Carefully Quotes

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The things a man has heard and seen are threads of life, and if he pull them carefully from the confused distaff of memory, any… — William Butler Yeats
No matter what she did with her hair it took about three minutes for it to tangle itself up again, like a garden hosepipe in… — Terry Pratchett
For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the… — Hermann Hesse
It isn’t only art that is incompatible with happiness, it’s also science. Science is dangerous, we have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled. — Aldous Huxley
Just as doubt, despair, and desensitization go together, so do faith, hope, and charity. The latter, however, must be carefully and constantly nurtured, whereas despair,… — Neal A. Maxwell
I have come to believe that we do not walk alone in this life. There are others, fellow sojourners, whose journeys are interwoven with ours… — Richard Paul Evans
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is… — Anne Lamott
Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world… — Mark Twain
She stood looking carefully at the labeled portraits Ursala had put up: Little Crow, Chief of the Santees, Geronimo, last of the Apaches, and Ursala's… — Eva Ibbotson
I planned my death carefully, unlike my life, which meandered along from one thing to another, despite my feeble attempts to control it. — Margaret Atwood
Sometimes he thinks that if he could only trace the path of his life carefully enough, everything would become clear. The ways that he screwed… — Dan Chaon
It is after all so easy to shatter a story. To break a chain of thought. To ruin a fragment of a dream being carried… — Arundhati Roy
There is only one important point you must keep in your mind and let it be your guide. No matter what people call you, you… — Dalai Lama
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. — George Bernard Shaw
Since I don't smoke, I decided to grow a mustache - it is better for the health. However, I always carried a jewel-studded cigarette case… — Salvador Dali
Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am… — Nhat Hanh
After the trial, I watched as another female pathologist collected maggots from a spinal column found in the desert. There was a decomposed head, too,… — David Sedaris
True heroics must be carefully planned - and strenuously avoided. — Steven Brust
There was a loud cough from the man on the stand. I replaced My Magic Mirror carefully on his tray, gave him a cheesy smile,… — Jonathan Stroud
A hedgehog? And just how does a hedgehog make love?" he demanded. No, I thought. I won't. I will not. But I did. "Very carefully,"… — Diana Gabaldon
If you listen very carefully, you can hear the good fairy come in the night and leave our assignment for tomorrow. — Orson Scott Card
A bag of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. "You want to be careful with those," Ron warned Harry. "When they say every flavor, they mean… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I have noticed that if you look carefully at people's eyes the first five seconds they look at you, the truth of their feelings will… — Sue Monk Kidd
And it came to pass that AC learned how to reverse the direction of entropy. But there was now no man to whom AC might… — Isaac Asimov
There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully… — Sarah Dessen

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