Merely Quotes

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Madness is not what it seems. Time stops. All my life I've been obsessed with time, its motion and velocity, the way it works you… — Marya Hornbacher
In mysticism that love of truth which we saw as the beginning of all philosophy leaves the merely intellectual sphere, and takes on the assured… — Evelyn Underhill
Even if there was such a thing as a half-price sale at the local Ming outlet shop, she would have to work ten lifetimes to… — Alexandra Ivy
When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and beautiful are… — Katrina Kenison
The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll… — Vera Nazarian
Poirot said placidly, â€œOne does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up… — Agatha Christie
Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, itâ€™s often the case that one is hated precisely because one… — Adrian Tan
The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding… — William Faulkner
Money to me had always been merely something the sheep used to show each other how wonderful they were. — Jeff Lindsay
Guidance, like all God's acts of blessing under the covenant of grace, is a sovereign act. Not merely does God will to guide us in… — J I Packer
Our scientific advances will be merely obscene unless they help the large part of our world's population emerge from miserable uncertainty and debilitating terror. — Michael Moorcock
Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. — Orson Scott Card
Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. â€œI have chosen you,â€ Jesus said, â€œyou have not chosen… — Os Guinness
One of the many reasons that Padma will always be a secondary power on the Council is his belief that all power must be taken,… — Laurell K. Hamilton
The years... when I pursued the inner images were the most important time of my life. Everything else is to be derived from this. It… — Carl Jung
Most of the supposed expressions of our feelings merely relieve us of them by drawing them out of us in an indistinct form that does… — Marcel Proust
May I ask you what these questions tend?' 'Merely to the illustration of your character,' said she, endeavouring to shake off her gravity. 'I am… — Jane Austen
To achieve accurate knowledge of others, if such a thing were possible, we could only ever arrive at it through the slow and unsure recognition… — Marcel Proust
Even when I took first prize, topped the class, won the race, I never really won anything. I was merely avoiding the embarrassment of losing. — Portia de Rossi
But if you ever bring her back damaged again--and I don't care whose fault it is; I don't care if she merely trips, or if… — Stephenie Meyer

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