Peculiar Quotes

555 Peculiar quotes by 448 unique authors

But there are people who take salt with their coffee. They say it gives a tang, a savour, which is peculiar and fascinating. In the… — W. Somerset Maugham
Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is… — Tom Robbins
Man is a machine, but a very peculiar machine. He is a machine which, in right circumstances, and with right treatment, can know that he… — P D Ouspensky
The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the… — Terry Pratchett
Doubt, or the absence of faith and naivete, is a vice peculiar to this age, for no one is obedient nowadays; and naivete, which means… — Charles Baudelaire
Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and… — Neil Gaiman
This was an idea peculiar to Camille, Maximilien thought, that the worse things get, the better they get. No one else seems to think this… — Hilary Mantel
It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening. — Sue Monk Kidd
We may insist as often as we like that man's intellect is powerless in comparison to his instinctual life, and we may be right in… — Sigmund Freud
Humans were peculiar. They were by turns squeamish and appallingly violent. — Eileen Wilks
I once jokingly told someone that every book is like a relationship. They're four or five years long - that's not so bad. They're serious.… — A.M. Homes
Capacity for love in its higher forms seems to be peculiarly human although even in humans it is still peculiar. — Jeanette Winterson
We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar. — James E. Faust
I feel a little peculiar around the children. For one thing, they grown. And I see they think me and Nettie and Shug and Albert… — Alice Walker
I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for… — George Orwell
But nobody ever forgot anything, not really, though sometimes they pretended, when it suited them. Memories were permanent. Sorrowful ones remained sad even with the… — Rohinton Mistry
After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust… — Albert Camus
He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Grief is a most peculiar thing; weâ€™re so helpless in the face of it. Itâ€™s like a window that will simply open of its own… — Arthur Golden
The psychic entropy peculiar to the human condition involves seeing more to do than one can actually accomplish and feeling able to accomplish more than… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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