Obviously Quotes
1809 quotes by 1497 authors
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Obviously a garden is not the wilderness but an assembly of shapes, most of them living, that owes some share of its composition, it’s appearance,…
— W S Merwin
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What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what's the weirdest…
— Gail Carriger
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I can do this, I tell myself firmly. I can be attracted to him. It's just a matter of self control and possibly also getting…
— Sophie Kinsella
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Each one of us was harmed by being brought into existence. That harm is not negligible, because the quality of even the best lives is…
— David Benatar
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I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sitting-room, but I don’t know…
— Hugh Laurie
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WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEART OF MEN? The Death of Rats looked up from the feast of the potato. SQUEAK, he said.…
— Terry Pratchett
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What are you doing here, honey? You're not even old enough to know how bad life gets." (...) "Obviously, Doctor," she said, "you've never been…
— Jeffrey Eugenides
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Your body does not eliminate poisons by knowing their names. To try to control fear or depression or boredom by calling them names is to…
— Alan Watts
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And sometimes in life, I imagine, good things do happen. Most of the time, it's the opposite, obviously. But I don't think you should rule…
— Sebastian Faulks
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She took a deep breath, looking up at the ceiling for a long moment. A raindrop moved slowly down her neck; he watched as it…
— Sarah MacLean
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Obviously this is engagement ring city. Couples are wandering along and girls are pointing through the windows and the men are smiling but all look…
— Sophie Kinsella
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Vince couldn't stop talking, spilling thoughts that had obviously churned inside him for years. "We could've stopped the spread of the disease a lot better…
— James Dashner
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What I’m sorry about is not being a tipsy idiot when you found me. I’m sorry about that, obviously, but more sorry that my stupidity…
— Rachel Cohn
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Obviously the whole Wayward thing hasn't been explained to you properly. You don't have any superpowers. You can't leap over tall buildings in a single…
— Kami Garcia
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Sleep,†he says. “I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you.†“With what?†“My bare hands, obviously.
— Veronica Roth
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Why would the factionless have a high Divergent population?" It sounds like she's smirking. "Obviously those who can't confine themselves to a particular way of…
— Veronica Roth
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That's the way it goes. Some things happen and some things don't. This one is obviously just wasn't meant to be. Except deep down... I…
— Sophie Kinsella
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They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines." "Maybe that’s why it’s hard to…
— Bill Watterson
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How did you ever get here, Maddie Brodatt?" "'Second to the right, and then straight on till morning,'" she answered promptly-it did feel like Neverland.…
— Elizabeth Wein
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My dear Elinor, you were obviously born into the wrong story,†said Dustfinger at last.
— Cornelia Funke
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