Bright Quotes

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The leaves streamed down, trembling in the sun. They were not green, only a few, scattered through the torrent, stood out in single drops of… — Ayn Rand
Above, the stars shone hard and bright, sparks struck off the dark skin of the universe. — Stephen King
There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but because of the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. — George Orwell
O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's… — William Shakespeare
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect… — Lord Byron
The bright dawn flooded the room, and swept the fantastic shadows into dusky corners, where they lay shuddering. — Oscar Wilde
We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick… — Neil Gaiman
But there was not a moment when she did not see Carol in her mind, and all she saw, she seemed to see through Carol.… — Patricia Highsmith
And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; And though the last lights off the black West… — Gerard Manley Hopkins
I had not seen "Pride and Prejudice," till I read that sentence of yours, and then I got the book. And what did I find?… — Charlotte Bronte
In books, day breaks, and night falls. In life, night rises from the ground. The day hangs on for as long as it can, bright… — Hugh Laurie
War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its… — J.R.R. Tolkien
There is always the temptation in life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for years on end. It is all so… — Annie Dillard
Don’t ever leave me again,” I said in a tiny voice. I won’t,” he promised into my hair, sounding most un-Fang-like. “I won’t. Not ever.”… — James Patterson
What's a philosopher?' said Brutha. Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head. — Terry Pratchett
He continued on, on to the glacier, towards the dawn, from ridge to ridge, in deep, new-fallen snow, paying no heed to the storms that… — HalldÃ³r Laxness
We are the bright new stars born of a screaming black hole, the nascent suns burst from the darkness, from the grasping void of space… — Dave Eggers
nights and days came and passed and summer and winter and the sun and the wind and the rain. and it was good to be… — Margaret Wise Brown
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-- Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to… — Emily Dickinson
It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright bare room, with a floor of red tiles which look… — E. M. Forster
We were language's magpies by nature, stealing whatever sounded bright and shiny. — Salman Rushdie
...the problem of space remained, she thought, taking up her brush again. It glared at her. The whole mass of the picture was poised upon… — Virginia Woolf
I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright. — Millard Kaufman
Envy, envy eats them alive. If you had money, they’d envy you that. But since you don’t, they envy you for having such a good,… — Dean Koontz

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