Pondered Quotes

51 Pondered quotes by 46 unique authors

What distressed me most - more even than my own folly - was the perplexing question - How can beauty and ugliness dwell so near?… — George MacDonald
If we hope to stem the mass destruction that inevitably attends our economic system (and to alter the sense of entitlement - the sense of… — Derrick Jensen
maturity meant thinking about risk long before you pondered the reward, and that success and happiness in life were as much about avoiding mistakes as… — Nicholas Sparks
As Confucius once said, 'He who does nothing is the one who does nothing.'" Gabby pondered the words, the furrowed her brow. "did Confucius really… — Nicholas Sparks
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, O’er a plan to venge myself upon that cursed Thursday Next- This Eyre affair,… — Jasper Fforde
Police work wouldn't be possible without coffee," Wallander said. "No work would be possible without coffee." They pondered the importance of coffee in silence. — Henning Mankell
What's this?" "That's a mango." Simon stared at Jace. Sometimes it really is like Shadowhunters were from an alien planet. "I don't think I've seen… — Cassandra Clare
He had known several men who blew their heads off, and he had pondered it much. It seemed to him it was probably because they… — Larry McMurtry
Without thinking, [Will] spoke. 'Halt? Are you awake?' 'No.' The ill humor in the one-word reply was unmistakable. 'Oh. Sorry.' 'Shut up.' He pondered whether… — John Flanagan
But 'why then publish?' There are no rewards Of fame or profit when the world grows weary. I ask in turn why do you play… — Lord Byron
Mother,” Hyacinth said with a great show of solicitude, “you know I love you dearly—” “Why is it,” Violet pondered, “that I have come to… — Julia Quinn
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore--While I nodded, nearly napping,… — Edgar Allan Poe
My city. I pondered that phrase, wondered why Barrons felt that way. He never said “our world.” He always said “your world.” But he called… — Karen Marie Moning
Spider venom comes in many forms. It can often take a long while to discover the full effects of the bite. Naturalists have pondered this… — Neil Gaiman
Since this was a formal undead gathering, there would be food—all kinds—drinks, dancing, and festivities, while those in power pondered whether or not to slaughter… — Jeaniene Frost
For a while we pondered whether to take a vacation or get a divorce. We decided that a trip to Bermuda is over in two… — Woody Allen
For years, I never really pondered how I came to be a writer from where I came from. — Nick Tosches
FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats… — Ambrose Bierce
BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it… — Ambrose Bierce
I have been asked, Many Times, In many different ways, All of my life, Are you real? I have indeed pondered this very thing, With… — Eric Nickel
If you don't understand why there's so many atheists in the world, you've never read and pondered the Bible, the Torah or the Koran. — Steve Fowler
There are many different questions. Answered, unanswered, pondered, and even questions you don't think about twice. But the one question you always come back to… — Music
I pondered what I should do and wasn't sure. Then it just finally became clear. — Mary Pierce
Birkin pondered.... He did notbelieve that there was anything such thing as accident. It all hung together in the deepest sense. — David Herbert Lawrence
I have cap and bells,' he pondered, 'I will send them to her and die'; And when the morning whitened He left them where she… — William Butler Yeats

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