I Stayed Quotes

185 quotes by 176 authors

I stayed only two days in the capital. I was welcomed by a cheering citizenry, who threw flowers at my head. It was disconcerting to… — Megan Whalen Turner
I stayed sober for this? — George R. R. Martin
What's that smell?" I froze. What? Did I really smell so distasteful he had only to lean in my direction to catch a putrid whiff… — Gena Showalter
... I stayed because running seemed too strange and too complicated. All I knew was how to fall back, find a patch of solid ground,… — Tana French
Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced and… — Paula McLain
She gathers my half of the blankets around her and curls up against the wall. She will sleep for hours more, dreaming endless landscapes and… — Isaac Marion
Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-Aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the… — Jodi Picoult
I stayed there loving you, though the love made me, not sad but I guess melancholy, for a reason I couldnâ€™t point to. — Daniel Handler
Yeah, I must have been really bad in a past life or something." He smiled, his eyes still in pain. Reaching up, he touched a… — L.A. Weatherly
I stayed there, curled up into the warmth of your body, under the blankets, like something soft in a shell. Your arms were firm as… — Lucy Christopher
If I stayed here, something inside me would be lost foreverâ€”something I couldn't afford to lose. It was like a vague dream, a burning, unfulfilled… — Haruki Murakami
Let her arm go and pray she has no bruise,â€ a familiar voice said in a low angry tone. I shuddered from relief at the… — Abbi Glines
As reason returned to me, memory came with it, and I saw that even on the worst days, when I thought I was utterly and… — Maurice Blanchot
When I retired in 2006, I stayed for a further two years in England. I stayed because I wanted to be in England without being… — Dennis Bergkamp
After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I felt college was… — Evan Williams
I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that… — Mae Jemison
My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do medicine. I used… — Iain De Caestecker
We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed… — Mary Oliver
I always take an Alastair Sawday guide. I stayed in three or four places in India that they had recommended, and every one of them… — Diana Quick
I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I was… — Nelson Mandela

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