Object Quotes

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The loved object is simply one that has shared an experience at the same moment of time, narcissistically; and the desire to be near the… — Lawrence Durrell
Ah,â€ said Magnus. â€œNerd love. It is a beautiful thing, while also being an object of mockery and hilarity for those of us who are… — Cassandra Clare
You aren't going to go crazy," I said firmly. "You're stronger than you think. The next time you feel that way, find something to focus… — Richelle Mead
My object then," replied Darcy, "was to show you, by every civility in my power, that I was not so mean as to resent the… — Jane Austen
Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Belief is one of the most powerful organic forces in the multiverse. It may not be able to move mountains, exactly. But it can create… — Terry Pratchett
Something must always remain that eludes us ... For power to have an object on which it can be exercised, a space in which to… — Italo Calvino
But the man who is not afraid to admit everything that he sees to be wrong with himself, and yet recognizes that he may be… — Thomas Merton
A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the right reader comes… — Jorge Luis Borges
How promising you are as a Student of the Game is a function of what you can pay attention to without running away. Nets and… — David Foster Wallace
I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get… — Frederick Douglass
Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like 'his mighty steed was as fleet as the wind on a fairly calm day, say about Force… — Terry Pratchett
Expel the object!" Freak shouts. "Regurgitate, you big moron!" and he gives me another thump and I cough up this yucky mess, but I'm still… — Rodman Philbrick
Am I jealous? he thought, astonished. Jealous of the chance object to which she has attached herself? Jealous of something that does not concern me?… — Erich Maria Remarque
Iâ€™ve always wanted to be liked. It grieved me that I was treated with indifference. Left an orphan by Fortune, I wantedâ€”like all orphansâ€”to be… — Fernando Pessoa
And that taught me you can't have anything, you can't have anything at all. Because desire just cheats you. It's like a sunbeam skipping here… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
It's a very small object to be capable of doing many wonderful things, don't you think?" "It does much more that that," Valkyrie said, opening… — Derek Landy
Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world. — Tom Holt
I shall possess this woman; I shall steal her from the husband who profanes her: I will even dare ravish her from the God whom… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Instinct of love toward an object demands a mastery to obtain it, and if a person feels they can't control the object or feel threatened… — Sigmund Freud

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