Mattered Quotes

299 quotes by 238 authors

Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football fans, both addicts;… — Hunter S. Thompson
I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera. — Gene Tierney
When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, 'How can I… — Stevie Wonder
What is hardest to accept about the passage of time is that the people who once mattered the most to us wind up in parentheses. — John Irving
Each time he took a walk, he felt as though he were leaving himself behind, and by giving himself up to the movement of the… — Paul Auster
We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place. — Philip Pullman
Death never mattered at those times - in the early days I even used to pray for it: the shattering annihilation that would prevent for… — Graham Greene
What mattered to her was that she loved God, whether or not He granted her the consolation and joy of His felt presence. — Brian Kolodiejchuk
I didn't have a chance to buy you anything," she said, then held both closed hands toward him. Uncurled her fingers. In each cupped palm… — Annie Proulx
Do ye not understand?"he said, in near desparation. "I would lay the world at your feet, Claire-and I have nothing to give ye!" He honestly… — Diana Gabaldon
I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered most in life.… — Augusten Burroughs
At twenty life was like wrestling an octopus. Every moment mattered. At thirty it was a walk in the country. Most of the time your… — Mark Haddon
Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nastiness, and fabulous flashes of glory in the conjugal conspiracy. It was time… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
He meant the Kingdom was over, the Kingdom of Heaven, it was all finished. We shouldn't live as if it mattered more than this life… — Philip Pullman
Blanche, prosaic in a pale yellow sweater and blue jeans, was wondering again if anything matteredâ€”-life, faith--specifically, finishing homework assignments. — Regina Doman
I wondered which was harder, in the end. The act of telling, or who you told it to. Or maybe if, when you finally got… — Sarah Dessen
Every time the phone rang, my heart jumped. Was it Alexander? And when it wasn't him my heart would break into a million pieces. It… — Ellen Schreiber
It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and… — John Bingham
Youâ€™ll get over itâ€¦â€ Itâ€™s the clichÃ©s that cause the trouble. To lose someone you love is to alter your life for ever. You donâ€™t… — Jeanette Winterson
Did she ever feel nostalgia for any of her girlhood dreams? But life was made up of a succession of dreams, some few to be… — Mary Balogh

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