Lightly Quotes

401 quotes by 335 authors

Among the myrtles the mantids moved, lightly, carefully, swaying slightly, the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with chinless faces and monstrous globular… — Gerald Durrell
War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly. — Aminatta Forna
Let no Christian therefore, whether philosopher or theologian, embrace eagerly and lightly whatever novelty happens to be thought up from day to day, but rather… — Pope Pius XII
Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . . — Oscar Wilde
If you have to have it, it's ego. If you have to not have it, it's ego. Hold life lightly and it will deliver what… — Alan Cohen
Goose bumps happen when your soul is close to you, breathing lightly on the back of your neck, and wakes you up. — Rachel Naomi Remen
Like a kite Cut from the string, Lightly the soul of my youth Has taken flight. — Takuboku Ishikawa
Wearing all that weight Of learning lightly like a flower. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It is not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life for this child. — Jamie Lee Curtis
As the days go on toward July, the earth becomes dry and all the flowers begin to thirst for moisture. Then from the hillside, some… — Celia Thaxter
Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the… — Ludwig Quidde
This girl said "Yes" when I wasn't ready. I kissed her lightly and got so dizzy I had to sit down. — Antonio Banderas
I've gained so much confidence as a woman from figuring out that I don't want to be destructive. I don't want to stomp through the… — Alicia Silverstone
Wisdom is not about what you know, but how you know it. If knowledge is a measure of the grasp an individual has of a… — Andrew Hargadon
A hole had just appeared in the Galaxy. It was exactly a nothingth of a second long, a nothingth of an inch wide, and quite… — Douglas Adams
You could carry your burdens lightly orÂ withÂ great effort. You could worry about tomorrow or not. You could imagine horrible fates or garland-filled tomorrows.… — Scott Jurek
If the material consumption of a fraction of humanity is already harming the planet, is there an alternative path that enables all of humanity to… — Duane Elgin
A real Christmas baby was not to be lightly named. — Kate Douglas Wiggin
What a pure blessing it was to have a bath in a tub alone in a room where all you had to do was pump… — Nancy E. Turner
Closest to the truth are those who deal lightly with it because they know it is inexhaustible. — Golo Mann

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