He Tried Quotes

103 He Tried quotes by 88 unique authors

I'm afraid of coaching, of writer's classes, of writer's magazines, of books on how to write. They give me centipede trouble - you know the… — Robert A. Heinlein
The problem was Le Corbusier was a genius and an enormous artist, but he tried to resolve problems to which there is no solution. So… — Leon Krier
The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really love anybody with whom we… — William Sloane Coffin
Anybody can find out if he is a writer. If he were a writer, when he tried to write of some particular day, he would… — Maxwell Perkins
Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers. — Wyclef Jean
I think that Governor Romney needs to talk about the fact that what he tried to do in the state of Massachusetts was him seeing… — Allen West
He tried to imagine the sound of the color red. — Pete Hamill
… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life. — John Irving
He tried to smile, but it was just a shape his mouth made. — Melissa Bank
All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a… — Charles M. Schulz
He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret. — Charles Frazier
Somebody said that it couldn't be done But he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say… — Edgar Guest
A living poem" had always been the words that came to mind when he tried to describe her to others. — Nicholas Sparks
At a well in a yard they met a man who was beating a boy. The stick burst into a flower in the mans hand.… — C.S. Lewis
He was walking into Faerie, in search of a fallen star, with no idea how he would find the star, nor how to keep himself… — Neil Gaiman
There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you… — Annie Proulx
When we want to give expression to a dramatic situation in our lives, we tend to use metaphors of heaviness. We say that something has… — Milan Kundera
As for you, Private, if you mention a word of this to anyone, I'll feed you to the cat thing here. Understand?" "Yum," said Mogget.… — Garth Nix
A monkey was carrying two handfuls of peas. One little pea dropped out. He tried to pick it up, and split twenty. He tried to… — Leo Tolstoy
He kissed me for a long moment, holding my shoulders, perhaps to keep me from pressing my whole body against his. Then he tried to… — Laura Whitcomb
He felt that he had to find Salander and hold her close. She would probably bite him if he tried. — Steig Larsson
There was a man who was worthless, and knew he was worthless, and yet however far down he tried to sink his soul, there was… — Cassandra Clare
So you're a Shadowhunter,' Nate said. 'De Quincey told me that you lot were monsters.' 'Was that before or after he tried to eat you?'… — Cassandra Clare
He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself for the mortified… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Toward the end of their relationship she'd told him once, "I wish I could give you what you're looking for, but I don't know what… — Nicholas Sparks

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