Kept Quotes

2728 Kept quotes by 1970 unique authors

A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others… — Simone de Beauvoir
Answer my question, Bacchus. I’m not one of your dickless Greeks to be kept waiting for an answer. (Camulus) You better take a more civil… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Mothers have a sacred role. They are partners with God, as well as with their own husbands, first in giving birth to the Lord's spirit… — Spencer W. Kimball
Actually," Clary said, "I think he stayed because of me." Jace's glaze flicked up to hers with a flash of gold. "Because of you? Hoping… — Cassandra Clare
So long as you minded your manners and kept your weapons concealed, they let you enter and leave in peace. Those who broke the one… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Pauline kept a scrapbook into which she pasted important articles that she had cut out of the newspapers. These were about the courageous deeds that… — Eva Ibbotson
Sometimes she wished for someone she could tell about her problems, just to be able to say, ‘I’m in love with a man and I… — Abigail Reynolds
Turns out he does run," Nick drawled. "Given an incentive. And he wouldn't be so out of breath if he hadn't kept shrieking." "That was… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Chin up, Ferdinand," I kept saying to myself, to keep up my courage. "What with being chucked out of everywhere, you're sure to find whatever… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old… — Susanna Clarke
Yeah, she was hot, all right, but I think she had the hots for you - kept saying how she saw you over at the… — Rachel Caine
While I was walking I passed these two guys that were unloading this big Christmas tree off a truck. One guy, kept saying to the… — J D Salinger
Summer came. For the book thief, everything was going nicely. For me, the sky was the color of Jews. When their bodies had finished scouring… — Markus Zusak
There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence.… — George Eliot
There was less than I’d expected in the rainy-day fund that Mom had kept in the bottom of an underwear drawer in a panty hose… — Adam Rex
I get to live forever," he repeated. Luce was still lost, but he kept talking, a stream of words pouring out of his mouth. "I… — Lauren Kate
I have but one passion: to enlighten those who have been kept in the dark, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much… — Emile Zola
They had battled and bloodied one another, they had kept secrets, broken hearts, lied, betrayed, exiled, they had walked away, said goodbye and sworn it… — Robin Wasserman
What if you were really meant to be with someone? But you kept messing about and having the Horn and so on and you lost… — Louise Rennison
It was important for him to believe that he'd spent his life among people who kept missing the point. — Don DeLillo
Tiny-perhaps." Rovender kept his eyes fixed on the rings. "Insignificant-never, Eva Nine. No living thing is insignificant. — Tony DiTerlizzi
Pick me up," is the message of a person who keeps falling. Tomas kept picking her up, patiently. — Milan Kundera
Her laugh was sad and taciturn, seemingly detached from any feeling of the moment, like something she kept in the cupboard and took out only… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Bribes are the glue that's kept teenagers and parents connected for generations — Gayle Forman
Luckily, even as a young man not yet become himself, John Bridgens had two things besides indecision that kept him from self-destruction - books and… — Dan Simmons

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