Entering Quotes

392 Entering quotes by 352 unique authors

For those who pass it without entering, the city is one thing; it is another for those who are trapped by it and never leave.… — Italo Calvino
It is thus, if there is any rule, that we ought to die--neither as victim nor as fanatic, but as the seafarer who can greet… — E. M. Forster
Margaret Kochamma's tiny, ordered life relinquished itself to this truly baroque bedlam with the quiet gasp of a warm body entering a chilly sea. — Arundhati Roy
Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing, and the disproportion between outlay… — Bruno Schulz
If a man, before he passed from one stage to another, could know his future life in full detail, he would have nothing to live… — Leo Tolstoy
He was no more, freed from being, entering into nowhere without even knowing it. Just as he'd feared from the start. — Philip Roth
People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their… — Andrzej Sapkowski
protected businesses never, never become competitive ... Halliburton, Bechtel, Parsons, KPMG, RTI, Blackwater and all other U.S. corporations that were in Iraq to take advantage… — Naomi Klein
We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget,… — Abraham Verghese
He didn't like it all that much when he first came - all the rubbish and the rush - but it was growing on him,… — Colum McCann
What are you doing?" Nothing. Breaking and entering. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. — Audrey Niffenegger
There are a hundred places where I fear To go, --so with his memory they brim! And entering with relief some quiet place Where never… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
You know," Shane said twenty minutes later, "I'd feel a whole lot better about the two of us if you didn't think I was the… — Rachel Caine
When a destitute mother starts earning an income, her dreams of success invariably center around her children. A woman's second priority is the household. She… — Muhammad Yunus
Three-fourths of philosophy and literature is the talk of people trying to convince themselves that they really like the cage they were tricked into entering. — Gary Snyder
Bell seated himself behind the desk, motioning for Nancy to stand opposite him. There was tense silence for a moment. Then Bell reached for a… — Carolyn Keene
You've been busy using your breaking and entering skills," I said. "I just enter. I don't usually break." "You broke down Pitch's door." "Lost my… — Janet Evanovich
There are going to be times when you learn more about the world you’re entering and feel defeated when you see the gap between the… — Tsugumi Ohba
Reading is entering into the consciousness of another human being. — Gary Shteyngart
When they kissed she immediately felt his tongue, tensed and strong, pushing past her teeth, like some bully shouldering his way into a room. Entering… — Ian Mcewan
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried… — Deepak Chopra
He stepped into my room with one graceful move, as if entering through bedroom windows was nothing out of the ordinary. — Amanda Hocking
What other species now require of us is our attention. Otherwise, we are entering a narrative of disappearing intelligences. — Terry Tempest Williams
I guess we both lose the bet. What bet Thomas asked entering the room. Boxers or briefs Jeanne Louise answered. I was betting boxers and… — Lynsay Sands
Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage… — Ann Voskamp

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