Lay Quotes

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Two hundred miles from the surface of the earth there is no gravity. The laws of motion are suspended. You could turn somersaults slowly slowly,… — Jeanette Winterson
Colin Singleton’s distance from his glasses made him realize the problem: myopia. He was nearsighted. The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible. — John Green
Zach,” I said as I lay there “Where did you go? When you were looking for me?” I shifted in his arms, looked into his… — Ally Carter
If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off temptation.… — Charles Spurgeon
The worst thing about talk ... is that there's no way to lay it to rest. Every fresh breeze brings a new speculation. — Susan Wittig Albert
Because of course she had known she must go. She always did the thing because in obedience lay the integrity that God asked of her.… — Elizabeth Goudge
Antonio: Will you stay no longer? nor will you not that I go with you? Sebastian: By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over… — William Shakespeare
I made it the mantra of those days; when I paused before yet another series of switchbacks or skidded down knee-jarring slopes, when patches of… — Cheryl Strayed
Lay on, McDuff, and be damned he who first cries, 'Hold, enough! — William Shakespeare
Just as I lay back, she sat up. I sat up, and she flopped back down. Awkward. That was my every move when it came… — Kami Garcia
The early morning belongs to the Church of the risen Christ. At the break of light it remembers the morning on which death and sin… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
At that point Ms Fox came in and said, "Hello, carry on as if I am not here." Then she lay down on the floor. — Louise Rennison
Nicholas Benedict did have an exceptional gift for knowing things (more exceptional, in fact, than most adults would have thought possible), and yet not even… — Trenton Lee Stewart
The craft's occupants clutched their armrests, and more than one of them closed their eyes. But not Artemis. He couldn't. There was something morbidly fascinating… — Eoin Colfer
the battle's in your hands now, but I would lay my armor down, if you said you'd rather love than fight. — Taylor Swift
There was only silence. It was the silence of matter caught in the act and embarrassed. There were no cells moving, and yet there were… — Annie Dillard
Always in the dream, it seemed as if there were a destination: a something--he could not grasp what-that lay beyond the place where the thickness… — Lois Lowry
Once you've ruled out the impossible then whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth. The problem lay in working out what was impossible,… — Terry Pratchett
Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed for myself,' said Denethor. 'Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I lay there silently, hoarding my small dignity. I did not ask about the gate or the closet. I did not question the bedtime ritual… — Anne Sexton
In the center lay the exploded carcass of a lonely sperm whale that hadn't lived long enough to be disappointed with its lot. — Douglas Adams
Great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead aye or nay. They say he give them but two words. "More weight," he says.… — Arthur Miller
Ka thought it strangely depressing that the suicide girls had had to struggle to find a private moment to kill themselves. Even after swallowing their… — Orhan Pamuk
The rockets set the bony meadows afire, turned rock to lava, turned wood to charcoal, transmuted water to steam, made sand and silica into green… — Ray Bradbury
I'm a little wounded, but I am not slain; I will lay me down to bleed a while. Then I'll rise and fight again. — John Dryden

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