Insistent Quotes

67 quotes by 63 authors

And you're not leaving," she said. "Promise me." It was as if she had asked him to promise to keep breathing, to notice sunshine, to… — Sharon Shinn
In suffocating the voice of conscience, passion carries with itself a restlessness of the body and the senses: it is the restlessness of the "external… — Pope John Paul II
The child had indeed shut up but all the questions that had accumulated on his tongue circulated in his mouth, moved through the passages of… — Elif Safak
She assumes that skill will guide her fingertips, that shapely lines will uncoil out of the pencil the moment she starts. Surely talent is a… — Gregory Maguire
Anyway, madness and genius. They're the disturbed pals of the human condition. The Bonnie and Clyde, the Thelma and Louise, the baking soda and vinegar.… — Deb Caletti
They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as… — William Faulkner
But, finally, I had to open my eyes. I had to stop keeping secrets. The truth, thankfully, is insistent. What I saw then made action… — Deb Caletti
Truth was funny, because it was an insistent thing, maybe as powerful and insistent as some force of nature, the push of water or wind.… — Deb Caletti
It was the time of year, the time of day, for a small insistent sadness to pass into the texture of things. Dusk, silence, iron… — Don DeLillo
â€¦'It always has to end, doesn't it? We always have to separate.' 'Yes,' I said. He was insistent, 'But it doesn't always have to be… — Sylvia Plath
She loved him, more than she could ever find words for, but this love he felt for her was not quite the same. It wasn't… — Jean M. Auel
He kisses me again, more insistent this time, his hands squeezing my waist. His breaths, his body, my body, we are so close there is… — Veronica Roth
It was Alec who brought their lips together. Seregil's first reaction was disbelief. But Alec was insistent, clumsy but determined. It lasted an instant, an… — Lynn Flewelling
It was bitingly cold up here,and the wind pulled at his clothes like an insistent lover. — George R. R. Martin
He had to feel those lips on him again. Had. To. This wasnâ€™t a mild expression of preference. This was an imperative. His body was… — Tessa Dare
I never, ever took you for granted. We met too late for that; I was nearly thirty-three by then, and my past without you was… — Lionel Shriver
MAN, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. His… — Ambrose Bierce
When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her hand was small, but… — Veronica Roth
I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low. 'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was… — Veronica Roth
The rich are not a contented tribe. The demands from others to share their wealth become so tiresome, so insistent, they often decide they must… — Felix Dennis

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