Literally Quotes

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Figuratively, they escaped from Cout Olaf and their miserable existence. They did not literally escape, because they were still in his house and vulnerable to… — Daniel Handler
Let's get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good story… — Stephen King
In fact her maturity and blood kinship converted her passion to fever, so it was more affliction than affection. It literally knocked her down at… — Toni Morrison
The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us… — Theodore Roosevelt
Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, itâ€™s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level.… — Shakti Gawain
I woke up, a bag of bones. Literally. They had gathered up my bones and put them in a bag and thrown the bag into… — Derek Landy
I tell you, we would be hard put to determine what is more evil -- religion or the pure idea. The intervention of the supernatural… — Anne Rice
Only the man who has had to face despair is really convinced that he needs mercy. Those who do not want mercy never seek it.… — Thomas Merton
Perhaps in the back of our minds we already understand, without all the science I've discussed, that something terribly wrong is happening. Our sustenance now… — Jonathan Safran Foer
For weeks past he had been making ready for this moment, and it had never crossed his mind that anything would be needed except courage.… — George Orwell
Were the walls of our meat industry to become transparent, literally or even figuratively, we would not long continue to raise, kill, and eat animals… — Michael Pollan
Heart lesson #3: post-heartbreak survival. The heart is resilient, I mean literally. When a body is burned, the heart is the last organ to oxidize.… — Ibi Kaslik
Those of us who write and study history are accustomed to its approximations and ambiguities. This is why we do not take literally the tenth-hand… — Christopher Hitchens
Donâ€™t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible,… — George Orwell
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. — James Allen
How strange to have the power to literally transform yourself into other people, and yet be so unable to put yourself in their place. — Cassandra Clare
Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit. — William James
We owe a huge debt to Galileo for emancipating us all from the stupid belief in an Earth-centered or man-centered (let alone God-centered) system. He… — Christopher Hitchens
Desjardins was literally fuming. His tattered robes still smoked from battle. (Carter says I shouldnâ€™t mention that his pink boxer shorts were showing, but they… — Rick Riordan
Yes, but if we hurt the Abadonna in the process, weâ€™re going to find out what it feels like to be turned inside out. Literally.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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