Possess Quotes

1275 Possess quotes by 914 unique authors

Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one of the finest qualities a person can possess. — Haruki Murakami
For God's sake, let's take the word 'possess' and put a brick round its neck and drown it ... We can't possess one another. We… — Dorothy L. Sayers
I felt an unrelenting restlessness. It was the first time I had ever experienced jealousy, and that emotion clung to my skin day and night… — Isabel Allende
At moments like this I envy those who have found a safe haven in which to bestow their hearts; or perhaps I envy them for… — Margaret Atwood
I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine… — Henry James
The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all ... The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations,… — Helen Keller
I tried to hold on to this compassion, sensing its preciousness, but even as I reached to grasp it, it dissipated into wisps. No revelation… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Ultimately, we are all products of the experiences we have and the decisions we make as children, and it remains a peculiar detail of human… — Simon Pegg
You don't pay back your parents. You can't. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in turn. It's… — Lois McMaster Bujold
It was all the things you could never understand and could never possess that made you ache. — Deb Caletti
Yet I'm sure there's something more to be read in a man. People dare not -- they dare not turn the page. The laws of… — Andre Gide
For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the… — Rainer Maria Rilke
[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all… — Aristophanes
Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be… — Tom Robbins
Teachers who offer you the ultimate answers do not possess the ultimate answers, for if they did, they would know that the ultimate answers cannot… — Tom Robbins
To touch and feel each thing in the world, to know it by sight and by name, and then to know it with your eyes… — Nicole Krauss
The happy life does not mean loving what we possess, but possessing what we love." Possession of the beloved, St. Thomas holds, takes place in… — Josef Pieper
When oranges came in, a curious proceeding was gone through. Miss Jenkyns did not like to cut the fruit, for, as she observed, the juice… — Elizabeth Gaskell
One day, lad, your eyes will light upon a woman, and you will never forget that glint in her eye, that toss of her head,… — Helen Hollick
I’ve watched you barely escape death several times, and each instance killed me a little inside. They may be dormant now, but we have enemies… — Jeaniene Frost
Beautiful women rarely possess sufficient depth of character to survive without their pretty feathers. — Karen Marie Moning
At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To possess another language, Charlemagne tells us, is to possess another soul. German is such a language. Once you have it in your head, you… — John le Carre
If writers possess a common temperament, it's that they tend to be shy egomaniacs; publicity is the spotlight they suffer for the recognition they crave. — Gail Caldwell
there's only one thing i know for certain anymore." he turned, his eyes a clear black. "that i would do anything for you, even if… — Becca Fitzpatrick

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