Outside Quotes

4687 Outside quotes by 3152 unique authors

Until then I had thought each book spoke of the things, human or divine, that lie outside books. Now I realized that not infrequently books… — Umberto Eco
From there we came outside and saw the stars — Dante Alighieri
Women without children are also the best of mothers,often, with the patience,interest, and saving grace that the constant relationship with children cannot always sustain. I… — Louise Erdrich
…Tell me, has anything odd happened to you recently? What do you mean, odd?' Unusual. Deviating from the customary. Something outside the usual parameters of… — Jasper Fforde
I rolled back onto the lawn and pressed my forehead to the ground again and made the noise that Father calls groaning. I make this… — Mark Haddon
My friend wants to get moving and so do I,' Eddie said. 'We've got miles to go yet.' I know that. It's on your face,… — Stephen King
I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society — because once you marry within a… — Bell Hooks
Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the… — Rabindranath Tagore
It is often said that reading is a gift, but to my mind that is an insufficient description, for the size of the gift of… — Daniel Handler
In truth, there are only two realities: the one for people who are in love or love each other, and the one for people who… — Charles Baxter
What it means to be human is to bring up your children in safety, educate them, keep them healthy, teach them how to care for… — Jeanette Winterson
Everything in this life passes away — only God remains, only He is worth struggling towards. We have a choice: to follow the way of… — Seraphim Rose
My friend, you thought you lost Him; that all your life you've been separated from Him. Filled with wonder, you've always looked outside for Him,… — Rumi
The Prince found Buttercup waiting unhappily outside his chamber doors. It's my letter,' she began. 'I cannot make it right.' Come in, come in,' the… — William Goldman
Keep growing quietly and seriously throughout your whole development; you cannot disturb it more rudely than by looking outward and expecting from outside replies to… — Rainer Maria Rilke
No destiny attacks us from outside. But, within him, man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself vulnerable; and then,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Let that man be a Bosnian, Herzegovinian. Outside they don't call you by another name, except simply a Bosnian. Whether that be a Muslim (Bosniak),… — Josip Broz Tito
Here's something else to think about: calling when you say you're going to is the very first brick in the house you are building of… — Greg Behrendt
I had seen the damp lying on the outside of my little window, as if some goblin had been crying there all night, and using… — Charles Dickens
Most inexperienced cooks believe, mistakenly, that a fine cake is less challenging to produce than a fine souffle or mousse. I know, however, that a… — Julia Glass
You have to learn to follow your heart. You can’t let other people pressure you into being something that you’re not. If you want God’s… — Joel Osteen
We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside. — Joel Osteen
But I also hoped that [she] had chosen California because she thought that was her true home, the place where she really belonged, where it… — Jeannette Walls
In any war story, but especially a true one, it's difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen. What seems to happen becomes… — Tim O'Brien
The fantastic breaks the crust of appearance … something grabs us by the shoulders to throw us outside ourselves. I have always known that the… — Julio Cortazar

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