Occur Quotes

744 Occur quotes by 609 unique authors

Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in. — A. J. Jacobs
By telling stories, you objectify your own experience. You separate it from yourself. You pin down certain truths. You make up others. You start sometimes… — Tim O'Brien
How did men believe in something that preached love on one hand, yet taught destruction of unbelievers on the other? How did one rationalize belief… — Brandon Sanderson
It didn't occur to me that my books would be widely read at all, and that enabled me to write anything I wanted to. And… — Louise Erdrich
Some make light of decisions, arguing that all possible decisions will occur. In such a world, how could one be responsible for his actions? Others… — Alan Lightman
Now do you see why war irritates me? It's always the same. A lot of people get killed, but in the end, the whole thing… — David Eddings
The mountains are great stone bells; they clang together like nuns. Who shushed the stars? There are a thousand million galaxies easily seen in the… — Annie Dillard
These things, regrettably, are bound to occur when one is married and befriended. — Gail Carriger
[T]he normal and the everyday are often amazingly unstoppable, and what is unimaginable is the cessation of them. The world is resilient, and, no matter… — Lorrie Moore
I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few people doing something. — Michael Moore
Miracles do occur, and it's never too late to turn your life around and reach for something better. — Alyson Noel
Ah, Lady Maccon, how lovely. I did wonder when you would track us down.” “I was unavoidably delayed by husbands and Ivys,” explained Alexia. “These… — Gail Carriger
There was but one question he left unasked, and it vibrated between his lines: if gross miscalculations of a person's value could occur on a… — Michael Lewis
Does it ever occur to you, Mama, that my grandfather is a lunatic? — Georgette Heyer
Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a… — Joseph Heller
There are moments which are made up of too much stuff for them to be lived at the time they occur. — John le Carre
But down through the centuries, man has developed a mind that separates him from the world of reality, the world of natural laws. This mind… — Benjamin Hoff
I see you've decided to take my advice after all, Richard." Lady Wendall's amused voice said from somewhere above and behind him. "Marrying your ward… — Patricia C. Wrede
I suppose it doesn't occur to you that I can think the system just as unjust as you do. — Malorie Blackman
There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason. — Paulo Coelho
You are entering a phase of your life in which many different things will occur...bad things that seem good at first and good things that… — Haruki Murakami
Don’t you see? You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it happens. I really… — Haruki Murakami
Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there. — Garth Stein
We infrequently contemplate the harms that await any new-born child—pain, disappointment, anxiety, grief, and death. For any given child we cannot predict what form these… — David Benatar
This is something I'd heard him say before: getting angry at another driver for a driving incident is pointless. You need to watch the drivers… — Garth Stein

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