Lingering Quotes

97 Lingering quotes by 88 unique authors

To be well informed, one must read quickly a great number of merely instructive books. To be cultivated, one must read slowly and with a… — Aldous Huxley
I have killed, robbed and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine and I would eventually die a… — Sitting Bull
It is difficult to conceive any situation more painful than to watch the lingering agony of an exhausted country, to tend it during the alternate… — Unknown Author
If a musician wants to blossom into a full-fledged person, it's not enough if he knows only classical music; nor it is enough if he's… — A. R. Rahman
The recollection of how, when and where it all happened became vague as the lingering strains hung in the rafters of the studio. I wanted… — Hoagy Carmichael
After a day on Mykines, I changed my mind about life not going on. A sort of life was going on, beating with a reasonalbe… — Lawrence Millman
Exercise cannot secure us from that dissolution to which we are decreed; but while the soul and body continue united, it can make the association… — Samuel Johnson
As we descend deeper and deeper in this region its inhabitants become more and more modified, and fewer and fewer, indicating our approach towards an… — Edward Forbes
Children's bodies aren't like automobiles with the assailant's fingerprints lingering on the wheel. The world of sexual abuse is quintessentiall y secret. It is the… — Beatrix Campbell
But winter lingering chills the lap of May. — Oliver Goldsmith
I dont think there is anything on earth more wonderful than those wistful incomplete friendships one makes now and then in an hour's talk. You… — John Dos Passos
Children drown, beautiful women are mangled in automobile accidents, cruise ships founder, and men die lingering deaths in mines and submarines, but you will find… — John Cheever
A lot of suffering is just getting rid of dross in yourself, and lingering and hanging in the darkness is often - I say this… — John O'Donohue
Forgiving behavior is dealing with situations as they arise in an assertive manner and then letting go of any lingering resentment. As the leader, if… — James Hunter
Parting is a training streamer,Lingering like leaves in autumn... — Philip Larkin
Old noted oak! I saw thee in a mood Of vague indifference; and yet with me Thy memory, like thy fate, hath lingering stood For… — John Clare
My new city [Seattle] and its hinterland felt deceptively homely. Their similar latitude gave them the angular light and lingering evenings I was used to.… — Jonathan Raban
Music moves me - duh - and that is like having a window opening on a heightened reality, but the effect is fleeting: When the… — Yann Martel
So much of the deep lingering sadness over President Kennedy's assassination is about the unfinished promise: unspoken speeches, unfulfilled hopes, the wondering about what might… — Marian Wright Edelman
I love to be busy. I'm envious of people who are able to take their spare time and relax. All I like to do is… — Unknown Author
Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in… — Marianne Williamson
Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and… — Jhumpa Lahiri
In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die: Ever drifting down the stream- Lingering in the golden… — Lewis Carroll
Lingering is so very lonely when one lingers all alone. — Mervyn Peake
Occasionally some individuals let the seeming ordinariness of life dampen their spirits. Though actually coping and growning, others lack the quiet, inner-soul satisfaction that can… — Neal A. Maxwell

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