Kept Quotes

2728 Kept quotes by 1970 unique authors

With Blue here, he was beginning to feel as if possibly he'd overdone it with the helicopter. He wondered if it would make Blue feel… — Maggie Stiefvater
The only thing that kept me going was stories. Stories are hope. They take you out of yourself for a bit, and when you get… — Neil Gaiman
We hit and we kept on hitting; we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we… — Justin Torres
I kept interrupting the movie by asking a lot of questions that Xavier managed to answer with endless patience. "How old do you think Bell… — Alexandra Adornetto
Or maybe watching you enjoy a carefree summer while you fell in love was what kept me out of the hospital in the first place. — Nicholas Sparks
Love … I put so much faith in it. Truth … I kept believing it falls always from the lips of the one you love… — Virginia C. Andrews
I wandered off, walking through streets that seemed emptier than ever, thinking that if I didn't stop, if I kept on walking, I wouldn't notice… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
the other guineahen died of a broken heart and we came to New York. I used to sit at a table,drawing wings with a pencil… — E E Cummings
I kept a straight face while my inner Neanderthal spluttered and then went on a mental rampage through a hypothetical produce section, knocking over shelves… — Jim Butcher
I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work. — Paulo Coelho
They were the reason that he kept faith with his stars, that reinforced him in his belief that the universe had more in store for… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You're sad-looking," she said. "My grandson used to be such a happy boy. He used to write me stories. I remember the first story he… — Chris Colfer
She kept up her compliments, and I kept up my determination to deserve them or die. — Mark Twain
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then —… — Robert A. Heinlein
All these years I've had a story in my mind, the story about us that never really existed. And because of that story, I've kept… — Cathleen Schine
Tea is the magic key to the vault where my brain is kept. — Frances Hardinge
So I let my shame own me, kill me, wilt me away into a thousand dead flakes, knowing if I kept it all in, she… — Jessica Sorensen
If she kept wondering about how much of her life Bran engineered, she’d end up on a funny farm knitting caps for ducks. — Patricia Briggs
Maybe, standing next to the obelisk of Ma’at, surrounded by the Sea of Chaos, we both realized that restraining ourselves from vengeance is what made… — Rick Riordan
A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God… — Anne Lamott
Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Dorothy said nothing. Oz had not kept the promise he made her, but he had done his best. So she forgave him. As he said,… — L. Frank Baum
Keep time! How sour sweet music is when time is broke and no proportion kept! So is it in the music of men's lives. I… — William Shakespeare
Secrets have power, and that power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones,… — Erin Morgenstern
Personally, I think knees should be kept for the eighth or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice surprise you know? 'oh, my… — Derek Landy

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