Deepened Quotes

58 quotes by 54 authors

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it. — Andre Malraux
...A change fell upon all things. Strange brilliant flowers, star-shaped, burst out upon the trees where no flowers had been before. The tints of the… — Edgar Allan Poe
...and the distance between them, millimeters only, the space of a breath, opened up and deepened, became a cavern at whose edge he stood. — Kim Edwards
The rose fell into his lap, and he looked up, startled. Mimi grinned. "Hey handsom" Mimi sent. "What's up?" Jack replied, without speaking. "Just thinking… — Melissa de la Cruz
If life was an arc of light that began in darkness, ended in darkness, the first part of his life had happened in ordinary glare.… — Annie Proulx
You're not gay, are you?" Simon's greenish color deepened. "If I were, I would dress better. — Cassandra Clare
Will picked a single blossom from a gorse bush beside him; it shone bright yellow on his grubby hand. "People are very complicated," he said… — Susan Cooper
The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character… — Lin Yutang
Now I am short on some props, and there isn't nearly enough time in one night to run through all the ways I've fantasized about… — Jeaniene Frost
He grinned when I didn't protest, and lowered his mouth toward mine. The first touch was just that - a touch. A teasing, tempting softness.… — Becca Fitzpatrick
But to Sam the evening deepened to darkness as he stood at the Haven; and as he looked at the grey sea he saw only… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I knew right then you were the only one for me." He pulled her hand from his face, kissed her palm, then pressed it flat… — Tessa Dare
Do you remember the first time we made love?" He touched his lips to hers as he said it. "We rode up in the elevator… — Nora Roberts
The flames sawed in the wind and the embers paled and deepened and paled and deepened like the bloodbeat of some living thing eviscerate upon… — Cormac McCarthy
The next kiss deepened, became more urgent, needy. There was no space between them, and she could feel he enjoyed their closeness. Riley heard him… — Jana Oliver
Long, blue, spiky-edged shadows crept out across the snow-fields, while a rosy glow, at first scarce discernible, gradually deepened and suffused every mountain-top, flushing the… — John Muir
He kissed me, so gently at first that I melted. I pressed close against him as the kiss deepened, curling my arms around his neck… — L.A. Weatherly
By observing natural scientific discoveries through a perception deepened by meditation, we can develop a new awareness of reality. This awareness could become the bedrock… — Albert Hofmann
Plants grow most in the darkest hours preceding dawn; so do human souls. Nature always pays for a brave fight. Sometimes she pays in strengthened… — William George Jordan
Try it on." "It's probably a little snug," I said, suddenly feeling conspicuous. "Marcie tends to buy down when it comes to sizing." He merely… — Becca Fitzpatrick

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