Glimpsed Quotes

57 Glimpsed quotes by 53 unique authors

He had never even glimpsed her. — Kim Edwards
Perhaps if we saw what was ahead of us, and glimpsed the follies, and misfortunes that would befall us later on, we would all stay… — Daniel Handler
What frightens you? What makes the hair on your arms rise, your palms sweat, the breath catch in your chest like a wild thing caged?… — Libba Bray
That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have… — Gideon Defoe
To live entirely without a goal! I have glimpsed this state, and have often attained it, without managing to remain there: I am too weak… — Emile M. Cioran
That was a good time in my life, in spite of having the sensation of floating on a cloud, surrounded by both lies and things… — Isabel Allende
I fell in love with books. Some people find beauty in music, some in painting, some in landscape, but I find it in words. By… — Donald Miller
It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to destinations not even glimpsed. — Jonathan Lethem
How often, you wonder, has the direction of your life been shaped by such misunderstandings? How many opportunities have you been denied--or, for that matter,… — Kevin Brockmeier
His face set in grim determination, Richard slogged ahead, his fingers reaching up to touch the tooth under his shirt. Loneliness, deeper than he had… — Terry Goodkind
Don’t ask me why I obsessively look to rock ’n’ roll bands for some kind of model for a better society. I guess it’s just… — Lester Bangs
it was love, of course, though I didn't know it then and Finn was both its subject and object. He accepted love instinctively, without responsibility… — Meg Rosoff
Light is important to us humans. It influences our moods, our perceptions, our energy levels. A face glimpsed among trees, dappled by the shadows and… — John Marsden
Men can be very stupid. We cease to value what we have until it's gone, and only then do we realize the gold we glimpsed… — Ann Aguirre
Even if you yourself were unhappy and anxious, whenever you glimpsed happiness in your child, you suddenly became happy too. — Meg Wolitzer
She either confused me with a much older child or else she glimpsed deep inside my soul and perceived a hole that needed filling. I've… — Kate Morton
He read the letter again, but could not take in any more meaning than he had done the first time and was reduced to staring… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Dry creek glimpsed by lightning — Kobayashi Issa
She gave Pretty Boy a surreptitious glance. Did he honestly expect her to believe he was gay? True, there were the gay boots and those… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Why do we marry, why take friends and lovers? Why give ourselves to music, painting, chemistry or cooking? Out of simple delight in the resident… — Robert Farrar Capon
Her grey eyes sparkled with passion as she spoke. Sid looked into them and for a second he glimpsed her soul. He saw what she… — Jennifer Donnelly
There are some delightful places in this world which have a sensual charm for the eyes. One loves them with a physical love. We people… — Guy de Maupassant
In some deep place in her heart, Caroline had kept alive the silly romantic notion that somehow David Henry had once known her as no… — Kim Edwards
I want you to see that the person I glimpsed running beside the camel, running to save my life, is the person you can choose… — Lucy Christopher
Kaldar smiled at her. Now there was a work of art. If she were just a girl and he were just a man, and they… — Ilona Andrews

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