Marking Quotes

66 quotes by 63 authors

In time, in time they tell me, I'll not feel so bad. I don't want time to heal me. There's a reason I'm like this.… — China Mieville
And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spacesâ€”spaces you know can't ever be filled. — Bette Greene
She belonged to a different age, but being so entire, so complete, would always stand up on the horizon, stone-white, eminent, like a lighthouse marking… — Virginia Woolf
They spent the first three years of school getting you to pretend stuff and then the rest of it marking you down if you did… — Margaret Atwood
The knowledge of death seemed present in both sisters-it was something about the way they carried themselves, something that had broken too son and had… — Jhumpa Lahiri
When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is… — Milan Kundera
Jem was safe from her, and he would ride away with a song on his lips and a laugh at her expense, forgetful of her,… — Daphne du Maurier
He chose the boy he thought most likely to be a danger to him," said Dumbledore. And notice this, Harry. He chose, not the pureblood… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I've managed to bring the backlog down to a mere sixty-eight years," she announced with some small sense of achievement. "I hope to be able… — Jasper Fforde
There was no lifeboat here in these deep, killing waters, not even a lighthouse, marking the way back to shore with its soft amber promise.… — Karen Marie Moning
Yes," I say. "Three of these flying birds." I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - toward my heart. One for each… — Veronica Roth
A hand landed on his shoulder like an anvil. â€œHowâ€™d you like to stay for dinner?â€ Butch looked up. The guy was wearing a baseball… — J R Ward
One person looks around and sees a universe created by a god who watches over its long unfurling, marking the fall of sparrows and listening… — Mark Haddon
It feels like he's marking me. Like he's preparing me for something monumental. That could both change and ruin my life. — Katy Evans
But I understand now what Tori said about her tattoo representing a fear she overcame-a reminder of where she was, as well as a reminder… — Veronica Roth
Sometimes I still forget to look for the gentler parts of her. For so long all I saw was the strength, standing out like the… — Veronica Roth
Before dreaming about the future or marking plans, you need to articulate what you already have going for you - as entrepreneurs do. — Reid Hoffman
Instead of a dedicated room, my best trigger is the actual habit of reading over the texts from the day before. Marking. Changing. Fussing. This… — Mona Simpson
When the script was written, it was sent to me with asterisks marking where he felt a song would be appropriate. Before the film was… — Alan Price
Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will grade him for wisdom as measured both by survival and… — Jonas Salk

Who Wrote These Marking Quotes

63 authors contributed a total of 66 Marking Quotes, led by these top contributors: