Figures Quotes

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Love or hatred calls for self-surrender. He cuts a fine figure, the warm-blooded, prosperous man, solidly entrenched in his well-being, who one fine day surrenders… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Life has three rules: Paradox, Humor, and Change. - Paradox: Life is a mystery; don't waste your time trying to figure it out. - Humor:… — Dan Millman
Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal. — George Orwell
In a sense, the better you adapt to school the less your chances are of later adapting to the actual world. So I figure, the… — Philip K. Dick
Itâ€™s one thing to protect yourself,â€ Dad yelled at me during our very next lunch. â€œThat I get. Have I ever told you not to… — Meg Cabot
Hospitality is gold in this City; you have to be clever to figure out how to be welcoming and defensive at the same time. When… — Toni Morrison
Those times are over and gone, and good riddance to them, too. We were hopelessly high-spirited. Now we're the tick-waisted generation, dragging along our children… — Gregory Maguire
After further introductions were made, we settled in the family room. Yes, the living room would have been nicer, but I wanted comfortable surroundings while… — Jeaniene Frost
The thing I was beginning to figure out about Sam and Grace, the thing about Sam not being able to function without her, was that… — Maggie Stiefvater
In the depths of the mirror the evening landscape moved by, the mirror and the reflected figures like motion pictures superimposed one on the other.… — Yasunari Kawabata
But knowing what I donâ€™t want to do doesnâ€™t help me figure out what I do want to do. I could do just about anything… — Haruki Murakami
The maturing of a woman who has continued to grow is a beautiful thing to behold. Or, if your ad revenue or your seven-figure salary… — Naomi Wolf
I have spent too much of my life opening doors for catsâ€”I once calculated that, since the dawn of civilization, nine hundred and seventy-eight man-centuries… — Robert A. Heinlein
Were I the Moor I would not be Iago. In following him I follow but myself; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and… — William Shakespeare
They had been corrupted by money, and he had been corrupted by sentiment. Sentiment was the more dangerous, because you couldnâ€™t name its price. A… — Graham Greene
Sometimes just to paint a head you have to give up the whole figure. To paint a leaf, you have to sacrifice the whole landscape.… — Nicole Krauss
I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me. — Kelley Armstrong
Thereâ€™s something completely unnerving about seeing your parents upset. I suppose itâ€™s because theyâ€™re supposed to be the strong ones, but thatâ€™s not just it.… — Cecelia Ahern
Even in merely reading a fairytale, we must let go our daylight convictions and trust ourselves to be guided by dark figures, in silence; and… — Ursula K. Le Guin

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