Pattern Quotes
823 quotes by 666 authors
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Because one does not want to be disturbed, to be made uncertain, he establishes a pattern of conduct, of thought, a pattern of relationship to…
— Bruce Lee
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In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but sacrificed everything to bring us…
— Timothy Keller
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I don't know if I've come of age, but I'm certainly older now. I feel shrunken, as if there's a tiny ancient Oliver Tate inside…
— Joe Dunthorne
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The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with…
— Virginia Woolf
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...by the time we understand the pattern we are in, the definition we are making for ourselves, it's too late to break out of the…
— Robert Penn Warren
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Peter used to say that an artist’s job is to make order out of chaos. You collect details, look for a pattern, and organize. You…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.
— Lloyd Alexander
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Juliet!' I whip around but not quickly enough. She's swallowed by the crowd, the gap that allowed her to break for the door closing just…
— Lauren Oliver
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One should never mistake pattern for meaning.
— Iain Banks
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Each time you meet an old emotional pattern with presence, your awakening to truth can deepen. There’s less identification with the self in the story…
— Tara Brach
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Jordan followed, buttoning his jeans and muttering about how there was nothing strange about having a pattern of dancing penguins on your underwear.
— Cassandra Clare
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Shame usually follows a pattern—a cycle of self-recrimination and lies that claims life after life. First, we experience an intensely painful event. Second, we believe…
— Craig Groeschel
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Duty is heavier than a mountain, Dai Shan.' That time, Lan did flinch. How long had it been since someone had been able to do…
— Robert Jordan
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We draw our strength from the great oaks of the forest. As they take their nourishment from the soil, and from the rains that feed…
— Juliet Marillier
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I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect. My gift, or fatal flaw, is for nostalgia. I have sometimes been accused…
— Tana French
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And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman's self-confidence and self-esteem drop to a much greater degree. The…
— Sheryl Sandberg
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What I secretly longed for was to disentangle myself of all those lives which had woven themselves into the pattern of my own life and…
— Henry Miller
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Does anyone know why Will left?" Charlotte demanded, standing at the head of a long table around which the rest of them were seated. Cecily,…
— Cassandra Clare
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We are all part of some great cycle, some pattern that it was only God's purpose to understand.
— Jojo Moyes
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Vampires, fey folk, werewolves, Shadowhunters, and demons - these things made sense to Magnus. But the mundane world - it seemed to have no pattern,…
— Cassandra Clare
Who Wrote These Pattern Quotes
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