Leaping Quotes

112 Leaping quotes by 95 unique authors

...how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my… — Elias Canetti
when you want something so desperately, you shake with the need for it. you tell yourself that you don't need more than one sip, because… — Jodi Picoult
With the aurora borealis flaming coldly overhead, or the stars leaping in the frost dance, and the land numb and frozen under its pall of… — Jack London
We got quiet. The garden was combing her hair and putting on earrings. The house was full of dancing creatures, not male and female but… — Francesca Lia Block
Jailbait," he declared, leaping up. "You're a saint. A goddess, even. — Richelle Mead
Kaia darling, Willaim said, nearly leaping over a stand of beef jerky in his haste to reach her. Are you here to fight the strippers… — Gena Showalter
and here I felt a strange leaping of my heart-God did! My job was to simply follow His leading one step at a time, holding… — Corrie Ten Boom
He did not like the grown-ups who talked down to him, but the ones who went on talking in their usual way, leaving him to… — T.H. White
You never forget about things you've done that you know you shouldn't have done. They hang around your mind, linger like a thief casing a… — Cecelia Ahern
Over the years I knew her she always looked at me like that - as though I was a quite pleasant but amusing object -… — James Herriot
There are two types of panicking: standing still and not saying a word, and leaping all over the place babbling anything that comes into your… — Daniel Handler
Then it’s just Venia, whose skin is so pale her tattoos appear to be leaping off it. Almost rigid with determination, she does my hair… — Suzanne Collins
Hiram!' Shelton ran to Hi's side. 'Aren't you you bleeding? I thought she shot you!' 'Red wine. When I saw it running everywhere, I played… — Kathy Reichs
The storm was really giving it everything it had. This was its big chance. It had spent years hanging around the provinces, putting in some… — Terry Pratchett
Unless hours were cups of sack, and minutes capons, and clocks the tongues of bawds, and dials the signs of leaping-houses, and the blessed sun… — William Shakespeare
So what do you have to confess now?" I don't know why I'm saying any of this, except that is the truth. "I'm confessing that… — David Levithan
You sleep like an angel" Jacks said. The shock of his words in the dark room sent Maddy's stomach leaping into her throat. She didn't… — Scott Speer
That is the earth, he thought. Not a globe thousands of kilometers around, but a forest with a shining lake, a house hidden at the… — Orson Scott Card
When I was little, I used to go to the local ice-skating rink. In my mind, I always felt like I could twirl and jump,… — Gayle Forman
Tessa looked quickly to Will, but he only crossed the room as he always did to lean against the fireplace mantel. Cecily had never been… — Cassandra Clare
Roarke had to force himself not to snatch her up as she swept through the hallowed Senate halls. Members of the media were already leaping… — Nora Roberts
Do you not tire of eternity? Do you not wish to end your suffering?" "By leaping into the Void? Not really. — Cassandra Clare
I'll wager I would have screwed things up regardless. But. . .can you imagine those poor bastards grappling their prey, leaping over the rails, swords… — Scott Lynch
Real progress in understanding nature is rarely incremental. All important advances are sudden intuitions, new principles, new ways of seeing. We have not fully recognized… — Marilyn Ferguson
It is in the act of offering our hearts in faith that something in us transforms... proclaiming that we no longer stand on the sidelines… — Sharon Salzberg

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