Lightly Quotes

401 quotes by 335 authors

- Might it console you to know that I expect nothing but torture from her return? That I regard you as a bird of paradise?… — Vladimir Nabokov
My skin's too white." she said. Says who, Snow White?" he said, touching her cheek lightly with one hand. — Regina Doman
Good manners are an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handled with gloves. Now, human respectâ€”you don't call a man… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I can't explain the alchemy that transmuted one evening into the equivalent of years held lightly in common. The only way I can put it… — Tana French
My resolve to die was not the whim of an hour. It was the ripe, sound fruit that had slowly grown to full size, lightly… — Hermann Hesse
It's the greatest of Southern honors . . . to have one's name incorporated into a family tree. It's an honor not lightly given. — Sheri Holman
We are in the dark places of the earth," said Madman. "Where all the ancient and most dangerous secrets are kept. There are Old Things… — Simon R. Green
Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard… — Anthony Bourdain
Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is not an easy… — Brandon Sanderson
You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast. — Jim Butcher
If middle-class Americans do not feel threatened by the slow encroachment of the police state or the Patriot Act, it is because they live comfortably… — Joe Bageant
Clary screamed out loud as he fell like a stone- And landed lightly on his feet just in front of her. Clary stared with her… — Cassandra Clare
This won't look so good in my obituary," Schaffer said dolefully. There was a perceptible edge of strain under the lightly-spoken words."Gave his life for… — Alistair Maclean
I left the clinic in a daze that had nothing to do with my head injury. Clear up in a week or so? How could… — Richelle Mead
Now you know," I said lightly, and shrugged. "No one's ever loved anyone as much as I love you. — Stephenie Meyer
Nothing is more dreadful than a cold, unimpassioned indulgence. And love infallibly becomes cold and unimpassioned when it is too lightly made. — Aldous Huxley
I stroke her lightly, memorizing her body. I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk… — Sara Gruen
I could not take lightly the idea that people made love without me. — Jean Genet
Not at all. I'm saying there's a fire in you that drives everything you do, that makes you need to better the world and those… — Richelle Mead
Eric turned to me, kissed me on the lips very lightly, and looked at my face for a long moment. â€œHeâ€™ll spare you,â€ Eric said,… — Charlaine Harris

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