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1060 Laid quotes by 823 unique authors

In the morning light, I remembered how much I loved the sound of wind through the trees. I laid back and closed my eyes, and… — Patrick Carman
I want to be with you, too,” he said. “I’ll come to your room after dawn.” Qhuinn didn’t want to ask. Had to. “What about… — J R Ward
At last I took one big, callused hand and slid forward so I knelt on the boards between his knees. I laid my head against… — Diana Gabaldon
Four thousand years ago, we, the people of the Indus River basin, had cities that were laid out on grids and boasted underground sewers, while… — Mohsin Hamid
That girl--all of them--hated Eleanor before they'd even laid eyes on her. Like they'd been hired to kill her in a past life. — Rainbow Rowell
So this is the young man who has intentions toward my little girl." Bobby shifted in his seat and crossed his legs. "It is not… — Ally Carter
There was a table laid with jellies and trifles, with a party hat beside each place, and a birthday cake with seven candles on it… — Neil Gaiman
Will had laid down his heart for her and Jem to walk upon because he loved them more than he loved himself — Cassandra Clare
If you are one of earth’s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what happiness must send… — Homer
But see! theVirgin blessed Hath laid her Babe to rest. Time is our tedious song should here have ending. — John Milton
It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an… — Edith Hamilton
Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear… — Saint Francis de Sales
The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gifts...Thus a heavy task is laid… — C.S. Lewis
What is it that strikes a spark of humor from a man? It is the effort to throw off, to fight back the burden of… — Mark Twain
In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman. — Nancy Astor
Experts kill me. Economic experts, that is. Corporations, foundations, publications and governments pay them by the bucketful, and they fill buckets with forecasts that change… — Malcolm Forbes
Therefore, teaching, talk and tale, however lucid or fascinating, effect nothing until self-activity be set up; that is, self-education is the only possible education; the… — Charlotte Mason
When that which loves is united to the thing beloved it can rest there; when the burden is laid down it finds rest there. There… — Leonardo da Vinci
Presently we pass to some other object which rounds itself into a whole as did the first; for example, a well-laid garden; and nothing seems… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
That is a true sentiment which makes us feel that we do not love our country less, but more, because we have laid up in… — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
The poem is a plank laid over the lion's den. — James K. Baxter
It is not a case of whether we want to wash our hands of Europe or want to help her to regain her feet. The… — B. C. Forbes
It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis… — Benjamin Franklin
All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every… — Thomas Jefferson
It is easy enough to arouse in a listener a desire for what is honorable; for in every one of us nature has laid the… — Seneca the Younger

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