Defined Quotes

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The moon was a sharply defined crescent and the sky was perfectly clear. The stars shone with such fierce, contained brilliance that it seemed absurd… — Yann Martel
And, I think: I am but one more drop in the great sea of matter, defined, with the ability to realize my existence. Of the… — Sylvia Plath
A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them. — Brandon Sanderson
Humans aren't defined by death, and they're not defined by what they lack. They're defined by their connections. — Dan Wells
He defined himself almost wholly in the negative: It was not who he was, it was who he was not. — Chris Bohjalian
If you've ever been homesick, or felt exiled from all the things and people that once defined you, you'll know how important welcoming words and… — Stephen King
Life goes on is a redundancy. Life is defined by its going on. — David Levithan
Is it any wonder the power this man held over me - this man who did not run from his demons like most of us… — Rick Yancey
People underestimate the importance of dilligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems. It is defined… — Atul Gawande
Because you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. And because there is joy in embracing - rather than… — Jenny Lawson
Whatever one of us asked the other to do - it was assumed the asker would weigh all the consequences - the other would do.… — Sheldon Vanauken
The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice. — Andrea Dworkin
Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip… — Tahir Shah
We are defined by our dignity to rise above debasement. We are certainly better people for doing so. — Corey Taylor
...you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. — Jenny Lawson
In the end, living is defined by dying. Book- ended by oblivion, we are caught in the vice of terror, squeezed to bursting by the… — Bernard Beckett
...you are defined by how you live your life, not whom you live it with, and certainly not by what you gave up to be… — Greg Behrendt
I feel like, like, how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter… — John Green
Clever, but schoolteacher beat him anyway to show him that definitions belonged to the definers - not the defined. — Toni Morrison
The personality is defined by its inconsistencies, not its consistencies. It's what makes us unique and who we are. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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