Hearing Quotes
1409 Hearing quotes by 1100 unique authors
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Sometimes I would get invited to a party or to go out to dinner by one of them and I would decline. Part of me…
— Henry Rollins
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I hate the thought of her being forced into a box that doesn't fit her. Of having her wings cut off, her sight blinded, her…
— Charles de Lint
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Clayton," she said softly, her voice threaded with tears, "when Vanessa asked about my accomplishments tonight, I forgot to mention that I do have one.…
— Judith McNaught
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A person shows signs of clutching on too fast, of being needy, of not hearing the word "no," of jealousy, of guarding you and your…
— Deb Caletti
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What kills love? Only this: Neglect. Not to see you when you stand before me. Not to think of you in the little things. Not…
— Jeanette Winterson
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Will’s voice dropped. “Everyone makes mistakes, Jem.” “Yes,” said Jem. “You just make more of them than most people.” “I —” “You hurt everyone,” said…
— Cassandra Clare
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Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.
— Veronica Roth
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average human “looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odour or fragrance,…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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To the warriors of light, there is no such thing as impossible love. They don’t allow themselves to be intimidated by silence, or by rejection.…
— Paulo Coelho
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Do you think we enjoy hearing about your brand-new million-dollar home when we can barely afford to eat Kraft Dinner sandwiches in our own grimy…
— Douglas Coupland
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Oh, but there's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it,' wailed Anne. 'You may know a thing is…
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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He reached across and fingered the pendant; I felt it move against my skin. "Willow, look," He said. "We haven't talked much about what might…
— L.A. Weatherly
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Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have…
— Henry David Thoreau
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incessant adj. The doubts. You had to save me from my constant doubts. That deep-seeded feeling that I wasn't good enough for anything I was…
— David Levithan
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My mother finally took me to a child psychologist, who knew exactly what I was, but she just couldn’t accept it and kept trying to…
— Charlaine Harris
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Everyone carries a room about inside him. This fact can even be proved by means of the sense of hearing. If someone walks fast and…
— Franz Kafka
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I think perhaps we want a more conscious life. We're tired of drudging and sleeping and dying. We're tired of seeing just a few people…
— Sinclair Lewis
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Then the voices of the Ainur, like unto harps and lutes, and pipes and trumpets, and viols and organs, and like unto countless choirs singing…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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She knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien's theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues…
— William Gibson
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It starts when you begin to overlook good manners. Any time you quit hearing Sir and Mam the end is pretty much in sight...
— Cormac McCarthy
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Mencheres. Bones co-ruler, grandsire, Master vampire of incredible power, and the ally who unnerved me the most, had telekinetically held me down so Bones could…
— Jeaniene Frost
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I think he likes you" Miranda Whispered. Realizing she and Derek had drawn attention, she glanced away. "He's probably just curious about me like everyone…
— C.C. Hunter
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Adrenaline kicks you in when you’re starving. That’s what nobody understands. Except for being hungry and cold, most of the time I feel like I…
— Laurie Halse Anderson
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For most of my life I've been a listener. At least in the beginning, I think the reason I listened so intently was to have…
— Steve Rasnic Tem
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there was something about that city, though it didn't let me feel guilty that I had no feeling for the things so many others needed.…
— Charles Bukowski
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