Imagining Quotes

308 quotes by 263 authors

If he had smiled why would he have smiled? To reflect that each one who enters imagines himself to be the first to enter whereas… — James Joyce
Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings.… — Ann Patchett
You'd think that would have been forgotten long ago. But no, no sooner has a little grass grown over it than some clumsy camel comes… — Kerstin Gier
There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One… — Carl Jung
Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions… — Dean Koontz
She closed her hands around his and shut her eyes, imagining their bed cut free of this strange prison, floating through space or on the… — Cassandra Clare
All fiction is a process of imagining: whatever you write, in whatever genre or medium, your task is to make things up convincingly and interestingly… — Neil Gaiman
Donâ€™t mind me,â€ I said. â€œIâ€™m just the person who tried to rob the place last July.â€ â€œNo, you diddnâ€™t,â€ Abby said, appearing on the… — Ally Carter
The world is rated R, and no one is checking IDs. Do not try to make it G by imagining the shadows away. Do not… — N.D. Wilson
You can purify your existence by feeling deep within yourself a beautiful rose or lotus, or any other flower that you like. A flower is… — Sri Chinmoy
I could just envision Sam imagining that I wanted him to go out to the lake with me, only to be confronted by Jannalynn and… — Charlaine Harris
And imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present. — John Green
gravity, n. I imagine you saved my life. And then I wonder if I'm just imagining it. — David Levithan
Considering Adrian had once gotten bored while reading while reading a particularly long menu, I had a hard time imagining he'd read the Hugo book… — Richelle Mead
And she loved a man who was made out of nothing. A few hours without him and right away sheâ€™d be missing him with her… — Etgar Keret
Extending his senses, Lorkin tried again to hear his motherâ€™s surface thoughts. What he picked up seemed too out of character, however. He must be… — Trudi Canavan
It is a mark of the depth of their wounding that they are pretending they suspected it all along. Everything that they have seen and… — Eleanor Catton
Sheâ€™d always wondered what it would feel like to stand on one end of a ballroom and watch a handsome, powerful man make his way… — Tessa Dare
Basically, the world is a giant shithole. But some of us are capable of imagining something better. — Claire LaZebnik
I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing. — Joan Didion

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