Merely Quotes

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He was not immoral, but merely unmoral. — Jack London
This isn't a particularly novel observation, but the world is full of people who think they can manipulate the lives of others merely by getting… — Groucho Marx
To me, merely and pretty were words that had nothing to do with each other. Pretty went with miraculously, and merely belonged in another paragraph… — Gail Carson Levine
Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way. — Dean Koontz
A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things. — Barbara Taylor Bradford
The truth is that nobody is owed an apology for anything. Apologies are lovely when they happen. But they change nothing. They do not reverse… — Augusten Burroughs
The universe, which is not merely the stars and the moon and the planets, flowers, grass and trees, but other people, has evolved no terms… — James A. Baldwin
Geography is the key, the crucial accident of birth. A piece of protein could be a snail, a sea lion, or a systems analyst, but… — Annie Dillard
The size of a challenge should never be measured by what we have to offer. It will never be enough. Furthermore, provision is God's responsibility,… — Charles R. Swindoll
My mood has changed now. And the sun has gone behind the clouds. I'm in this mood I feel occasionally... this mood where there's a… — Douglas Coupland
Alec looked merely irritated by this comment. "The only way you could raise enough money to hire Magnus by selling lemonade is if you put… — Cassandra Clare
She wasn't afraid of doing good or of resisting evil. She was merely afraid she might not be able to tell the difference. — Gregory Maguire
Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an increase in wisdom,… — Anthony Burgess
Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first… — C. Wright Mills
You sense my loneliness, (...) my bitterness at being shut out of life. My bitterness that I'm evil, that I don't deserve to be loved… — Anne Rice
There is no such thing as luck, merely opportunity meeting preparedness. George S. Patton Jr. — George S. Patton
The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much he may surround himself with people. But the… — Thomas Merton
A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is â€˜merely relative,â€™ is asking you not to believe him. So donâ€™t. — Roger Scruton
Iâ€™m the only authentic Vlad. Everyone else is merely an envious imitation. — Jeaniene Frost

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