Careless Quotes

294 Careless quotes by 240 unique authors

They are not brave, the days when we are twenty-one. They are full of little cowardices, little fears without foundation, and one is so easily… — Daphne du Maurier
I'm too careless. I don't put out enough effort. I'm tired. — Charles Bukowski
When one of my Japanese teacups is broken, I imagine that the real cause was not the careless hand of a maid but the anxieties… — Fernando Pessoa
No, my dear, I'm not in love with you, no more than you are with me, and if I were, you would be the last… — Margaret Mitchell
Margaret found that the indifferent, careless conversations of one who, however kind, was not too warm and anxious a sympathizer, did her good. — Elizabeth Gaskell
I have never understood why it is called losing a child. No parent is that careless. We all know exactly where our sons and daughters… — Jodi Picoult
How can you come to understand your life when even the beginning is so complicated: a single cell imprinted with the color of your eyes… — Dan Chaon
Kissing can ruin lives. Lips touch sometimes teeth clash. New hunger is born with a throb and caution falls away. A cursed girl with lips… — Laini Taylor
I have been careless, and so have been thwarted by luck and chance, those wreckers of all but the best laid plans. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Mnemosyne, one must admit, has shown herself to be a very careless girl. — Vladimir Nabokov
Until I lose my soul and lie Blind to the beauty of the earth, Deaf though shouting wind goes by, Dumb in a storm of… — Sara Teasdale
It was not a big smile, not particularly bold or polite or ironic or glib, not asking for anything or offering anything, not stringy or… — Meg Rosoff
Adamant," Doren said proudly, handing over the shield. "We fished it out of the tar pit where we found the shirt of mail." "Probably all… — Brandon Mull
What do you mean, Araluen? Death?" Halt made a careless gesture. "The usual, I suppose: the sudden cessation of life. The end of it all.… — John Flanagan
You can never hope to recapture the first fine careless rapture — Stephen Fry
Young people are careless of their virginity; one day they may have it and the next not. — Sylvia Townsend Warner
I lost a horse today.' 'That sounds careless. What happened?' 'She jumped off a cliff.' 'A cliff! Is that normal? — Maggie Stiefvater
The stars whirled above us and the firecrackers blazed. The moon stood watch as drops of blood fell, careless seeds that sizzled in the snow. — Laurie Halse Anderson
The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, and she was… — Peter S. Beagle
I walked into my own book, seeking peace. It was night, and I made a careless movement inside the dream; I turned too brusquely the… — Anais Nin

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