Kept Quotes

2728 Kept quotes by 1970 unique authors

Sacrfice," the captain said. "You made one. I made one. We all made them. But you were angry over yours. You kept thinking about what… — Mitch Albom
Arthur shook his head and sat down. He looked up. “I thought you must be dead …” he said simply. “So did I for a… — Douglas Adams
Grace. I held on to that name. If I kept that in my head, I would be OK. Grace. I was shaking, shaking; my skin… — Maggie Stiefvater
It tore my heart out, because I heard his voice. The wolves sang slowly behind him, bittersweet harmony, but all I heard was Sam. His… — Maggie Stiefvater
For it was Saturday night, the best and bingiest glad-time of the week, one of the fifty-two holidays in the slow-turning Big Wheel of the… — Alan Sillitoe
When I was young, my father used to say, ‘If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen.… — Ishmael Beah
But what I kept wondering about is this: that first second when she felt her skirt burning, what did she think? Before she knew it… — Aimee Bender
Will you be quiet?" he asked, smiling down at her. She nodded. He pretended to think about it. "I don't believe you/" She planted her… — Julia Quinn
He asked himself those some questions too many times and felt the fears again that kept him where he was — Spencer Johnson
I kept running around it in large or small circles, always looking for someone or something able to convince me of my Belovedness. Self-rejection is… — Henri Nouwen
...When you die, the energy that kept you alive filters into the people you loved. Did you know that? It's like a fire you've tended… — Kevin Brockmeier
And wasn't it terrible, how much he looked forward to those moments, so much so that sometimes even a ride by himself on the subway… — Jhumpa Lahiri
She took out a shiny folded pamphlet, the kind they kept stacked in clear plastic stands in hospital waiting rooms. "How to Come Out to… — Cassandra Clare
What shall I do, singer and first-born, in a world where the deepest black is grey, and inspiration is kept in a thermos? with all… — Marina Tsvetaeva
Florentina Ariza had kept his answer ready for fifty-three years, seven months and eleven days and nights. 'Forever,' he said. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
There were so many people, so much to navigate, and as the distance fluctuated between us his hand kept slipping, down my arm to my… — Sarah Dessen
You remember that I told you it was safer not to know. But,' he went on, as his hands moved wuth their sure and practiced… — Lois Lowry
This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them in a little… — Tom Waits
I actually grew fond of her in a nastily superior kind of way. For she was so completely artless and optimistic and clueless, she didn't… — Peter Cameron
I'd learned that some things are best kept secret. — Nicholas Sparks
I wanted you to watch, so I stomped around the room to wake you before I got in the shower. Didn't you wonder why the… — Jeaniene Frost
The priestess of Artemis took hold of her almost with the violence of a lover, and whisked her away into a languid ecstasy of reverie.… — Aleister Crowley
Please don't smile like that. Your heart is full of feelings that you've kept to yourself. Don't laugh as if you don't know anything. — Arina Tanemura
Reading dreams. That's what started her walking down the road. Every day she'd walk a little further: a mile, and come home. Two miles, and… — Truman Capote
No, I'm fine,' said Harry, wondering why he kept telling people this, and wondering whether he had ever been less fine. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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