Borrowed Quotes

233 quotes by 203 authors

And if our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading is a less… — George Orwell
You own a Tic Tac. Gum is just borrowed. - Esther — Sarah Dessen
A work of art wastes away and becomes lustreless in surroundings where it has a price but not a value. It radiates only when surrounded… — Ernst Junger
Yesterday I did not want to be borrowed but this is the typewriter that sits before me and love is where yesterday is at. — Anne Sexton
It was possible, he understood, for a person's life to become just a long series of mistakes, and that the end, when it came, was… — Justin Cronin
You can't go through life on "Borrowed light. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I borrowed this from Kyle. My other shirt was pretty filthy." "Wow, you're wearing each other's clothes now. That's, like, best friend stuff." "Feeling left… — Cassandra Clare
Fee-fi-fo-fum - Now I'm borrowed. Now I'm numb. — Anne Sexton
The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that's what an army is--a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage… — Mark Twain
The dog, who had sounded so ferocious in the winter distances, was a female German Shepherd. She was shivering. Her tail was between her legs.… — Kurt Vonnegut
I suddenly realized that we were on borrowed time, that time is always borrowed, and that the lending agency exacts its premium precisely when we… — AndrÃ© Aciman
I borrowed his brightness and used it to see my way, and then gradually, from the habit of looking at the world as he illuminated… — Geraldine Brooks
What you think of as they past is a memory trace, stored in the mind, of a former Now. When you remember the past, you… — Eckhart Tolle
Your whole idea about yourself is borrowed-- borrowed from those who have no idea of who they are themselves. — Rajneesh
Do you see the Field of Mars, where I walked next to my bride in her white wedding dress, with red sandals in her hands,… — Paullina Simons
And I kissed away a thousand tears My lady of the Various Sorrows Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen Some kept safe for tomorrow. — Nick Cave
I'll be a story in your head. That's okay. We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? 'Cause it was,… — Steven Moffat
The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be… — Chinua Achebe
But I gotta say, I am so proud right now.â€ Axel flattened his hand over his heart. â€œYou borrowed my patented move, proving Iâ€™m made… — Gena Showalter
He'd made sure i had something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. — Abbi Glines

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203 authors contributed a total of 233 Borrowed Quotes, led by these top contributors: