Kept Quotes

2728 Kept quotes by 1970 unique authors

There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. No secret can be kept in the civilized world. Society is a masked ball where everyone hides… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
... Hey, I didn't know you didn't like baloney." I went cold. "I don't like it. I never liked it." Soda just looked at me.… — S E Hinton
The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving forward, one foot… — Chris Gardner
Crying adds something: crying is you, plus tears. But the feeling Colin had was some horrible opposite of crying. It was you, minus something. He… — John Green
Why was she always so craven, so apologetic? He had always seen Ruth as separate, good and untainted. As a child, his parents had appeared… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Leo waited while the fish centaur put away his supplies. Aphros's lobster-claw horns kept swimming around in his thick hair, and Leo had to resist… — Rick Riordan
Because death is the only thing that could have ever kept him from you. — Ally Carter
I kept my eyes open on the ride home. Peeking over Lucas's shoulder, i watched the scenery fly by-and it was exhilarating, not frightening. I… — Tammara Webber
But I kept at it with the help-wanted ads. My standards were sliding swiftly. At first I had insisted I would only work at a… — Robin Sloan
She kept asking herself whether, if he had looked cleaner, she might have been more concerned; whether, on some subliminal level, she had confused his… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When a street musician lowered his violin to inquire, 'Hey lovely, what you got there?' she said, 'Musicians who ask questions,' and kept on dragging. — Laini Taylor
Pride had kept her running when love had betrayed her. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
If you are in the closet and fall in love with someone of the same gender, it doesn't automatically remove the shame and fear that's… — Anthony Venn-Brown
She pulled away. “I missed you, Percy.” Percy wanted to tell her the same thing, but it seemed too small a comment. While he had… — Rick Riordan
So it's happened, I kept thinking, you're in the middle of a story exactly as you've always wanted, and it's horrible. Fear tastes quite different… — Cornelia Funke
Parminder kept her unwept tears locked tightly inside where they seemed to undergo an alchemical transformation, returning to the outer world as lava slides of… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
So many things in the world have happened before. But it's like they never did. Every new thing that happens to a person, it's a… — Louise Erdrich
But what if it were you? What if you were stuffed in a human body and let loose on this planet only to find yourself… — Stephenie Meyer
Momma kept a garden, which sounds romantic to people who have never held a hoe — Rick Bragg
We were together because we were addicted to each other. I was never as intoxicated as I was when we were happy together, and I… — Sylvia Day
The antique, almost primitive band he held between his fingers caught the sunlight, glinting silver. “I found this ring shortly after I was banished from… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Yes. I was looking for Lettie. They were both very kind to me,” Percival said, “Even though they’d never seen me before. And Wizard Howl… — Diana Wynne Jones
Valek: You know a death sentence hasn't kept us apart before. Yelena: Is that an order Valek? Valek: No, it's a promise! — Maria V. Snyder
I need to talk to Lena" There it was. I'd finally said it. The one thing that had kept me from being able to exhale… — Kami Garcia
What we had went so much deeper than a kiss. When we were together, she turned me completely inside out. It didn't matter if we… — Kami Garcia

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