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565 Occurred quotes by 476 unique authors

Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles… — Frank Herbert
It occurred to me then that I was the opposite of my father. Because I was very, very good at destroying things. — Maggie Stiefvater
It was only after two years' work that it occurred to me that I was a writer. I had no particular expectation that the novel… — Don DeLillo
It occurred to me then that a lot of life was either about wanting and not having, or having and not wanting. — Deb Caletti
I remember one morning getting up at dawn. There was such a sense of possibility. You know, that feeling. And I... I remember thinking to… — Michael Cunningham
There were times . . . when it occurred to me that I was repeating my mother's life. Usually this thought struck me as funny.… — Stephen King
That as people age, accumulate more and more private experiences, their sense of history tightens, narrows, becomes more personal? So that to the extent that… — David Foster Wallace
Colon has always thought that heroes had some special kind of clockwork that made them go out and die famously for god, country and apple… — Terry Pratchett
THAT crazed girl improvising her music. Her poetry, dancing upon the shore, Her soul in division from itself Climbing, falling She knew not where, Hiding… — William Butler Yeats
Since we live in a society that promotes faddism and temporary superficial adaptation of different values, we are easily convinced that changes have occurred in… — Bell Hooks
I've spent most of my life trying to think my way to happiness, and my failure to achieve that goal only proves, in my mind,… — Eric Weiner
It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed. — Kazuo Ishiguro
How did you explain a thing it had not occurred to you to question? A thing you just knew, clear through to your soul? — Cameron Dokey
In which year did a Harvard sculler last outrow an Oxford man at Henley?" Langdon had no idea, but he could imagine only one reason… — Dan Brown
Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But… — Suzanne Collins
Imagine" he said, "never even thinking, 'We are alone,' simply because it has never occurred to you to think that there's any other way to… — Douglas Adams
Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing. — Patricia Highsmith
I didn't have time to lose it. I didn't have time to lie down in the corner shop and scream and beat the floor until… — Jenny Valentine
I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and the words which… — Salman Rushdie
Has it ever occurred to you,' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been de-termined by the fact that the English language… — George Orwell
And in that sliver of time, I felt the power around me coalesce, malice-hard and sharp as crystal. That this analogy occurred to me should… — N.K. Jemisin
Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one. A moment. In childhood. When it first occurred to… — Tom Stoppard
I was suddenly struck by how dissimilar we were. It occurred to me that if Grace and I were objects, she would be an elaborate… — Maggie Stiefvater
I can't believe you've been here all day and didn't come visit. ", Tatiana said. "Aw, I figured you had more important things to do… — Richelle Mead
That Hegelian dialectics should provide a wonderful instrument for always being right, because they permit the interpretations of all defeats as the beginning of victory,… — Hannah Arendt

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