Merely Quotes

3319 Merely quotes by 1909 unique authors

The fears that assault us are mostly simple anxieties about social skills, about intimacy, about likeableness, or about performance. We need not give emotional food… — Richard Rohr
The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense… — Tahir Shah
Is action merely the incidental product of thought, or is thought the consequential product of action? — Haruki Murakami
...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available… — Seth Godin
Cry your grief to God. Howl to the heavens. Tear your shirt. Your hair. Your flesh. Gouge out your eyes. Carve out your heart. And… — Jennifer Donnelly
I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I stand by my opinions when I know I'm right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you're stubborn. — Lisa Kleypas
At this moment, many people have stopped living. They do not become angry, nor cry out; they merely wait for time to pass. They did… — Paulo Coelho
Switters was actually quite fond of Seattle's weather, and not merely because of it's ambivalence. He liked it's subtle, muted qualities and the landscape that… — Tom Robbins
We’re seeking — imperfectly at every turn, no doubt — an incarnational theology, a theology that brings radical good news of great joy for all… — Brian D. McLaren
Life takes us on different paths... It's not up to us to evaluate or judge them, merely respect and embrace them. (Lara Lington - to… — Sophie Kinsella
A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into? — Simone de Beauvoir
Scorpions are quite ruthless, you know. That is why Artemis bid one of them to kill her foe Orion. And as a reward she set… — Lisa Kleypas
The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that is cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even… — Tanith Lee
The truth of the matter is rather as Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me." ... He does not say "He… — Martin Luther
The dead are merely the countrymen of my future. — Dean Koontz
For there is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving. — Albert Camus
At moments like this I envy those who have found a safe haven in which to bestow their hearts; or perhaps I envy them for… — Margaret Atwood
They say that dogs may dream, and when Topsy was old, his feet would move in his sleep. With his eyes closed he would often… — Alice Hoffman
Father’s silence is not merely the absence of sound. It’s a creature with a life of its own. It chokes you. It pinches you small… — Franny Billingsley
It does take great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect, probably transitory, which… — Milan Kundera
How vulgar, this hankering after immortality, how vain, how false. Composers are merely scribblers of cave paintings. One writes music because winter is eternal and… — David Mitchell
The Saab seethed off into the night. Arthur watched it go, as stunned as a man might be who, having believed himself to be totally… — Douglas Adams
Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole. — Aristophanes
But we all must be true to our own nature. Acting as anyone other than yourself merely brings you pain and makes you appear ashamed… — Gena Showalter

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