Creature Quotes

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She seemed like a creature made to attract everyone and express nothing real, though it would take a master observer, like Magnus, to know it. — Cassandra Clare
People look down on stuff like geography and meteorology, and not only because they're standing on one and being soaked by the other. They don't… — Terry Pratchett
sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless man the most guilty. — Franz Kafka
What a grin he had, what ferocious eyes, what a creature he was. He had dreamt himself an entire life and death. Ronan said, "I… — Maggie Stiefvater
When I looked at the painting I felt the same convergence on a single point: a glancing sun-struck instance that existed now and forever. Only… — Donna Tartt
The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many… — Og Mandino
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it… — Mark Twain
You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature… — Zhuangzi
If a man carefully examine his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
From the moment a creature becomes aware of God as God and of itself as self, the terrible alternative of choosing God or self for… — C.S. Lewis
Man is a history-making creature, who can neither repeat his past, nor leave it behind. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed. — Tom Clancy
It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
~One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have. I thought it would be a blissful romance with me at the helm,… — Amanda Peet
All that a pacifist can undertake -- but it is a very great deal -- is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering… — Vera Brittain
Any man or woman who neglects to maintain inward vigilance, and only makes an outward show of holiness in dress, speech, and behavior, is a… — Walter Hilton
Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation is in the self, or… — Eric Hoffer
I know what it feels like to be hurt,and I don't want to cause that pain to any other person or creature. But somehow, in… — Alicia Silverstone
What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do the nightingale's part;… — Epictetus
True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation. — Joseph Addison

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