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2728 Kept quotes by 1970 unique authors

The funeral was over, at last I could cry. Except that I couldn't. My tears, kept in too long, had fossilized. They would have to… — Diane Setterfield
I didn't trot my pain out to show around. I kept it better hidden than anyone. I did. — Sarah Dessen
It has been my face. It's got older still, or course, but less, comparatively, than it would otherwise have done. It's scored with deep, dry… — Marguerite Duras
I loved him so much. It didn't change all the reasons we couldn't be together, but it kept me returning to his body, kept my… — Lisa Unger
I asked my schoolmate Mary to write a letter to me. She was funny and full of life. She liked to run around her empty… — Jonathan Safran Foer
It took us five hours to reach Tokyo, but I was really happy. I kept talking about myself, and didn't hear anything about Nana. But… — Ai Yazawa
Darling girl, blinded by foolish thoughts of love. How to tell her that the hearts of men were not so easily won. If won, rarely… — Kate Morton
Wasn't it better if they kept this desire to see each other hidden within them, and never actually got together? That way, there would always… — Haruki Murakami
Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar. — Confucius
Pulling out his daggers, he kept them in his sleeves, just in case he happened upon someone who wouldn’t understand why a tall, dark-haired man… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
No matter how many times Percy killed them and watched them crumble to powder, they just kept re-forming like large evil dust bunnies. — Rick Riordan
In the bad old days, men kept women from choosing to work. In the bad new days, women keep women from choosing to stay home. — Jennifer Crusie
How could such a large door be kept secret from everybody outside, apart from the dragon?" [Bilbo] asked. He was only a little hobbit you… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Dead was the gift that kept on giving. Dead, like diamonds, was forever. — Stephen King
We live and breathe words. It was books that kept me from taking my own life after I thought I could never love anyone, never… — Cassandra Clare
I kept getting high to kill my shame at the fact that I kept getting high. — Jerry Stahl
Ni muer ni viu ni no guaris, Ni mal no·m sent e si l’ai gran, Quar de s’amor no suy devis, Ni no sai si… — Deborah Harkness
Sorry, is my new Djinn name Mushroom ? Because I don’t like being kept in the dark and fed bullshit, David. Just so you know. — Rachel Caine
But Mary Elizabeth felt different. She kept saying it was an "articulate" film. So "articulate." And I guess it was. The thing is, I didn't… — Stephen Chbosky
I meant it, Claire,' he said quietly. 'My life is yours. And it's yours to decide what we shall do, where we go next. To… — Diana Gabaldon
My life was split by two worlds, but he kept me whole. — Richelle Mead
I am not so naïve as to believe that this slim volume will change the course of history or shake the conscience of the world.… — Elie Wiesel
In some deep place in her heart, Caroline had kept alive the silly romantic notion that somehow David Henry had once known her as no… — Kim Edwards
She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through, Then… — Shel Silverstein
It was one of the warm nights at the end of summer that makes promises that won't be kept. — Cinda Williams Chima

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