Finally Quotes

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There is an old story from the Eastern tradition that says that when the gods created the universe, they found a place for everything but… — Stephen Kendrick
She threw up her hands. "All right. Why not?" Why not?" Sure." His arms fell to his sides. "That's it? I pour my heart out.… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to the mutilated body… — Lois Lowry
I finally figured out that not every crisis can be managed. As much as we want to keep ourselves safe, we can't protect ourselves from… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Without thinking, I knelt in the grass, like someone meaning to pray. When I tried to stand again, I couldn't move, my legs were utterly… — Louise GluÌˆck
At the very least we want a witness. We can't stand the idea of our own voices falling silent finally, like a radio running down. — Margaret Atwood
A thump thump thump noise that was so unfamiliar, and yet I couldn't quite place it. But I knew it. It was---"Mmm-hmmm," Monica murmured, just… — Sarah Dessen
And finally - he was neither able nor willing to prevent it - the self-loathing dammed up inside him spilled over and gushed out, gushed… — Patrick SÃ¼skind
They lay silently. She was staring at something across the room. She was making him feel uncomfortable. 'It wouldn't work. It's the attraction of opposites,'… — James Salter
Why canâ€™t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesnâ€™t care, I finally answer, and… — Markus Zusak
I saw what I had been fighting for: It was for me, a scared child, who had run away a long time ago to what… — Amy Tan
Seeing her this last time, I threw myself on her body. And she opened her eyes slowly. I was not scared. I knew she could… — Amy Tan
I hope you never hear those words. Your mom. She died. They are different than other words. They are too big to fit in your… — Mitch Albom
Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation… — Thomas Merton
Finally, a human man saw me as intensely valuable. Just my luck he was happily married and thought I was a freak. — Charlaine Harris
Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out;… — Thomas Aquinas
The lights of prayer that make us imagine we are beginning to be angels are sometimes only signs that we are finally beginning to be… — Thomas Merton
The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book. — Edward Abbey
Mom had just gotten back from Sydney, and she had brought me an immense, surpassingly blue butterfly, Papilio ulysses, mounted in a frame filled with… — Audrey Niffenegger
And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to express — Wilhelm Reich

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