there… — Jules Verne

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