Lifted Quotes

404 Lifted quotes by 331 unique authors

The vast distances that separate the stars are providential. Beings and worlds are quarantined from one another. The quarantine is lifted only for those with… — Carl Sagan
Silently, I lifted my doggy bowl off the floor. Then, with a quick, powerful flip of my wrist, I threw it into the back of… — Stephenie Meyer
You had a package. It was torn, so I looked in.” She lifted one of a stack of firefighter calendars, with his own mug and… — Jill Shalvis
She lifted her head. "It's easier," she said, slowly, "to be angry on someone else's behalf than on my own. And yet I find I… — Emma Bull
I hate to tell you, dragon, but that's an integral part of the whole usiness," he whispered. "If you're afraid to touch me then we're… — Anne Stuart
The holiness of love inspired ordinary men and women to act like angels. It lifted them on wings closer to God. — Nancy Holder
Sorry,” he said. “Let me drop the belt-" “No.” She held on when he would have pulled away. “Don’t. I like it.” Again, he lifted… — Jill Shalvis
And the Raven, never flitting, Still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas Just above my chamber door; And his eyes… — Edgar Allan Poe
Forever," Edward echoed in my ear. I couldn't speak anymore. I lifted my head and kissed him with a passion that might possibly set the… — Stephenie Meyer
He lifted the arm covering his eyes and turned his head to glare at her. "I knew you were trouble the first time I saw… — Linda Howard
There was a basket at her feet. She reached into it and lifted out the head of a young woman, a marquise. She wore Bourbon… — Jennifer Donnelly
Then come on up. DO everyone a favor and shut me up," he said. "Put down your money, pick up that ball, and let it… — Elizabeth Chandler
To say! To know how to say! To know how to exist via the written voice and the intellectual image! This is all that matters… — Fernando Pessoa
A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart: a glimpse of endless unmarked days without light or hope of betterment,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I lifted onto my toes, put my hands aroung his neck, and pulled him down. When our lips met, that first jolt... It was everything… — Kelley Armstrong
A chilly breeze that seemed to emanate from the heart of the forest lifted the hair at Harry's brow. He knew that they would not… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
As she lifted the glittering strand of diamonds from the box, a small slip of paper fell out. She caught it as it wafted toward… — Karen Marie Moning
I finally felt myself lifted definitively away on the winds of adventure toward worlds I envisaged would be stranger than they were, into situations I… — Che Guevara
And as we watched, the Tsar of Death lifted up his eyelids like skirts and began to dance in the streets of Leningrad. — Catherynne M. Valente
There were times when I lifted my face to the sky, stretched my arms wide to the winter night, and laughed out loud, so happy… — Jennifer Donnelly
Am I horny enough to hump a bedpost?" Mica asked. "Not quite yet. Should I consult with you first, Doctor?" Sarcasm lay thick and heavy… — Lora Leigh
The shadow had followed behind them, clinging to their steps; and the two children little suspected its presence when they at last sat down, trustingly,… — Gaston Leroux
He hesitated, then lifted his head and sniffed. “Have you been drinking?” The question was more curious than accusatory. “No,” Bast said. The innkeeper raised… — Patrick Rothfuss
What did you say to the messanger mi'lady? Do you remember the exact words of your last proposal?" "I probably said, "Will you marry me?"… — Julie Garwood
Where are you heading, if you’ve got the choice?” James lifted an invisible sword. “‘Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!’ Like my dad.” Snape… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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