Hardly Quotes

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As is well known, the priests are the most evil enemies—but why? Because they are the most impotent. It is because of their impotence that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Susan hardly had begun to slow down when Tera appeared from between a couple of buildings and loped over to the car. I leaned forward,… — Jim Butcher
We all have regrets, Urian. Nothing that lives is immune from that nasty emotion. (Acheron) So what? You want me to go kiss and make… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Right there, in front of everyone, I threw my arms arond his neck and mashed my mouth against his. He was startled for a second,… — James Patterson
Supernatural is a dangerous and difficult word in any of its senses, looser or stricter. But to fairies it can hardly be applied, unless super… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The body is so easily damaged, so easily disposed of, water and chemicals is all it is, hardly more to it than a jellyfish drying… — Margaret Atwood
Half the sum of attraction, on either side, might have been enough, for he had nothing to do, and she had hardly any body to… — Jane Austen
We don't need as much as we have. Hardly any of us need as much money as we have. It's true what they say about… — Donald Miller
The spoken word is nothing. It hardly lives longer than an insect! Only the written word is eternal. - Balbulus — Cornelia Funke
You're just jealous." "Hardly. Been there, done you. Adequate, but unremarkable. — Jennifer Estep
I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there. I sat there watching… — Richard Brautigan
Nearly every morning, a certain woman in our community comes running out of her house with her face white and her overcoat flapping wildly. She… — Lydia Davis
The pain was as unexpected as a thunderclap in a clear sky. Eddis's chest tightened, as something closed around her heart. A deep breath might… — Megan Whalen Turner
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
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
They rode like men invested with a purpose whose origins were antecedent to them, like blood legatees of an order both imperative and remote. For… — Cormac McCarthy
Fireheart tensed, waiting for whatever had hunted down these apprentices to emerge from the trees and attack, but nothing stirred. Feeling as if his legs… — Erin Hunter
It is not very polite to interrupt a person, of course, but sometimes if the person is very unpleasant you can hardly stop yourself. — Daniel Handler
Look. Let’s just say he’s in Tabitha’s line of work. Okay? (Selena) Ladies’ lingerie? He hardly looks the type to sell that. (Sunshine) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I really hate Squires. (Syra) (She pulled another flat bolt out and loaded it, then shot it at Otto. Moving so fast he could hardly… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Alone at last. Oh, the pleasure of the pain. (Zarek) You really do suffer from insanity, don’t you? (Thanatos) Hardly. I have to say I… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women. — Joanna Russ
Normal people bring children into the world; we novelists bring books. We are condemned to put our whole lives into them, even though they hardly… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
We've forgotten much. How to struggle, how to rise to dizzy heights and sink to unparalleled depths. We no longer aspire to anything. Even the… — Richard Matheson
At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are… — Jane Austen

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