I Set Quotes
324 I Set quotes by 276 unique authors
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Whether I like it or not, most of my images of what various historical periods feel, smell, or sound like were acquired well before I…
— Lauren Willig
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I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank.
— Langston Hughes
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There were now and then, though rarely, the hours that brought the welcome shock, pulled down the walls and brought me back again from my…
— Hermann Hesse
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Undertow" "I set out one night When the tide was low There were signs in the sky But I did not know I'd be caught…
— Leonard Cohen
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We tend to think, 'Life should be fair because God is fair.' But God is not life. And if I confuse God with the physical…
— Philip Yancey
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O, here Will I set up my everlasting rest, And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! Arms,…
— William Shakespeare
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I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge.
— Charles Baudelaire
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You ever notice how long it takes for things to happen when you know they're supposed to happen? My fake Walkman has a built-in alarm,…
— Rodman Philbrick
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The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I…
— Confucius
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One day, I stopped hating. I ceased all meaningless activity. I completed the circle. I Set my sights straight. Like an Arrow I flew. I…
— Henry Rollins
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The challenge I set before anyone who condemns private-sector business is this: If you are a socially conscious person, why don't you run your business…
— Muhammad Yunus
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When I set a glass prism on a windowsill and allow the sun to flood through it, a spectrum of colors dances on the floor.…
— Diane Ackerman
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I want you to break the spell. Finish it off.†"What do you mean?†"The spell you did on me and Dimitri.†"That spell is…
— Richelle Mead
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My short stories are like soft shadows I have set out in the world, faint footprints I have left. I remember exactly where I set…
— Haruki Murakami
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... Where did you go?†“Down below.†“Ugh,†she said. “I’ve heard they’re little better than animals.†Funny. I thought the same thing about most…
— Ann Aguirre
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I think I am beginning to understand why grief feels like suspense. It comes from the frustration of so many impulses that had become habitual.…
— C.S. Lewis
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My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I…
— Edmond Rostand
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Turning away, I stared at the long road winding off ahead of me. I sighed. This trip might take awhile. "Then start walking, Rose," I…
— Richelle Mead
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I have a strong propensity in me to begin this chapter very nonsensically, and I will not balk my fancy.--Accordingly I set off thus:
— Laurence Sterne
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Okay, okay.†I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart. “Feel my heartbeat.…
— Veronica Roth
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