Merely Quotes

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Sometimes I suspected Ryan was merely visiting the real world, on vacation from his permanent residence in la-la land. — Rachel Vincent
The notion of the perfect whole, the ultimate solution in which all good things coexist, seems to me not merely unobtainable--that is a truism--but conceptually… — Isaiah Berlin
Your quarrel is with God. I merely wish to offer Him the opportunity to judge you. — Seth Grahame-Smith
teenagers are never joking. when seeking to prove a point, principals and teachers should remember that teenagers are never, ever sarcasic or ironic. if they… — David Levithan
Eighteen is a terrible age, and while I walked around with the conviction that I was somehow more grown-up than my classmates, the truth was… — Paul Auster
I thought that love was a river, endless and deep. I thought it merely happened, washing over you like water. It was nothing to search… — Alice Hoffman
Love was not specified in the design of your brain; it is merely an endearing algorithm that freeloads on the leftover processing cycles. — David Eagleman
Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat the air The air which is now thoroughly small and dry… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Each of us is merely one human being, merely an experiment, a way station. But each of us should be on the way toward perfection,… — Hermann Hesse
There's a truth deeper than experience. It's beyond what we see, or even what we feel. It's an order of truth that separates the profound… — Gregory David Roberts
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks. How often have you been presented with an apparently rational… — Douglas Adams
Time does not pass, it merely changes. — Paulo Coelho
[Educated blacks] Society refuses to consider them genuine Negroes. The Negro is a savage, whereas the student is civilized. "You're us," and if anyone thinks… — Frantz Fanon
You are omniscient as ever, Dumbledore." "Oh, no, merely friendly with the local barmen. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
What sparks wars? The will to power, the backbone of human nature. The threat of violence, the fear of violence, or actual violence, is the… — David Mitchell
The concentration camps, by making death itself anonymous (making it impossible to find out whether a prisoner is dead or alive), robbed death of its… — Hannah Arendt
Comparatively, tattooing is not the hideous custom which it is called. It is not barbarous merely because the printing is skin-deep and unalterable. — Henry David Thoreau
Yes, a war is inevitable. Firstly, there's you fellows who can't be trusted. And then there's the multitude who mean to have bathrooms and white… — Ford Madox Ford
There is no old Adam Young, there is no new Adam Young, merely different colors andï»¿ different brushstrokes over the same canvas. — Adam Young
It is not merely enough to love literature if one wishes to spend one's life as a writer. It is a dangerous undertaking on the… — Harlan Ellison

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