Continued Quotes
731 quotes by 631 authors
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As the surface of the seashore rocks were pitted by by the waves and gathered limpets that further disguised what lay beneath, so time made…
— William Trevor
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Consider non your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold…
— Christopher Paolini
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Thomas Jefferson asked himself “In what country on earth would you rather live †He first answered “Certainly in my own where are all my…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Well, well, so you aren't going to be a maidservant this time?" said Pippi, stroking his back. "Oh, that was a lie, that's true," she…
— Astrid Lindgren
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She open her eyes and met his. The impact was so strong he was amazed that his figures continued playing with out pause.
— Patricia Briggs
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It can't be supposed," said Joe. "Tho' I'm oncommon fond of reading, too." Are you, Joe?" Oncommon. Give me," said Joe, "a good book, or…
— Charles Dickens
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Inasmuch as art preserves, with the promise of happiness, the memory of the goal that failed, it can enter, as a 'regulative idea,' the desperate…
— Herbert Marcuse
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She had begun to read in the beginning as a protection from the frightening and unpleasant things. She continued because, apart from the story, literature…
— Patrick White
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My Carmen," I said (I used to call her that sometimes) "we shall leave this raw sore town as soon as you get out of…
— Vladimir Nabokov
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She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the sheer velocity of its flow, finally obscured the already vague circumstances of its origins.
— Tom Robbins
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The child had indeed shut up but all the questions that had accumulated on his tongue circulated in his mouth, moved through the passages of…
— Elif Safak
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It was only when the giant got halfway down the incline that he suddenly, happily, burst into flame and continued his trip saying, "NO SURVIVORS,…
— William Goldman
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You do understand," she continued, "that unless I had an object to love -- or, more accurately, a someone to love -- if I did…
— William P. Young
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But adulthood," continued the barely twentysomething, "doesn't give you power over what matters most. It doesn't protect you from pain, loss, fate. That's part of…
— Cynthia Leitich Smith
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And now," he continued, speaking to Milo, "where were you on the night of July 27?" "What does that have to do with it?" asked…
— Norton Juster
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Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human…
— Muhammad Yunus
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It’s just that I’m the kind of person,' Rebecca continued, 'that thinks if you took a map of the whole world and put a pin…
— Elizabeth Strout
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Look, I need to tell you something,' I continued. The words came stumbling out of me. 'I couldnt stand it if...I dont want you to---'…
— Rick Riordan
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And so he did his endless work,' I continued quietly, 'without feeling, without pity, without rest, for to open his heart to these would be…
— Martine Leavitt
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What’s your name?' she asked, and surprised herself. But for some reason, she wanted to know. Dean’s brother—he hadn’t been just some nameless Bad Guy…
— Rachel Caine
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