Discarded Quotes

138 Discarded quotes by 120 unique authors

But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day. — Dick Francis
When you do your research write down whatever interests you. Whatever stimulates your imagination. Whatever seems important. A story is built like a stone wall.… — Roland Smith
A single day spent doing things which fail to nourish the soul is a day stolen, mutilated, and discarded in the gutter of destiny. — Michel Faber
You know, the Philistines have long since discarded the rack and stake as a means of suppressing the opinions they feared: they've discovered a much… — W. Somerset Maugham
He balled up my discarded sweatshirt and put it against his shoulder. “Go on,” he said. “I don’t bite.” “And from what I hear, that’s… — Kelley Armstrong
Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded shirt.… — Karen White
A faith without some doubts is like a human body with no antobodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent… — Timothy Keller
Do not resent your place in the story. Do not imagine yourself elsewhere. Do not close your eyes and picture a world without thorns, without… — N.D. Wilson
You discarded most of the lies along the way but held on to the one that said life mattered. — Stephen King
Knowledge is a burden--once taken up, it can never be discarded. — Stephen R. Lawhead
When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world… — Alice Sebold
Criticism has plucked the imaginary flowers on the chain not in order that man shall continue to bear that chain without fantasy or consolation, but… — Karl Marx
It was official. I now wanted to murder a ghost, a notion I'd discarded as unlikely only twenty minutes before. (Cat) — Jeaniene Frost
The purpose of history is to explain the present - to say why the world around us is the way it is. History tells us… — Michael Crichton
In the war of magic and religion, is magic ultimately the victor? Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in… — Patti Smith
I can see why she feels left behind. Maybe even discarded. Is that why she refuses to accept my love and return it? Afraid that… — Ellen Hopkins
I suddenly saw how sad and artificial my life had been during this period, for the loves, friends, habits and pleasures of these years were… — Hermann Hesse
I did not know that my entire personality, my entire being, could be discarded as the byproduct of my anatomy. What if I really am… — Veronica Roth
Where's Magnus?" he said. AS he looked toward the kitchen, Clary saw a bruise on his jaw, below his ear, about the size of a… — Cassandra Clare
So often, the discarded love of youth is desperately yearned for in maturity. — Wayne Gerard Trotman
What parts had she discarded for the sake of her sanity? What had she cut from herself? Had he stared into her pupils he would… — Anthony Marra
If in the last few years you have not discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead. — Gelett Burgess
The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited… — Barbara Ann Radnofsky
Within HTC, hundreds of ideas are tested and discarded to find those rare ideas that define the HTC user experience. — Cher Wang
I credit my mom with inspiring in me a love of design, matched by her creative problem-solving abilities. This is a woman who could find… — Candice Olson

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