Peculiarly Quotes

71 Peculiarly quotes by 59 unique authors

This is peculiarly an age in which each of us may, if he do but search diligently, find the literature suited to his mental powers. — P.G. Wodehouse
Making judgments on films is in many ways so peculiarly vaporous an occupation that the only question is why, beyond the obvious opportunities for a… — Joan Didion
There is something peculiarly dispriting about the emptiness that wells up when, in a strange city, one dials the same telephone numbers in vain. — W G Sebald
There was something peculiarly gratifying about shouting in a blind rage until your words ran out. — Cassandra Clare
But the young educated adults of the 90s -- who were, of course, the children of the same impassioned infidelities and divorces Mr. Updike wrote… — David Foster Wallace
There was something peculiarly gratifying about shouting in a blind rage until your words ran out. Of course, the aftermath was less pleasant. Once you'd… — Cassandra Clare
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in… — Joan Didion
There is no such thing as freedom on earth," he said. "Only different kinds of bondages. And comparative bondages. YOU think you are free now… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
It is true that I had wanted to die , but that is peculiarly different from regretting having been born. Overwhelmingly, I was enormously glad… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Four or five years - nothing at all. But no one over thirty could understand this peculiarly weighted and condensed time, from late teens to… — Ian Mcewan
Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform. — Chinua Achebe
Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It is rooted in a form of religion which was peculiarly its own, and form that specific religious… — Abraham Kuyper
The highest service that men may attain to on earth is to preach the word of God. This service falls peculiarly to priests, and therefore,… — John Wycliffe
There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in… — Ira Glass
The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race. — Goldwin Smith
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in… — Joan Didion
There is something remarkably and peculiarly English about the passion for sitting on damp seats watching open-air drama only the English have mastered the art… — Sheridan Morley
October. This is the one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March,… — Mark Twain
My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any personal feuds or dissensions with… — George Washington
It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest those who can once charge him with partiality, should indulge… — Samuel Johnson

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