Permitted Quotes

367 quotes by 294 authors

It was as if the sensory overload that is American life had somehow led to sensory deprivation, a gilded weariness, where everything is permitted and… — J. Maarten Troost
Maybe a man in a million could unite the Hallows, Harry. I was fit only to possess the meanest of them, the least extraordinary. I… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I speak now, Harry Potter, directly to you. You have permitted your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. I shall wait… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted… — George Orwell
Civilizations grow by agreements and accomodations and accretions, not by repudiations. The rebels and the revolutionaries are only eddies, they keep the stream from getting… — Wallace Stegner
You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute. — Ambrose Bierce
I thought again how odd it was to be on formal terms with someone you had once permitted to lick your ears. — Josh Lanyon
Sometimes when she was alone, and she knew she was alone, she permitted her mind to play in a garden, and she smiled. — John Steinbeck
But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain, for it is not permitted that we stay. — Dante Alighieri
You swore you loved me, and laughed and warned me that you would not love me forever. I did not hear you. You were speaking… — Thornton Wilder
She loved with so much passion as she loved with ignorance. She did not know whether it were good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary… — Victor Hugo
When she looked at herself in her wedding photographs, Ammu felt the woman that looked back at her was someone else. A foolish jewelled bride.… — Arundhati Roy
State propaganda, when supported by the educated classes and when no deviation is permitted from it, can have a big effect. It was a lesson… — Noam Chomsky
Men never hesitated to declare their presence. They were permitted to live aloud, in reverberating thuds and clunks, while ladies were always schooled to abide… — Tessa Dare
You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life. — Jane Hirshfield
But then why is it so terrible for me to be with the girl I love? Everyone one is permitted to have what they want,… — Tabitha Suzuma
When I read a novel that I really like, I feel as if I am in direct, personal communication with the author. I feel as… — Neal Stephenson
I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself. — Agatha Christie
Yes." His gaze grew distant. "If I'd have the chance, if my position permitted, I would have pleaded with her not to accept the mission… — Kristen Britain
Perhaps there are those who are able to go about their lives unfettered by such concerns. But for those like us, our fate is to… — Kazuo Ishiguro

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