Element Quotes

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Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it… — Richard Siken
â€¦ the truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living elementâ€¦ — Derek Walcott
Now as he watched Katie toying with a ring that wasn't there, he felt his old investigative instincts kick in. There'd been a husband, he… — Nicholas Sparks
We swung over the hills and over the town and back again, and I saw how a man can be master of a craft, and… — Beryl Markham
Language has time as its element; all other media have space as their element. — Soren Kierkegaard
Our historical experience teaches us that men imitate one another, that their attitudes are statistically calculable, their opinions manipulable, and that man is therefore less… — Milan Kundera
The ludicrous element in our feeling does not make them any less authentic. — Milan Kundera
Why did you want to go and distract me like that? I was quite in my element and everything.' Conall laughed. 'Someone has to keep… — Gail Carriger
Enthusiasm is more important than innate ability, it turns out, because the single more important element in developing an expertise is your willingness to practice. — Gretchen Rubin
If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound… — Marquis de Sade
The older I grow and the more I abandon myself to God's will, the less I value intelligence that wants to know and will that… — Umberto Eco
I am very much out of my element here. There are moments, listening to the conversations going on around me, when I feel I am… — Mary Roach
Many of us who aren't farmers or gardeners still have some element of farm nostalgia in our family past, real or imagined: a secret longing… — Barbara Kingsolver
the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life. — Oscar Wilde
I saw in details while she saw in scope. Not seeing the scope is why I am here and she is not. I took each… — Erin Morgenstern
the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise. — Daniel Handler
Every animal on the planet attracts mates with the goal of reproduction. Frogs swell their bodies. Male gorillas beat their chests. Have you ever watched… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Love is a luxury." "No. Love is an element." An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on. — Laini Taylor
Can one drown in one's element... If fish can drown in water, can human beings suffocate in air? — Salman Rushdie
The emotions between the races could never be pure; even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was… — Barack Obama

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