Passed Quotes
1736 quotes by 1334 authors
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I have the satisfaction of knowing that it is all right; that everybody else is one way or other served in much the same way--either…
— Herman Melville
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If these are indeed the spirits of Englishmen and Englishwomen who have passed over into the next world, surely they would know how to form…
— Julian Barnes
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And he sang to them, now in the Elven tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed,…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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I wandered over across the hall where they were showing a short movie about vasectomies. Much later I told her that I'd actually gotten a…
— Denis Johnson
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The man that I named the Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every time you place…
— Lois Lowry
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Or you'd just passed by one of those puddles in the street with gasoline rainbows in them. I mean you'd be different in some way—I…
— J D Salinger
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Whatever plane our consciousness may be acting in, both we and the things belonging to that plane are, for the time being, our only realities.…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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I'm an outlaw, not a philosopher, but I know this much: there's meaning in everything, all things are connected, and a good champagne is a…
— Tom Robbins
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But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to…
— Mark Twain
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Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even spiritual experience, moderates…
— Sam Harris
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I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I've found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once believed in causes…
— Billy Joel
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The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Rebellion flamed up in her soul as the dark hours passed by – not because she had no future but because she had no past.
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world we live in. If you don't pay attention to the…
— Sarah Dessen
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Angels are those beings who have been on an earth like this, and have passed through the same ordeals that we are now passing through.…
— Brigham Young
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A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths…
— Lloyd Alexander
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To whatever end. Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountains.…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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She envied Ralph his dying, for if one were thinking of rest that was the most perfect of all. To cease utterly, to give it…
— Henry James
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O how all things are far removed and long have passed away. I do believe the star, whose light my face reflects, is dead and…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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When messengers are sent to minister to the inhabitants of this earth, they are not strangers, but from the ranks of our kindred, friends, and…
— Joseph Fielding Smith
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