Merely Quotes

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She was afraid to suggest to him that to most people, nothing "happens." That most people merely live from day to day until they die.… — Gwendolyn Brooks
I've always been led to believe that the ultimate goal for an author is the movie deal. Now I understand that the movie deal is… — Kristin Cashore
...They are merely scars, not mortal wounds and you must use them to propel you forward. — Peter David
Out of the darkness came Mr Carsington's deep voice, cool and calm. " Pray don't trouble yourselves, gentlemen. It is merely a villain come to… — Loretta Chase
I haven't any language weak enough to depict the weakness of my spiritual life. If I weakened it enough it would cease to be language… — C.S. Lewis
I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias. — Vikram Seth
Impossible. I merely brought the essentials. Clothes, my favorite boots, face cream, makeup, a few books to read, a couple cans of caviar, lingerie, and… — Gena Showalter
This good fellowship - camaraderie - usually occurring through the similarity of pursuits is unfortunately seldom super-added to love between the sexes, because men and… — Thomas Hardy
Could it be that God was an extra-terrestrial? What do we mean when we say that heaven is in the clouds? From Jesus Christ to… — Erich von DÃ¤niken
He does not ask much of us, merely a thought of Him from time to time, a little act of adoration, sometimes to ask for… — Brother Lawrence
Hope is merely another face of desire. — Christopher Moore
...she merely wished to find a way out of the maze. She knew that she had become a burden to him: she took things too… — Milan Kundera
The agnostic, the skeptic, is neurotic, but this does not imply a false philosophy; it implies the discovery of facts to which he does not… — Alan Watts
What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles; it was a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow-creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life. — Albert Einstein
I am here merely as a messenger. Tashi sends her love and returns your horse. — Julia Golding
Her own body was such a familiar and unremarkable thing to her that she was puzzled by the convulsive ecstasy men could take from it,… — Joseph Heller
...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead… — Jose Saramago
Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy. — Terry Goodkind
You've a right to believe that we're governed by Nature and the hidden Force within her. You can think that the gods, including my Melitele,… — Andrzej Sapkowski

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