Lifted Quotes
404 Lifted quotes by 331 unique authors
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They all dreamt of each other that night, as was natural, considering how thin the partitions were between them, and how strangely they had been…
— Virginia Woolf
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He [Kai] blinked. His eyes fell as he processed her response. Then he lifted his chin and attempted a grin that was almost painfully dejected.…
— Marissa Meyer
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It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders – a…
— Sarah Waters
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Gregor lifted the knife and slammed it down. The tops of the carrot rolled across the table, some hitting the floor. "What are you doing?"…
— Karen Hawkins
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Hunting humans for sport? Eating them?" the bitterness in his voice cut through me. "Yeah, I caught that part." "That doesn't have anything to do…
— Kelley Armstrong
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Life is not a game of Solitaire; people depend on one another. When one does well, others are lifted. When one stumbles, others also are…
— Jon M. Huntsman Sr.
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Running at Ron, she flung them around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron threw away the fangs and broomstick he was…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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It felt as if maybe the curse had lifted, the tide had shifted, but then the breeze picked up and a skeet took a very…
— Ally Carter
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Hello, Aaron," Brigid said, sliding up to him and running a finger down his chest. "You're looking good . . . as always." Aaron lifted…
— Kelley Armstrong
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The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it,
— Khalil Gibran
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They lifted their faces to the astonishing warmth. The sky arched over them, a pale, clear blue. Lina felt as though a lid that had…
— Jeanne DuPrau
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[Mouse is] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal." The kid lifted his eyebrows. "My mouth is partially paralyzed," I said. "It makes it…
— Jim Butcher
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The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: For we meet by one or the other.
— Carl Sandburg
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The sky was a cold iron-grey, like the underside of a shield. A sharp breeze lifted the hems of skirts and rattled the leaves on…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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…but Sassenach—I am the true home of your heart, and I know that.” He lifted my hands to his mouth and kissed my upturned palms,…
— Diana Gabaldon
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--I lifted one foot from the brackish water, and the bunny slippers were soaked and drooped pathetically. Even the fangs seemed robbed of any charm.…
— Rachel Caine
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Arya lifted her gaze from the dead man and his dead dog. Jaqen H'ghar was leaning up against the side of the Wailing Tower. When…
— George R. R. Martin
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He reached for my hand, lifted it to his lips, and kissed my fingertips. "I love you.
— Sylvia Day
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..still to have loved her without return would have lifted you higher than all those, be they who they may, that have ever known her…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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The ship's boards were still sticky with new resin. We leaned over the railing to wave our last farewell, the sun-warm wood pressed against our…
— Madeline Miller
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Rehv swooped down with his long arms and gathered her up against him, tucking her with vital care to his chest. Ducking his head to…
— J R Ward
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Karakarof spat onto the ground at Dumbledore's feet. In one swift movement, Hagrid seized the front of Karkaroff's furs, lifted him into the air, and…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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You marked the minutes," the old man said. "But did you use them wisely? To be still? To cherish? To be grateful? To lift and…
— Mitch Albom
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But I want to be near you always," he reminded her. "But you'll lose everyone else, and..." "I want forever with you." Seth lifted her…
— Melissa Marr
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When we got to the moron who was sitting in the only path to the stairway, Adam caught my waist and lifted me over before…
— Patricia Briggs
Who Wrote These Lifted Quotes
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