Cling Quotes

509 Cling quotes by 400 unique authors

Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else. — Cornelia Funke
Above all we must not wish to cling to our suffering. Suffering surely deepens us and enhances our person, but we must not desire to… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
There are some who live by every rule and cling tightly to their rectitude because they fear being swept away by a tempest of passion,… — Philip Pullman
People said things they didn't mean all the time. Everybody else in the world seemed able to factor it in. But not Lena. Why did… — Ann Brashares
Remember how pissed you got when we had to do all that reading about the Rising back in sixth grade? I thought you were going… — Mira Grant
The past doesn't matter. People cling to it because it allows them to ignore the present. — James Frey
[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs. — Jared Diamond
In the face of all that is so wrong with the world, the very worst thing you can do is survive. And yet you must… — Gregory David Roberts
The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the… — James A. Baldwin
I threw up again that night, half-afraid that my eyeballs would explode. But it was, by far, more important that I get rid of dinner.… — Marya Hornbacher
The two of you are getting downright chatty, aren't you, Ms. Lane? When did you last see him? what else did he tell you? I'm… — Karen Marie Moning
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety,… — Nhat Hanh
WE ALREADY HAVE everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves—the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad… — Pema Chodron
Truth only exists for those who cling to it. "Sosuke Aizen — Tite Kubo
It's not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that walks in us. It's all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old… — Henrik Ibsen
When we cling to pain, we end up punishing ourselves. — Leo Buscaglia
I cling to my memories of glorious desperation. — Henry Rollins
Why must I cling to the customs and practices of a particular country forever, just because I happened to be born there? What does it… — Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous… — David Eddings
But far, oh, far as passionate eye can reach, And long, ah, long as rapturous eye can cling, The world is mine: blue hill, still… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
You know how the bonds of family are, my lady... They cling as tightly as vines. And sometimes, like vines, they cling tightly enough to… — Cassandra Clare
If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go. — Alan Watts
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives… — Timothy Keller
Waves of hands, hesitations at street corners, someone dropping a cigarette into the gutter-all are stories. But which is the true story? That I do… — Virginia Woolf

Who Wrote These Cling Quotes

400 authors contributed a total of 509 Cling Quotes, led by these top contributors: