Granted Quotes

1339 quotes by 1022 authors

But also I wanted him to go away and leave me be. I was granted one weak grace. Back in the room where the green… — Alice Sebold
Nothing could be taken for granted. Women who loved you tried to cut your throat, while women who didn't even know your name scrubbed your… — Toni Morrison
We humans...are seriously flawed. The things that are the most necessary, the most critical to us, are the things we take most for granted. Air.… — Richard Paul Evans
I sat thinking how terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as incredible as… — Jostein Gaarder
You have to get away from them. You have to get as far away as you can otherwise they'll kill you with their lives. They… — Henry Rollins
She could ask for anything, she thought dizzily, anything--an end to pain or world hunger or disease, or for peace on earth. But then again,… — Cassandra Clare
Human life occurs only once, and the reason we cannot determine which of our decisions are good and which bad is that in a given… — Milan Kundera
The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to… — Gretchen Rubin
Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery,… — Michael Ende
You live your life like itâ€™s a rare treasure to be savored. You take pleasure from the simplest of things and you never take them… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
It's funny, but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to take it for granted? It's like they… — Nicholas Sparks
What was wrong with me? I had a decent life. I was healthy. I wasn't starving or maimed by a land mine or orphaned. Yet… — Jodi Picoult
This is the charged, the dangerous moment, when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted. — James A. Baldwin
Kiran says (the shelf) is full of stories. If it is, then I like fairy stories. Fairy stories are fair. In them wishes are granted,… — Hilary McKay
She had been wrong to think it wouldn't matter that much to him, yes,He took her for granted, of course he did , but he… — Ahdaf Soueif
We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things… — Mitch Albom
Do you forget that I am your sister?â€ â€œNo; Iâ€™ve never been granted the opportunity to forget it. — Georgette Heyer
....I understood why those who had lived through war or economic disasters, and who had built for themselves a good life and a high standard… — Jane Goodall
Friendship is a simple thing, and yet complicated; friendship is on the surface, something natural, something taken for granted, and yet underneath one could find… — Jamaica Kincaid
But wishes are only granted in fairy tales. — Simone Elkeles

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