Instance Quotes

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There is no justice in love, no proportion in it, and there need not be, because in any specific instance it is only a glimpse… — Marilynne Robinson
But life is glorious when it is happy; days are carefree when they are happy; the interplay of thought and imagination is far and superior… — Isaac Asimov
Just deleting vandalism on the Chuck Norris page," Radar said. "For instance, while I do think that Chuck Norris specializes in the roundhouse kick, I… — John Green
Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs.… — Agatha Christie
You are hard at work madam ," said the man near her. Yes," Answered Madam Defarge ; " I have a good deal to do."… — Charles Dickens
Babies are made through an act that you will eventually find intriguing but for right now will just sort of horrify you, and also sometimes… — John Green
People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into… — Brandon Sanderson
Contrary to popular opinion, my dad was not a lazy man. He was not lazy at all, for instance, when it came to Going Places… — Haven Kimmel
For instance," said the boy again, "if Christmas trees were people and people were Christmas trees, we'd all be chopped down, put up in the… — Norton Juster
Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not. So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day… — Kurt Vonnegut
Traveling, I am finding, teaches you a lot of things about yourself. For instance, I never thought myself to be the kind of person who… — John Green
My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table. — Brandon Sanderson
I suppose every one must have reflected how primeval and how poetical are the things that one carries in one's pocket; the pocket-knife, for instance,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Different people were good at different things, Lena mused. Lena was good at writing thank-you notes, for instance, and Effie was good at being happy. — Ann Brashares
..she began to stand around the gate and expect things. What things? She didn't know exactly. Her breath was gusty and short. She knew things… — Zora Neale Hurston
There is, indeed, nothing more annoying than to be, for instance, wealthy, of good family, nice-looking, fairly intelligent, and even good-natured, and yet to have… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
My grandfather used to say: Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so foreshortened that I scarcely understand, for instance,… — Franz Kafka
I think that if one is faced by inevitable destruction -- if a house is falling upon you, for instance -- one must feel a… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Well, for instance, when I left her today, she put her arms around me and felt my shoulder blades, to see if my wings were… — Kate Chopin
I was thinking, as I watched her, how little it mattered â€“about her teeth for instance. I know so many women who have kept all… — Willa Cather

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