Currents Quotes
1207 quotes by 1032 authors
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And I ask myself what it is about me that makes this wonderful, beautiful woman return. Is it because I'm pathetic, helpless in my current…
— Mohsin Hamid
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I’ve always believed that as an author, I do 50% of the work of storytelling, and the reader does the other 50%. There’s no way…
— Shannon Hale
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Pressed against her I can hear eternity -- hollow, lonely spaces and currents that churn ceaselessly, and the fallen snow welcomes the falling snow with…
— Craig Thompson
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Human beings are naturally flawed when it comes to time and memory. The past is forgotten, or it is believed bad things will not recur,…
— Kristen Britain
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There was something in the pages of these books that had the power to make him feel better about things, a life raft to cling…
— Justin Cronin
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It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative--which ever is running at the moment dominates…
— Sylvia Plath
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And he misses her Like a wind starved sail He sits knowing what direction to go But the current keeps pulling him Down river.
— Rumi
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According to current research, in the determination of a person's level of happiness, genetics accounts for about 50 percent; life circumstances, such as age, gender,…
— Gretchen Rubin
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How I waited for you! How I longed for you! he stammered. "I thought of you all the time. I saw you all the time.…
— Henri Barbusse
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Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?" That the river is everywhere at the same…
— Hermann Hesse
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The peace we are offered is not a peace that is free from tragedy, illness, bankruptcy, divorce, depression, or heartache. It is peace rooted in…
— Rob Bell
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You are very easily exasperated, my dear. If you're a leaf trembling on a wide, deep river, relax and ride the current. It's always worked…
— Steven Erikson
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Those are some strong currents you're swimming against.
— Jay Asher
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People talk about escapism as if it's a bad thing... Once you've escaped, once you come back, the world is not the same as when…
— Neil Gaiman
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I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And…
— Rick Riordan
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The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Style and personality are irrelevant. They can be formal or casual. They can…
— Jhumpa Lahiri
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Your hair," repeated Dimitri. His eyes were wide, almost awestruck. "Your hair is beautiful." I didn't think so, not in its current state. of course,…
— Richelle Mead
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The energy of life entering and leaving your body flows evenly throughout the universe. With that current, the mind of the cosmos communicates with all…
— Ilchi Lee
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You might think, 'I've got time to follow my dreams.' You don't have time. Life is short. The current life expectancy is 24,869 days. While…
— Rhonda Byrne
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But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze…
— Thomas Gray
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