Fortunate Quotes

905 quotes by 787 authors

Why did they believe? Because they saw miracles. Things one man took as chance, a man of faith took as a sign. A loved one… — Brandon Sanderson
What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this! — Roald Dahl
I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of… — John Steinbeck
â€¦she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate… — Louisa May Alcott
We throw our parties; we abandon our families to live alone in Canada; we struggle to write books that do not change the world, despite… — Michael Cunningham
All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer â€” one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
I must admit that I haven't heard of the Duchess of Erat before." "You're a fortunate man," Wolf said. "She's a great beauty," the man… — David Eddings
We write. How fortunate we are: The world does not close in on us. The world does not grow smaller. — David Grossman
In the end we all come to be cured of our sentiments. Those whom life does not cure death will. The world is quite ruthless… — Cormac McCarthy
If [hand-drawn animation] is a dying craft, we can't do anything about it. Civilization moves on. Where are all the fresco painters now? Where are… — Hayao Miyazaki
The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect. — George A. Sheehan
...and sank into the profound slumber which comes only to such fortunate folk as are troubled neither with mosquitoes nor fleas nor excessive activity of… — Nikolai Gogol
In Madeleine's face was a stupidity Mitchell had never seen before. It was the stupidity of all normal people. It was the stupidity of the… — Jeffrey Eugenides
I am certainly the most fortunate creature ever existed! — Jane Austen
That's why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocean and share a burger and talk… — Nicholas Sparks
The fortunate man is the one who cannot take more than a couple of drinks without becoming intoxicated. The unfortunate wight is the one who… — Jack London
I believe there are only one or two people in the world with whom one can have a true connection. When you've been fortunate enough… — Nicole Richie
Fortunate indeed are those in which there is combined a little good and a little bad, a little knowledge of many things outside their own… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
Thank you for explaining that my eye cancer isn't going to make me deaf. I feel so fortunate that an intellectual giant like yourself would… — John Green
That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate? — Alexandre Dumas

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