Glimpse Quotes

457 quotes by 375 authors

He pulled away the glove, and at the first glimpse of her fragile, white hand, all thoughts of negotiation fled. "I don't see how matters… — Loretta Chase
Unless you stop him. Perhaps next we meet." "You'll be just as annoying?" I guessed. He fixed my with those warm brown eyes. "Or perhaps… — Rick Riordan
Ah, how many Marahs have been sweetened by a simple, satisfying glimpse of the Tree and the Love which underwent its worst confict there. Yes,… — Jim Elliot
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses… — Edgar Allan Poe
I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff -and I Lived… — Vladimir Nabokov
How odd, to suddenly glimpse a facet of me I didn't know existed. I guess it really isn't all that unusual to surprise oneself with… — Ellen Hopkins
The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether… — Charles de Lint
The stillness and stasis of bed are the perfect opposite of travel: inertia is what I've come to consider the default mode, existentially and electronically… — Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Oh God, Mae," said Jamie in a hollow voice, descending the stairs. "I will never drink again. I'm only seeing in black and white. My… — Sarah Rees Brennan
When we talk about ourselves, about others, or simply about things, we want- it could be said â€“ to reveal ourselves in our words: We… — Pascal Mercier
And yet not a dream, but a mighty reality- a glimpse of the higher life, the broader possibilities of humanity, which is granted to the… — W. E. B. Du Bois
The only vampires I've ever seen are the Goths trying to get a glimpse of Anne Rice's house, who drink strawberry sodas and tell each… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words. Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within… — Aberjhani
Over the years Iâ€™ve collected a thousand memories of you, every glimpse, every word youâ€™ve ever said to me. All those visits to your familyâ€™s… — Lisa Kleypas
Once time is lit, it will burn whether or not you're breathing it in. Even after smoke becomes air, there is the memory of smoke.… — David Levithan
it is either make this thing permanent inside of you or forever just climb draggled up into the conning tower every time for one short… — Tom Wolfe
Even if one glimpses God, there are cuts and splinters and burns along the way. — Mark Nepo
A Grand Design we couldn't see because we were part of it. A Grand Design we only got occasional, fleeting glimpses of. A Grand Design… — Connie Willis
We consult astrology charts like the Babylonians, try to make our children into our own image with a firm hand like the Romans, elbow others… — Ernest Becker
A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart: a glimpse of endless unmarked days without light or hope of betterment,… — J.R.R. Tolkien

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