Mused Quotes
37 quotes by 32 authors
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He went to bed early, but could not fall asleep. He was haunted by sad and gloomy reflections about the inevitable end- death. These thoughts…
— Ivan Turgenev
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It won't happen yet, Ellen mused, mashing cooked carrots for Jill's lunch. Breakups seldom do. It will unfold slowly, one little tell-tale symptom after another…
— Sylvia Plath
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Beneath our feet a fairy pathway flows, The grass still glitters in the summer breeze, The dusky wood, and distant copse appear, And that lone…
— Robert Montgomery
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"You know that it is quite preposterous of you to chase rainbows," said the sane person to the poet. "Yet it would be rather beautiful…
— Thomas William Hodgson Crosland
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What means this glory round our feet, The Magi mused, "more bright than morn!" And voices chanted clear and sweet, "To-day the Prince of Peace…
— James Russell Lowell
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I mused for a few moments on the question of which was worse, to lead a life so boring that you are easily enchanted, or…
— Bill Bryson
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People like you should be stopped, Mr. Woodrow,' she mused aloud, with a puzzled shake of her wise head. 'You think you're solving the world's…
— John le Carre
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Different people were good at different things, Lena mused. Lena was good at writing thank-you notes, for instance, and Effie was good at being happy.
— Ann Brashares
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He fell in love with Manhattan's skyline, like a first-time brothel guest falling for a seasoned professional. He mused over her reflections in the black…
— Arthur Phillips
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Who is this? And what is here? And in the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer; And they crossed themselves for fear,…
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Don't." Clary raised a warning hand. "I'm not really in the mood right now." "That's got to be the first time a girl's ever said…
— Cassandra Clare
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You know what would help this boy?" Demeter mused. "Farming." Persephone rolled her eyes. "Mother-" "Six months behind a plow. Excellent character building.
— Rick Riordan
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The car picked up speed, and the sound seemed to lull me.I could relax, I thought as I felt the tingling of circulation in my…
— Kim Harrison
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Chiron, I don't think the attic is the proper place for our new Oracle, do you?" "No, indeed." Chiron looked a lot better now that…
— Rick Riordan
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A weapon based on Time . . ." mused Viktor Mulciber. "Well, why not? The one force no one knows how to defeat, resist, or…
— Thomas Pynchon
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Quintus…†Geryon mused. “Short gray hair, muscular, swordsman?†“Yeah.†“Never heard of him,
— Rick Riordan
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Why haven't I got a husband and children?" mused Greta Garbo to the Dutchess of Windsor, "I never met a man I could marry.
— Greta Garbo
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After a few days, I mused, I would have no trouble. Whoever heard of a revolution of fat men?
— Louis L'Amour
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The man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing," mused the Inspector, "Ha! I have a theory. These flashes come…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,†she mused. “Nobody likes you. People jump and run away and scream out: ‘Oh,…
— Frances Hodgson Burnett
Who Wrote These Mused Quotes
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