Gently Quotes

522 quotes by 400 authors

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and… — Pema Chodron
The needle rocked awkwardly and at the end of her beginning rows, Isabel held up her work to show Esperanza. "Mine is all crooked!" Esperanza… — Pam MuÃ±oz Ryan
No wonder he was so good with horses, I thought blearily, feeling his fingers rubbing gently behind my ears, listening to the soothing, incomprehensible speech.… — Diana Gabaldon
I've always started every day by going to the window for a glimpse of the sky. But now I won't have to." "Why not?" She… — Lisa Kleypas
I lay down across her with my face in her breasts and my hand on her. We lay there without moving. But under us all… — Samuel Beckett
And then they kiss. Slowly, gently. Because with the right person, sometimes kissing feels like healing. — Lisa McMann
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not… — William Ellery Channing
This, milord, is my family's axe. We have owned it for almost nine hundred years, see. Of course, sometimes it needed a new blade. And… — Terry Pratchett
He took the hat from my mouth. ''Tell me you love me'', he said. Gently I did. The end came anyway — Alice Sebold
What did Romeo and Juliet do?â€ They died,â€ I remind her gently. â€œSome mix-up with the poison- — Gordon Korman
the real "work" of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me. To gently push aside and… — Henri Nouwen
In Seattle we live among the trees and the waterways, and we feel we are rocked gently in the cradle of life. Our winters are… — Garth Stein
Already all confusion. Things and imaginings. As of always. Confusion amounting to nothing. Despite precautions. If only she could be pure figment. Unalloyed. This old… — Samuel Beckett
He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound.. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
leaning in he kissed her gently, first on the cheek then on her lips. When he met her eyes, she saw the young man shed… — Nicholas Sparks
My dear young fellow,' the Old-Green-Grasshopper said gently, 'there are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about… — Roald Dahl
Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, "You're a good man, Harry." I swallowed and bowed my head, made… — Jim Butcher
It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all… — Anne Lamott
When you feel yourself to be in critical condition, you must treat yourself as gently as you would a sick friend. — Julia Cameron
He had relieved whores beyond counting of frocks, stays, chemises, garters, and stockings. He had never before in his life unbuttoned a gently bred maiden's… — Loretta Chase

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