Caught Quotes

1906 quotes by 1380 authors

What really counted was the possibility of escape, a leap of freedom, out of the implacable ritual, a wild run for it that would give… — Albert Camus
The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over… — John Steinbeck
A book floated down the Amper River. A boy jumped in, caught up to it, and held it in his right hand. He grinned. He… — Markus Zusak
Since the first human eye saw a leaf in Devonian sandstone and a puzzled finger reached to touch it, sadness has lain over the heart… — Loren Eiseley
It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tired into a single… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes. — Jose Saramago
But if you caught my informant,' said Achilles, 'why in the world would Chamrajnagarâ€”or Graff, if it was himâ€”launch the shuttle anyway? Was catching me… — Orson Scott Card
I had become a kind of information magpie, gathering to myself all manner of shiny scraps of fact and hokum and books and art-history and… — Salman Rushdie
The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated.… — Ted Hughes
When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and… — Pema Chodron
Youâ€™re here.â€ â€œI am.â€ Jason boldly took in the way she looked. â€œI take it you donâ€™t often wear that dress in court.â€ â€œProbably not… — Julie James
Undertow" "I set out one night When the tide was low There were signs in the sky But I did not know I'd be caught… — Leonard Cohen
He sat on as the sun's rays came slowly down through the trees, lower and lower, and when the lowest reached a branch not far… — Patrick O'Brian
Your friend's poetry is terrible," he said. Clary blinked, caught momentarily off guard. "What?" "I said his poetry was terrible. It sounds like he ate… — Cassandra Clare
The man in black smiled. "Shall we tell the truth then, you and I? No more lies?" I thought we had been." But the man… — Stephen King
Now give me a kiss, say you love me and off you go." "Sure, Aunt Lu," I said, and I gave her the kiss she… — Unknown Author
Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!â€ he said, and it became a proverb, though we now say â€˜out of the frying-pan into the fireâ€™… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I spent uncounted hours sitting at the bow looking at the water and the sky, studying each wave, different from the last, seeing how it… — Gary Paulsen
In my experience, boys are predictable. As soon as they think of something, they do it. Girls are smarterâ€”they plan ahead. They think about not… — Eoin Colfer
How boring these emotions are that we're caught in and can't get free of, no matter how much we want to... — Doris Lessing

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