Gradually Quotes

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The Truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind. — Emily Dickinson
The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism… — Karen Armstrong
Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen. — Gerald Durrell
Why does anyone stay in an unhappy relationship? Because people do. They do it all the time. And the truth is, when youâ€™re in it,… — Sarah Dunn
The rumble of the life outside was like the sound of the sea which was rising gradually around her. — Jean Rhys
Who shall blame him? Who will not secretly rejoice when the hero puts his armour off, and halts by the window and gazes at his… — Virginia Woolf
I used to think if you fell from grace it was more likely than not the result of one stupendous error, or else an unfortunate… — Jane Hamilton
And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his… — John Steinbeck
There is fire and fire: The fire that burns and the fire that gives warmth, a fire that sets a forest ablaze and the fire… — Gilbert Adair
Morning drew on apace. The air became more sharp and piercing, as its first dull hue: the death of night, rather than the birth of… — Charles Dickens
Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who… — Henri Nouwen
No one likes to admit that in the end we all die by inches, gradually losing all the defining visual characteristics that make us us — Simon R. Green
In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip… — Albert Camus
I prayed hard and only gradually became aware that this fierce praying was a way of finding prologue and entrance into my own writing. This… — Pat Conroy
Drugs age you after mental excitement. Lethargy then. Why? Reaction. A lifetime in a night. Gradually changes your character. — James Joyce
Devotion gradually progresses to higher levels. . . . One type goes to God and asks Him to remove his suffering. Another one will ask… — Swami Satchidananda
It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing… — Jane Austen
Trust me. A storm is brewing inside this cool cat now. She'll gradually break down and you'll see what's behind the clouds. — Mahbod Seraji
For everyone who, having no artistic sense-that is to say, no submission to subjective reality-may have the knack of reasoning about art till doomsday, especially… — Marcel Proust
Brightpaw's eye opened and she fixed a cloudy gaze on Fireheart. "What happened?" he repeated. "What did this?" A thin wailing came from Brightpaw, which… — Erin Hunter

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