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565 Occurred quotes by 476 unique authors

Six books… my mother didn’t want books falling into my hands. It never occurred to her that I fell into the books – that I… — Jeanette Winterson
We often dream about people from whom we receive a letter by the next post. I have ascertained on several occasions that at the moment… — Carl Jung
The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up… — Charles Bukowski
...it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything… — John Green
...there occurred to me the simple epitaph which, when I am no more, I intend to have inscribed on my tombstone. It was this: "He… — P.G. Wodehouse
He built up a situation that was far enough from the truth. It never occurred to him that Helen was to blame. He forgot the… — E. M. Forster
She asked if we were calm enough for her to take off the cuffs, and McMurphy nodded. He had slumped over with his head hung… — Ken Kesey
It suddenly occurred to me that every move on the chessboard is old and has been played by somebody at some time. Maybe our own… — Karel Capek
-- and it occurred to me that people who don't talk about themselves are limiting their own potential. They think they're guarding themselves for some… — Chuck Klosterman
It is as though some old part of yourself wakes up in you, terrified, useless in the life you have, its skills and habits destructive… — Peter Straub
It never occurred to me to say no. — Sylvia Plath
some of my happiest funniest times have been spent in offices. Perhaps because the work was mudane, even the tiniest of distractions become wildly hilarious… — Miranda Hart
I'm disappointed in you, Adrian. I'm very disappointed. Reassembling myself was the first trick I learned. It didn't kill Osterman. Did you really think it… — Alan Moore
I’ve been thinking about that proof I spoke of last time – that you’re where you’re supposed to be. And it occurred to me, can… — Tammara Webber
The education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive, athletic and prolonged; and when they died within a few weeks of one… — Stella Gibbons
Even if you find him. Even if he didn't leave you on purpose, he can't possibly live up to the person you've built him into."… — Gayle Forman
...and it occurred to me, with the forcefulness of a thought experienced in 360 degrees, that that's really what history mostly is: masses of people… — Bill Bryson
And this is the truth. Because I may be only eighteen, but it already seems pretty obvious that the world is divided into two groups:… — Gayle Forman
He'd been waiting for a love fraught with passion and drama; it hadn't even occurred to him that true love might be something that was… — Julia Quinn
I thought how strange it had never occurred to me before that I was only purely happy until I was nine years old. — Sylvia Plath
We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athens—like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. It’s never entirely clear what this is… — David Graeber
Paradox is an overrated threat. There is...a quality similar to inertia at work. Once an event has occurred, there is an extremely strong tendency for… — Jim Butcher
It occurred to me that I was unhappy. And it didn’t feel so very terrible. No urgency, nothing. I could slip out of my life… — Helen Oyeyemi
It occurred to her suddenly, sharply, that she wanted to be in love... She wanted not to feel so damned alone in the world. — Kristin Hannah
It occurred to Dr. Lecter in the moment that with all his knowledge and intrusion, he could never entirely predict her, or own her at… — Thomas Harris

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