Flung Quotes

144 Flung quotes by 118 unique authors

While we are actually subjected to them, the 'moods' and 'spirits' of nature point no morals. Overwhelming gaiety, insupportable grandeur, sombre desolation are flung at… — C.S. Lewis
She would be quiet at first. Then she would say a word about something small, something she had noticed, and then another word, and another,… — Amy Tan
They played at hearts as other children might play at ball; only, as it was really their two hearts that they flung to and fro,… — Gaston Leroux
Almost as swiftly as he had imagined it, she had torn her clothes off, and when she flung them aside it was with that same… — George Orwell
And at last father flung the rug off as if it were hampering him and strode over to the table saying, 'cocoa, cocoa!'-- it might… — Dodie Smith
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a time. — Mark Twain
There was a moment in between, a moment flung free in the midst of the transition, when he made contact. That was the moment she… — Ann Brashares
No one can explain exactly what happens within us when the doors behind which our childhood terrors lurk are flung open. — W G Sebald
He judged the instant and let go; he flung himself loose into the stars. — Annie Dillard
Dess shook her head. "Before he walked off, Rex said for you to wait. He said it's totally important you don't touch Angie until he… — Scott Westerfeld
Every morning the world flung itself over and exposed the town to the sun. — Zora Neale Hurston
they ran in the sunlight, creating their own breeze which pressed their dresses into their damp skin. Reaching a kind of square of four locked… — Toni Morrison
At this point two elderly security guards in parkas, the guys who normally work the front desk at the plant, asked John to step behind… — David Wong
Stargirl began to improvise. She flung her arms to a make-believe crowd like a celebrity on parade. She waggled her fingers at the stars. She… — Jerry Spinelli
I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years, Those of my own life, who by turns had flung… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
As the sun fell below the horizon, Sir Luckless emerged from the waters with the glory of his triumph upon him, and flung himself in… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When a man is born...there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I… — James Joyce
Yes, the sky was now a devastating, home-cooked red. The small German town had been flung apart one more time. Snowflakes of ash fell so… — Markus Zusak
Wise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course. — Steven Erikson
Come, my child," I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries." "Good-bye, poor hare!"… — Lewis Carroll
We fell silent again. The thing we had shared was nothing more than a fragment of time that had died longe ago.Even so, a faint… — Haruki Murakami
When I opened my eyes I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with out-stretched arms, face… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
He grabbed for the coatrack that stood by the door, ripped the coats off it, and flung the door wide, the rack held above his… — Cassandra Clare
The word connects the visible trace with the invisible thing, the absent thing, the thing that is desired or feared, like a frail emergency bridge… — Italo Calvino
Fight ever on: this earthly stuff If used God’s way will be enough. Face to the firing line o friend Fight out life’s battle to… — Edwin Markham

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