Length Quotes
722 quotes by 591 authors
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Shorth is better than length.
— Dr. Seuss
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As a survival-happy species, our successes are calculated in the number of years we have extended our lives, with the reduction of suffering being only…
— Thomas Ligotti
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It has become necessary for me to have this woman, so as to save myself from the ridicule of being in love with her: for…
— Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
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I realized that I have very long arms so I can take the perfect arm-length picture with fans
— Taylor Swift
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Five is for five heartbeats, the length of time it takes to breathe in or out. For that is how quickly a life may change,…
— Cameron Dokey
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I am marked like a road map from head to toe with my repressions. You can travel the length and breadth of my body over…
— Philip Roth
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~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~
— Michel de Montaigne
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Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one's conscience to get…
— Hugh Howey
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Can you love someone you don't trust?" "Absolutely," he said. "I have a sister I wouldn't lend two copper lengths if I wanted them back.…
— Daniel Abraham
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I had never seen hair that purely black. It was glossy and slightly long, the ends drifting over his collar. That sexy length was the…
— Sylvia Day
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A life-whether seamstress or poet, farmer or king-is measured not by length, but by the worth of its deeds, and the power of its dreams.
— T.A. Barron
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Real joy means immediate expansion. If we experience pure joy, immediately our heart expands. We feel that we are flying in the divine freedom-sky. The…
— Sri Chinmoy
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Sophia shrieked and fainted on the ground – I screamed and instantly ran mad. We remained thus mutually deprived of our senses, some minutes, and…
— Jane Austen
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Returning his pen to its holder, he told us, 'I will have him gutted with that scythe. I will hang him by his own intestines.'…
— Patrick deWitt
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All I'm saying is, where relationships are concerned, don't confuse length with strength.
— Matt Dunn
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We stared at the odd garment and wondered what it was for. 'What is it?' asked Larry at length. 'It's a bathing costume, of course,'…
— Gerald Durrell
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When she closed her eyes she felt he had many hands, which touched her everywhere, and many mouths, which passed so swiftly over her, and…
— Anais Nin
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I receive a lot of letters like yours. Most go on in length, describing all sorts of maddening situations and communications in bewildered detail, but…
— Cheryl Strayed
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Teach him to live rather than to avoid death: life is not breath, but action, the use of our senses, our mind, our faculties, every…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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You speak of sacrifice, but it is not my sacrifice I offer. It is yours I ask of you," he went on. "I can offer…
— Cassandra Clare
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