Centuries Quotes

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He stepped into the morning feeling more alive than he'd felt in months. Hold fast and believe in me, love, he whispered across the centuries.… — Karen Marie Moning
Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil. — Carl Sagan
I have spent too much of my life opening doors for cats—I once calculated that, since the dawn of civilization, nine hundred and seventy-eight man-centuries… — Robert A. Heinlein
As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has… — Alberto Manguel
As the Roman Empire came to its close, all the old gods of the pagan world were seen as demons by the Christians who rose.… — Anne Rice
What have we been doing all these centuries but trying to call God back to the mountain, or, failing that, raise a peep out of… — Annie Dillard
Well," he said, clearly enjoying my confusion. "It was actually for two souls, since you and Seth were both saved. But even if it wasn't,… — Richelle Mead
Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew… — Emily Dickinson
Before I tell you my story," Jasper said. "you must understand that there are places in our world, Bella, where the life span of the… — Stephenie Meyer
She was incomprehensible, for, in her, soul and spirit were one - the beauty of her body was the essence of her soul. She was… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
My mouth gaped and I think I might have whimpered. The Norns had obliterated him completely—a creature they’d known for centuries—because of me. It was… — Kevin Hearne
Sometimes a legend that endures for centuries... endures for a reason. — Dan Brown
Socrates became a trendsetter. Other philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle and Gus, quickly followed suit, dropping their last names too. And, for centuries after that… — Demetri Martin
The misconception which has haunted philosophic literature throughout the centuries is the notion of 'independent existence.' There is no such mode of existence; every entity… — Alfred North Whitehead
Without pain, how could we know joy?' This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of… — John Green
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been… — James Madison
But down through the centuries, man has developed a mind that separates him from the world of reality, the world of natural laws. This mind… — Benjamin Hoff
What children we are, even the wisest! When God walks the earth, his steps are often centuries apart. — Lew Wallace
Dead anarchists make martyrs, you know, and keep living for centuries. But absent ones can be forgotten. — Ursula K. Le Guin
She put her hand on her chest. “I have magic yet. If you will set the clock working again, then I must be still. I… — Catherynne M. Valente
Then he is a monster!" the Prince crowed, "and I must slay him at once. The Formula works!" "Your Formula must result in a great… — Catherynne M. Valente
I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or… — Henry Ford
Why vampires? You write centuries-long family sagas—why not write historical epics without any hint of the supernatural?" "Well, that would be boring, wouldn't it?"… — Carrie Vaughn
After great pain, a formal feeling comes — The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs — The stiff Heart questions was it He, that bore, And… — Emily Dickinson
You are my queen. I’ve spent nine centuries seeking the mortal who would free this court, who would save my best friend’s son, who would… — Melissa Marr

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