I Often Quotes

580 I Often quotes by 496 unique authors

Now, I've been known to be attractive on special occasions, and I do my best to project as much beauty as I can muster from… — Terry McMillan
But privately when things got very bad I often looked into books to see whether I could find some helpful words, and one day I… — Saul Bellow
I often wonder what would have happened to me if I hadn't made that decision. I suppose I would have sunk. I suppose I would… — V.S. Naipaul
I often had no scruples about deceiving nitwits and scoundrels and fools when I found it necessary. ...We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool,… — Giacomo Casanova
It was a source of both terror and comfort to me then that I often seemed invisible â€” incompletely and minimally existent, in fact. It… — Marilynne Robinson
I change too quickly: my today refutes my yesterday. When I ascend I often jump over steps, and no step forgives me that. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later. — William P. Young
Tuesday night I reorganized my record collection. I often do this at periods of emotional stress. There are some people who would find this a… — Nick Hornby
But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am… — Anne Bronte
Just another proof, of course, of what I often say - it takes all sorts to make a world. — P.G. Wodehouse
Do you know how to pick a lock?" "Not in the least, I'm afraid." "I often wonder what we go to school for," said Wimsey. — Dorothy L. Sayers
There has never been a time in which I have been convinced from within myself that I am alive. You see, I have only such… — Franz Kafka
Have you thought of an ending?" "Yes, several, and all are dark and unpleasant." "Oh, that won't do! Books ought to have good endings. How… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool. — George Orwell
I often arrive at quite sensible ideas and judgements, on the spur of the moment. It is when I stop to think that I become… — Jerome K. Jerome
I often wonder if God recognizes His own son the way we've dressed him up, or is it dressed him down? — Ray Bradbury
At moments like this I envy those who have found a safe haven in which to bestow their hearts; or perhaps I envy them for… — Margaret Atwood
I pictured the two of them alone. Perhaps showering together, as Rome and I liked to do. My stomach clenched painfully, amusement forgotten. â€œCody, will… — Gena Showalter
I often think that at the center of me is a voice that at last did split, a house in my heart so invaded with… — Lorrie Moore
I often find myself in situations where it seems to me like everyone else has read the instruction book — Jeff Lindsay

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