Driven Quotes

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The Heart is a lonely hunter with only one desire! To find some lasting comfort in the arms of anothers fire...driven by a desperate hunger… — Carson McCullers
I have never looked into my sister's eyes. I have never bathed alone. I have never stood in the grass at night and raised my… — Lori Lansens
I couldn't imagine anyone ever reading a book enough to make it look like that. It looked like it had been driven over by a… — Maggie Stiefvater
Driven by a wish to save TomÃ¡s from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Well, you have now, Sam, dear Sam,â€™ said Frodo, and he lay back in Samâ€™s gentle arms, closing his eyes, like a child at rest… — J.R.R. Tolkien
At various points in our lives, or on a quest, and for reasons that often remain obscure, we are driven to make decisions which prove… — Swami Satchidananda
There is a physics to the world, which non-fiction has a contract to stand in awe of, otherwise it becomes completely self-centered and ego-driven, which… — Nick Flynn
They had battled and bloodied one another, they had kept secrets, broken hearts, lied, betrayed, exiled, they had walked away, said goodbye and sworn it… — Robin Wasserman
So in the sweltering heat of a July night, I sang a Christmas carol to a room full of fae, who had been driven out… — Patricia Briggs
The music defied classification. If I had been writing a review of the show, I would have labeled it progressive, guitar-driven rock â€™nâ€™ roll. But… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
When it came to hiding, even Gwin had nothing to teach Dustfinger. A strange sense of curiosity had always driven him to explore the hidden,… — Cornelia Funke
They loved each other, not driven by necessity, by the "blaze of passion" often falsely ascribed to love. They loved each other because everything around… — Boris Pasternak
We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
A shrieking rise of power rushed into my pathways, rocking me against the wall. Ido's body slammed into mine. He was not going to let… — Alison Goodman
Mom put dense cheddar bread into a bag for a man who said this was his wife's favorite - he'd driven all the way from… — Joan Bauer
Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence… — Adam Smith
I can't help but see myself in them. The Seelie are who I was before my sister died. Pink, pretty, frivolous Mac. The Unseelie are… — Karen Marie Moning
There's an undeniable pleasure in stepping into an open-top sports car driven by a beautiful woman. It feels like you're climbing into a metaphor. — Hugh Laurie
I am like a machine being driven to excessive rotations: the bearings are incandescing and, in a minute, melted metal will begin to drip and… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
A will to be unkind is like a sickness. It can be healed or driven out. But to be unkind because you are thoughtless is… — Cameron Dokey

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