One S Quotes

384 One S quotes by 316 unique authors

a man who has decided upon self-destruction is far removed from mundane affairs, and to sit down and write his will would be, at that… — Vladimir Nabokov
The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set of dogmas to… — Stephen Batchelor
On a whim, he stopped and bought a watch from a sidewalk vendor. Normally, Billy could not abide keeping time, especially when it was attached… — Jim Carroll
Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded… — Andrew Vachss
Every season is likeable, and wet days and fine, red wine and white, company and solitude. Even sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of… — Virginia Woolf
Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?” “Of course I believe in the truth,” said Rhoda, staring. “Yes, you… — Agatha Christie
Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because one… — Adrian Tan
I love the sticky leaves in spring, the blue sky — that’s all it is. It’s not a matter of intellect or logic, it’s loving… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
If you’re looking for the full deal, the till-death deal, then look at me. No one’s ever going to love you, stick by you, understand… — Nora Roberts
Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self. — Franz Kafka
Tumultuouness,if coupled to discipline and cool mind,is not such a bad sort of thing.That unless one wants to live a stunningly boring life,one ought to… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Why, oh why must one grow up, why must one inherit this heavy, numbing responsibility of living an undiscovered life? Out of the nothingness and… — D. H. Lawrence
Well, you split your soul, you see, and hide part of it in an object outside the body. Then, even if one’s body is attacked… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge. — Harper Lee
Life is hard, and children have to be told how hard life can be…So they will be sympathetic to others. So they will understand that… — Matthew Quick
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
Accidents did not just happen. From time to time they were carefully plotted, calculated, and arranged to one’s advantage-all, of course, under the cloak of… — Jodi Picoult
If you’re fifteen or so, today, I suspect that you inhabit a sort of endless digital Now, a state of atemporality enabled by our increasingly… — William Gibson
The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one’s eyes without seeing anything. — Haruki Murakami
We are all prone to brood on the evil done us. That brooding becomes as a gnawing and destructive canker. Is there a virtue more… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people. — Leon Trotsky
WORTH IT and perfect are different things. No one’s perfect, yet in romance, everyone becomes WORTH IT. And that’s the trick. — Maureen Johnson
Being good is something that one must choose over and over again, every day, throughout the day, for the rest of one’s life. — Cate Tiernan
One must be just a little crazy to write a great novel. One must be capable of allowing the darkest, most ancient and shrewd parts… — John Gardner
America sometimes resembles, at least from the point of view of a black man, an exceedingly monotonous minstrel show; the same dances, same music, same… — James A. Baldwin

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316 authors contributed a total of 384 One S Quotes, led by these top contributors: