Crossing Quotes

263 quotes by 244 authors

Mrs. Murdo, walkind even more briskly to keep her spirits up, was crossing Harken Square when something fell to the pavement just in front of… — Jeanne DuPrau
Virginia Woolf wrote, "Across the broad continent of a woman's life falls the shadow of a sword." On one side of that sword, she said,… — Elizabeth Gilbert
It seemed to me that the people who made the rules of the road had figured out everything that would help a person drive safely… — Joan Bauer
Watching Jace hug Isabelle, she tried to school her features into a happy and loving expression. "Are you all right?" Simon asked, with some concern.… — Cassandra Clare
True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelops the whole world. — Mahatma Gandhi
There's an ancient saying in Japan, that life is like walking from one side of infinite darkness to another, on a bridge of dreams. They… — Matthew Tobin Anderson
Life is like crossing a river. If you take a huge step-aim for too bigger dreams-then the current will knock you off your feet and… — Louis Sachar
Ford looked at him severely. And no sneaky knocking down Mr Dent's house whilst he's away, alright?" he said. The mere thought," growled Mr Prosser,… — Douglas Adams
Tell me I didn't imagine it, Leo. Tell me that even though our bodies were in seperate states, our star selves shared an enchanted place.… — Jerry Spinelli
But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I could throw off sparks, or… — Raymond Carver
I imagine you working on me as an algebra problem, reducing me to fractions, crossing out common denominators, until there's nothing left on the page… — Patricia McCormick
Hey!" I turned, crossing my arms and glaring. "I was talking to him!" Tybalt eyed me with amusement, which just made me glare harder. "No,… — Mira Grant
True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging… — Nikos Kazantzakis
Sadly, at a time when so much sophisticated cultural criticism by hip intellectuals from diverse locations extols a vision of cultural hybridity, border crossing, subjectivity… — Bell Hooks
It is one thing to be a man's wife - quite another to be the mother of his children. In fact, once you become a… — Kelly Corrigan
but as God said, crossing his legs, I see where I have made plenty of poets but not so very much poetry. — Charles Bukowski
First, if it is true that a spatial order organizes an ensemble of possibilities (e.g., by a place in which one can move) and interdictions… — Michel de Certeau
Your future. It awaits only you, to live it and to write it. - Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb — Robin Hobb
You had a package. It was torn, so I looked in.â€ She lifted one of a stack of firefighter calendars, with his own mug and… — Jill Shalvis
I could have told him that nothing was safe and that no matter how careful you were and how hard you tried, there were still… — Jennifer Weiner

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