Facing Quotes

856 quotes by 721 authors

She was right that reality can be harsh and that you shut your eyes to it only at your peril because if you do not… — Frederick Buechner
She saw herself riding in the passenger seat, Sam behind the wheel. Like two of those little peg people in a toy car. Husband peg,… — Anne Tyler
It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The sea's only gifts are harsh blows, and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Now I don't know much about the sea, but I do… — Jon Krakauer
The great spiritual task facing me is to so fully trust that I belong to God that I can be free in the world--free to… — Henri Nouwen
I felt tired for the first time, and I thought of us lying down on some grassy patch of SeaWorld together, me on my back… — John Green
The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective. — James Patterson
Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day in,… — Timothy Egan
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong. — Sarah Dessen
It was the look you get when facing a sudden and insurmountable danger: the errant truck, the shaky ladder, the crazy person who pins you… — David Sedaris
Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters… — Mahatma Gandhi
What happens to people living in a society where everyone in power is lying, stealing, cheating and killing, and in our hearts we all know… — Inga Muscio
As Harry and Ron rounded the clump of trees behind which Harry had first heard the dragons roar, a witch leapt out from behind them.… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It was not facing what life dealt that made you crazy, but rather trying to set life straight where it was unstraightenable. — Anne Lamott
How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing? — John Lennon
We are walking down the street holding hands. There is a playground at the end of the block, and I run to the swings and… — Audrey Niffenegger
Love Thatâ€™s it: The cashless commerce. The blanket always too short. The loose connexion. To search behind the horizon. To brush fallen leaves with four… — Gunter Grass
To me, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting her intuition take hold of her actions, that communes with her environment, that… — Paulo Coelho
In a world facing the revolt of ragged and hungry masses of God's children; in a world torn between the tensions of East and West,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
But you who walk facing the sun, what images drawn on the earth can hold you? — Khalil Gibran

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