Directly Quotes

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I have some questions about betrayal,” I said. “Think about this: A person who calls you his best friend, and says he has dinner plans… — Franny Billingsley
Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Dan moved forward and replaced Jonah at the helm. "I've got a plan!" "That's my man!" The famous grin disappeared as Jonah took in the… — Gordon Korman
In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Turn right up ahead," he directed. "It'll take us directly to my cottage." She did as he asked. "Does your cottage have a name?" "My… — Julia Quinn
Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly. — Bertrand Russell
Don’t look so upset,” Hyacinth said, once it was just the two of them again. “You’re quite a catch.” He looked at her assessingly. “Is… — Julia Quinn
I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
...the thrill of being surrounded by something wondrous and fantastical, only magnified and focused directly at her. The feel of his skin against hers reverberates… — Erin Morgenstern
Heat skittered through her belly, then directly south. “Sawyer.” In answer, he brought his head up and kissed her. Deep, hungry, tasting her in a… — Jill Shalvis
Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very form of a… — Lisa See
It's impossible to be the Mockingjay. Impossible to complete even this one sentence. Because now I know that everything I say will be directly taken… — Suzanne Collins
No human beings, regardless of who they might be, want to look directly at their own shortcomings. — Tatsuhiko Takimoto
These are things that only dogs and women understand because we tap into the pain directly, we connect to pain directly from its source, and… — Garth Stein
Poetry most often communicates emotions, not directly, but by creating imaginatively the grounds for those emotions. It therefore communicates something more than the emotion; only… — C.S. Lewis
For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths… — Roberto Bolano
I, on the other hand, am a finished product. I absorb electrical energy directly and utilize it with an almost one hundred percent efficiency. I… — Isaac Asimov
What was it, he wondered for the hundredth time, that enabled Pastor Harris to hear the answers in his heart? What did he mean when… — Nicholas Sparks
To my embarrassment, I was crying again. Real girl tears for the second time, these ones born out of frustration. That didn't happen to me… — C.E. Murphy
As they went by Assail, the male was watching them. "Jesus, he really is blind" Wrath pulled up short and unsheathed his dagger, pointed it… — J R Ward
And Prometheus was flying directly toward them. William Shakespeare shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Now, I've never been a warrior,and I know little about tactics,but… — Michael Scott
Many of the questions we ask God can't be answered directly, not because God doesn't know the answers but because our questions don't make sense.… — N. T. Wright
Your ability to shape your destiny is directly proportional to your belief that it is a matter of will and determination--however much or little that… — James A. Owen
When I read a novel that I really like, I feel as if I am in direct, personal communication with the author. I feel as… — Neal Stephenson
Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance.… — Tara Brach

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