Faint Quotes
397 quotes by 318 authors
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faint heart never won fair lady
— Meg Cabot
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At the thought of being eaten by rats, Despereaux forgot about being brave. He forgot about not being a disappointment. He felt himself heading into…
— Kate DiCamillo
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I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making…
— Harper Lee
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There was no God in his heart, he knew; his ideas were still in riot; there was ever the pain of memory; the regret for…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Those blue eyes glinted with uncivilized suggestion. A faint smile was tucked in the corner of his wide mouth. Definitely wouldn't want to be alone…
— Lisa Kleypas
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The woman was silent, her eyes on the floor. Shimamura had come to a point where he knew he was only parading his masculine shamelessness,…
— Yasunari Kawabata
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You fainted,' Tom said. Reg coughed. No, I didn't,' he said. 'Women faint. People afraid of needles faint. Men black out.
— N.D. Wilson
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Unless You Puke, Faint or Die, Keep Going!
— Jillian Michaels
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There is a moon shaped rictus in the streetlamp's globe where a stone has gone and from this aperture there drifts down through the constant…
— Cormac McCarthy
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And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness and not let…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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That girl will rain destruction down on you and your ship. She is an albatross, Captain. Way I remember it, albatross was a ship's good…
— Joss Whedon
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Lovers are not at their best when it matters. Mouths dry up, palms sweat, conversation flags and all the time the heart is threatening to…
— Jeanette Winterson
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In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one…
— Barack Obama
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The elevator doors opened, and Ranger stepped out and spied Tank stretched out on the carpet. "Fainted," I said. Ranger walked to Tank and stood…
— Janet Evanovich
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On the plus side, if he ever had to fight through a roomful of adolescent girls, he only needed to blink (his velvet brown eyes…
— Ilona Andrews
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If he full-out flexed, I would probably faint, or jump off the building.
— Ilona Andrews
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Tea would arrive, the cakes squatting on cushions of cream, toast in a melting shawl of butter, cups agleam and a faint wisp of steam…
— Gerald Durrell
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At that moment I was sure. That I belonged in my skin. That my organs were mine and my eyes were mine and my ears,…
— Dave Eggers
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Every year, the memories I have of my father become more faint, unclear, and distant. once they were vivid and true, then they became like…
— Nicole Krauss
Who Wrote These Faint Quotes
318 authors contributed a total of 397 Faint Quotes, led by these top contributors: