Merely Quotes

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every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion.… — Oscar Wilde
The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that… — Terry Pratchett
Whatever is unnamed, undepicted in images, whatever is omitted from biography, censored in collections of letters, whatever is misnamed as something else, made difficult-to-come-by, whatever… — Adrienne Rich
In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The majority of people don't want to plan. They want to be free of the responsibility of planning. What they ask for is merely some… — B.F. Skinner
How did you keep this by you?" Grey demanded abruptly. "You were searched to the skin when you were brought back." The wide mouth curved… — Diana Gabaldon
I'll tell you what's wrong!" he roared, "I'm trying to quit smoking!" Then he strode angrily to the truck, leaving her standing there. She blinked… — Linda Howard
Don't accuse me of being morbid when I'm merely the product of a culture that buries the bones of the ones they love in pretty,… — Karen Marie Moning
Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact. — Terry Pratchett
Miracles are merely events that happen just when they are needed. — David Gemmell
The rat was merely trying to sleep. Believe me, pup, if I had wanted to kill you we wouldnâ€™t be having this conversation,â€ said Ripred. — Suzanne Collins
If we are merely matter intricately assembled, is this really demeaning? If there's nothing here but atoms, does that make us less or does that… — Carl Sagan
Individuals are not stable things, they are fleeting. Chromosomes too are shuffled into oblivion, like hands of cards soon after they are dealt. But the… — Richard Dawkins
We do not read in order to turn great works of fiction into simplistic replicas of our own realities, we read for the pure, sensual,… — Azar Nafisi
No scratch the word "career". Careers are people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck. This is merely a job.… — Emily Giffin
In fact, Lig never formally resigned his editorshipâ€”he merely left his office late one morning, and has never returned since. Though well over a century… — Douglas Adams
Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are… — Iain Pears
He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a… — Susanna Clarke
Not only do you become what you think about, but the world also becomes what you think about. Those who think that the world is… — Wayne Dyer
One is always willfully absurd.... If one does not say silly things with a purpose, then he is merely an idiot. — Galen Beckett

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