Ceased Quotes

331 Ceased quotes by 276 unique authors

Sounds travel through space long after their wave patterns have ceased to be detectable by the human ear: some cut right through the ionosphere and… — Tom Robbins
The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over the present. Health and hope grew strong in them, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien
There are a dozen different ways of delivering destruction in impersonal wholesale, via ships and missiles of one sort or another, catastrophes so widespread, so… — Robert A. Heinlein
Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation. — Virginia Woolf
This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a… — Graham Chapman
The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat. — James A. Baldwin
There were silences in my head. I could abandon myself completely to the pleasure of multiple relationships, to the beauty of the day, to the… — Anais Nin
Though earth and man were gone, And suns and universes ceased to be, And Thou wert left alone, Every existence would exist in Thee. — Emily Bronte
When will you give up these mad adventures, and leave others to fight their own battles and to save their own lives as best they… — Baroness Orczy
Adriana loved even the rank animal smell of the man's body, her sweat-slicked breasts and belly flattened beneath him, and her arms and legs clutching… — Joyce Carol Oates
Quiet descended, a silence so consuming that even the drafty corridors ceased whistling. Bog wasn't certain where to look, so he solved the problem by… — A. Lee Martinez
...Je n’ai pas cessé de l’être si c’est d’être jeune que d’aimer toujours !... L’humanité n’est pas un vain mot. Notre vie est faite d’amour,… — George Sand
The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name. — Arthur Conan Doyle
OF writing many books there is no end; And I who have written much in prose and verse For others' uses, will write now for… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
With his long sharp nails he opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one… — Bram Stoker
They heard somewhere in that tenantless night a bell that tolled and ceased where no bell was and they rode out on the round dais… — Cormac McCarthy
Do you believe in God, doctor?" No - but what does that really mean? I'm fumbling in the dark, struggling to make something out. But… — Albert Camus
All the times I have suddenly realized that my parents are dead, even now, it still surprises me, to exist in the world while that… — Nicole Krauss
Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams. You may fancy… — Oscar Wilde
The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms? Harry's… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There is fire and fire: The fire that burns and the fire that gives warmth, a fire that sets a forest ablaze and the fire… — Gilbert Adair
O, Times! O, Manners! It is my opinion That you are changing sadly your dominion I mean the reign of manners hath long ceased, For… — Edgar Allan Poe
A life without pain: it was the very thing I had dreamed of for years, but now that I had it, I couldn’t find a… — Haruki Murakami
I'd had nearly four years of experience looking at these clocks, but their sluggishness never ceased to surprise. If I am ever told that I… — John Green
One day, I stopped hating. I ceased all meaningless activity. I completed the circle. I Set my sights straight. Like an Arrow I flew. I… — Henry Rollins

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