Key Quotes

3000 Key quotes by 2138 unique authors

And he don't know...that I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up 4 wheel drive, carved my name into his… — Carrie Underwood
And she was mine, she was mine, the key was in my fist, my fist was in my pocket, she was mine. — Vladimir Nabokov
The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary tries in vain to lock inside every free word. — Julio Cortazar
He was a physicist, more precisely an astrophysicist, diligent and eager but without illusions: the Truth lay beyond, inaccessible to our telescopes, accessible to the… — Primo Levi
A prison becomes a home when you have the key. — George Sterling
A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys,… — Abraham Lincoln
I love everything about motels. I can't help myself. I still get excited every time I slip a key into a motel room door and… — Bill Bryson
Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy… — May Sarton
Jesus. Low-Key Lyesmith," said Shadow. and then he heard what he was saying and he understood. "Loki," he said. "Loki Lie-smith." "You're slow," said Loki,… — Neil Gaiman
Asking the proper question is the central action of transformation- in fairy tales, in analysis, and in individuation. The key question causes germination of consciousness.… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Now, bitterly, with one sweep of the front door, the compassion was spent. To the degree that Lawrence's face was familiar, it was killingly so… — Lionel Shriver
I am sending back the key that let me into bluebeard's study; because he would make love to me I am sending back the key;… — Sylvia Plath
The Christian idea of marriage is based on Christ's words that a man and wife are to be regarded as a single organism - for… — C.S. Lewis
Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Give me the gun." Ranger said. I extracted the gun from my pants and handed it over. Ranger held the gun in the pulm of… — Janet Evanovich
Your soul is a chosen landscape Where charming masked and costumed figures go Playing the lute and dancing and almost Sad beneath their fantastic disguises.… — Paul Verlaine
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock. — Benjamin Franklin
Maybe getting around in life was nothing but map-reading. A skill that required practice. A key to unlock where you wanted to go. A legend… — Justina Chen
Science is a bit like the joke about the drunk who is looking under a lamppost for a key that he has lost on the… — Noam Chomsky
Everything we knew condemned us, and our questioning condemned us most of all. Knowledge was the way of our people, and knowledge was dangerous. It… — Alice Hoffman
Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement… — Frederick Buechner
Learn to master yourself-to understand both your fears and your desires. That's the key to magic. Then, no one shall have any hold over you.… — Libba Bray
A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a… — Lois Wyse
The key to growing up well, is being tough enough. — Robert B. Parker

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