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2047 Lay quotes by 1399 unique authors

In a story you only had to wish, you only had to write it down and you could have the world...It seemed so obvious now… — Ian Mcewan
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,--often the surfeit of our own behavior,--we make guilty of our… — William Shakespeare
Years later he'd stood in the charred ruins of a library where blackened books lay in pools of water. Shelves tipped over. Some rage at… — Cormac McCarthy
The light was leaving in the west it was blue The children's laughter sang and skipping just like the stones they threw the voices echoed… — Jack Johnson
I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I… — C.S. Lewis
My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet. — Mahatma Gandhi
The true magic of this broken world lay in the ability of the things it contained to vanish, to become so thoroughly lost, that they… — Michael Chabon
Come away, come away, Death, And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath, I am slain by a fair cruel… — William Shakespeare
Days and nights passed over this despair of flesh, but one morning he awoke, looked (with calm now) at the blurred things that lay about… — Jorge Luis Borges
Once upon a time there was a bear and a bee who lived in a wood and were the best of friends. All summer long… — Banksy
Facts, at any rate, could not be kept hidden. They could be tracked down by inquiry, they could be squeezed out of you by torture.… — George Orwell
The magician seemed to promise that something torn to bits might be mended without a seam, that what had vanished might reappear, that a scattered… — Michael Chabon
As soon as the guards where gone, I lay down on my stone bench and dumped the king and his threats out of my head… — Megan Whalen Turner
And I was the Lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came… — C.S. Lewis
Eric moved the broom experimentally and made an attempt to sweep the glass into the pan while it lay in the middle of the floor.… — Charlaine Harris
From moment then to moment their desire Gained strength, and wisdom fled before love's fire; Passion engulfed them, and these lovers lay Entwined together till… — Abolqasem Ferdowsi
My Chicken can do a special trick! "And what is that?" She can lay an egg! "And what's so special about THAT?!" Well, Can YOU… — Shirley Temple
Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness. — Edward Abbey
and the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming... — Tom Waits
God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the… — David Livingstone
They can't hurt me. Sure, they can crush you and kill you. They can lay you out on 42nd and Broadway and put hoses on… — Bob Dylan
They lay listening. Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse… — Cormac McCarthy
But deep down she said to herself, Franz maybe strong, but his strength is directed outward; when it comes to the people he lives with,… — Milan Kundera
There was a beauty in the trash of the alleys which I had never noticed before; my vision seemed sharpened, rather than impaired. As I… — Philip K. Dick
As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height, place… — Jan Karon

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