Best Plunge Lines
197 Plunge quotes by 174 unique authors
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He had said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. It…
— John Steinbeck
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Marius was of the temperament that sinks into grief and remains there; Cosette was of the sort that plunges in and comes out again.
— Victor Hugo
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How do I change? If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double…
— Og Mandino
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He was not going to be dragged into other people´s business. He was going to plunge in headfirst.
— Kate Ross
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Right, from now on, whenever you want to find out about something, plunge straight in.
— Paulo Coelho
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Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy! Oh, Satan! one and unique God of my soul,…
— Marquis de Sade
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No purpose intervenes between I and You, no greed and no anticipation; and longing itself is changed as it plunges from the dream into appearance.…
— Martin Buber
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Belief…is the insistence that the truth is what one would ‘lief’ or (will or) wish to be…Faith is an unreserved opening of the mind to…
— Alan Watts
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The best thing—in Shadow's opinion, perhaps the only good thing—about being in prison was a feeling of relief. The feeling that he'd plunged as low…
— Neil Gaiman
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There is no passion in nature so demoniacally impatient, as that of him who, shuddering upon the edge of a precipice, thus meditates a Plunge.
— Edgar Allan Poe
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Have you ever stood where a stream spills into a river? The two become one. They laugh over the stones together, twist through the sharp…
— Catherine Anderson
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That's how it is sometimes when we plunge into the depths of our lives. No one can accompany us, not even those who would give…
— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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But sometimes, maybe most times, it isn't that clear. It is dark and you are near the edge of a cliff, but you're moving slowly,…
— Harlan Coben
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Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn…
— Jack London
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For Ragamuffins, God's name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy…
— Brennan Manning
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What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and pride…
— Nikola Tesla
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Give me a hot coal glowing bright red, Give me an ember sizzling with heat, These are the jewels made from my beak. We fly…
— Kathryn Lasky
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But once in a while . . . I don't know. I feel so close, Rose. So close to the edge. Like if I allow…
— Richelle Mead
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It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain…
— Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Take care, lest an adventure is now offered you, which, if accepted, will plunge you in deepest woe.
— James M. Barrie
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Without him, [Nate] she was completely alone in the world. There was no one at all for her. No one in the world who cared…
— Cassandra Clare
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We shall go wild with fireworks...And they will plunge into the sky and shatter the darkness. We don't have any fireworks that big
— Natsuki Takaya
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Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall,…
— Margaret Atwood
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Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.
— Alan Moore
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As long as I hold it as long as I use it, the knife lives, lives in order to take life, but it has to…
— Patrick Ness
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