Bright Quotes

1996 Bright quotes by 1325 unique authors

Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them… — Stephen King
I know when dark-haired evening put on her bright silk at sunset, and, folding the sea sidled under the sheet with her starry laugh, that… — Derek Walcott
All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me. — William Shakespeare
Doctor, I had never had anybody like her in my life, she was the fulfillment of my most lascivious adolescent dreams– but marry her, can… — Philip Roth
The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and… — John Steinbeck
Say “no” only when it really matters. Wear a bright red shirt with bright orange shorts? Sure. Put water in the toy tea set? Okay.… — Gretchen Rubin
Maybe the only thing each of us can see is our own shadow. Carl Jung called this his shadow work. He said we never see… — Chuck Palahniuk
but that mimosa grove - the haze of stars, the tingle, the flame, the honey-dew, and the ache remained with me, and that little girl… — Vladimir Nabokov
His eyes were bright, and, indeed, he scarcely knew whether they held dreams or realities...and in five minutes she had filled the shell of the… — Virginia Woolf
A wager?" I repeated. "Yes," he said, and gave me a slow smile, bright with challenge. ... "Stake?" I asked cautiously. He was still smiling,… — Sherwood Smith
The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night. — Unknown Author
The inside of the door is glossy white. A total re-paint. I touch it with my fingers, but it stays the same. It's so bright… — Jenny Downham
That's how it is sometimes--God comes to your window, all bright light and black wings, and you're just too tired to open it. — Dorianne Laux
It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright. — Stephen King
This City now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie Open unto the… — William Wordsworth
Mother, whose heart hung humble as a button the bright splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep. War is kind. — Stephen Crane
The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the… — Banksy
But happiness is not always loud and bright and crowded. Happiness ripens like a watermelon, sweet and rosy on the inside with only a thin… — E L Konigsburg
You must reach inside yourselves where I live like a story, not old, not young laughing at my own sorrow, weeping pearls at weddings, wielding… — Francesca Lia Block
A soul trembling to sit by a hearth so bright, To exist again, it’s enough if I borrow from Your lips the breath of my… — Stephane Mallarme
I'm trying to remember how you tell the time by looking at the sun." -"I should leave it for a while, it's too bright to… — Terry Pratchett
We'd start slow, the way we always did, because the run, and the game, could go on for awhile. Maybe even forever. That was the… — Sarah Dessen
He gave her a bright fake smile; so much of life was a putting off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing was ever lost by… — Graham Greene
True friends are like diamonds – bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style. — Nicole Richie
The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright-- And… — Lewis Carroll

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