Placing Quotes
184 quotes by 172 authors
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I have been criticized throughout the course of my career for placing too much faith in the reliability of children's narratives; but I have almost…
— Jonathan Kozol
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Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the…
— Byron Katie
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She would walk through the kitchen at any hour, whenever she was hungry, and put her fork in the pots and eat a little of…
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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He landed on his back amid a tangled pile of clothes. "Isabelle," Simon protested weakly, "do you really think this is going to make you…
— Cassandra Clare
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I don't trust society to protect us, I have no intention of placing my fate in the hands of men whose only qualification is that…
— Mario Puzo
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Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its…
— Freya Stark
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If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real…
— Anne Lamott
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Moments like this act as magical interludes, placing our hearts at the edge of our souls: fleetingly, yet intensely, a fragment of eternity has come…
— Muriel Barbery
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Worshiping someone means...placing that person outside of our world. We are not worshiping anyone or anything, we are simply communing with Creation.
— Paulo Coelho
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I was about to look away when he reached across the seat, touched my jaw with his long, strong, beautiful fingers, and caressed my face.…
— Karen Marie Moning
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I have always been full of lust - as I am now - but I have always been placing conceptual obstacles in my own path.
— Susan Sontag
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Liz looks at the tissue box, which is decorated with drawings of snowmen engaged in various holiday activities. One of the snowmen is happily placing…
— Gabrielle Zevin
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Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the…
— Pope John Paul II
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I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.
— Derek Landy
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Dora appeared, placing Alex's coffee in front of him."Your girlfriend is a wonder, honey,"she siad to him, squeezing willows shoulder. Willow's smile turned strained at…
— L.A. Weatherly
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Our afflictions brothers and sisters often will not be extinguished, they will be dwarfed and swallowed up in the joy of Christ. That’s how we…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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First,†he said, coming behind me and placing his hands on the counter, just outside of mine, “choose your tomato.†He dipped his head so…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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Indeed we have great reason to rejoice. If life and its rushed pace and many stresses have made it difficult for you to feel like…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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It felt like everything was rising up in me, like I was drowning in this weirdly painful joy, but I couldn't say it back. I…
— John Green
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I was staring to learn how to forget the things that made me sad. It was like a charm you followed step-by-step, collecting and blending…
— Francesca Lia Block
Who Wrote These Placing Quotes
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