Possess Quotes

1275 Possess quotes by 914 unique authors

I would lay down everything I possess, even my soul, for you. If that isn't love, it's the best I have. — Becca Fitzpatrick
Then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far. — John Milton
Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high… — Anne Rice
We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on… — Desmond Tutu
They took away what should have been my eyes (but I remembered Milton's Paradise). They took away what should have been my ears, (Beethoven came… — Helen Keller
A hush of expectancy descended in the chamber as all waited to hear the request. What treasure could he want? Laren inventoried in her mind… — Kristen Britain
It is only when we have renounced our preoccupation with "I," "me," "mine," that we can truly possess the world in which we live. Everything,… — Aldous Huxley
Why was I chosen?' 'Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do… — J.R.R. Tolkien
We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are. More than our parents/children/teachers think we are. We fear that we actually possess… — Steven Pressfield
Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even… — Rene Descartes
It may be that the only reason childhood memories act on us so strongly is that, being the most remote we possess, they are the… — Gene Wolfe
The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people. — Niccolo Machiavelli
She's got the kind of ethereal, unselfconscious beauty some young girls possess that breaks your heart. Or theirs. — Ilsa J. Bick
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully… — Marcus Aurelius
Those that much covet are with gain so fond, For what they have not, that which they possess They scatter and unloose it from their… — William Shakespeare
First the husband tried to make the wife his possession, and once she is a possession he loses interest. There is some hidden logic in… — Rajneesh
That is what the forest taught me. That you will never be mine, and that is why I will never lose you...." ......... "I will… — Paulo Coelho
Thought Of equality- as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself- as if it were not indispensable to my… — Walt Whitman
Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to becoming you. We… — Bill Bryson
to read is to surrender oneself to an endless displacement of curiosity and desire from one sentence to another, from one action to another, from… — David Lodge
Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor. — Stan Lee
Nothing in the world is so soft and pleasing to the touch, as the skin of a woman's thigh. No flower, feather or fabric, can… — Gregory David Roberts
Books don't prattle. Books don't make demands. Yet they give you everything they possess. It's a very satisfying partnership. — Carol Berg
I'm an animal with you," he murmured. "I want to mark you. I want to possess you so completely there's no separation between us. — Sylvia Day
A dominant impulse on encountering beauty is to wish to hold on to it, to possess it and give it weight in one’s life. There… — Alain de Botton

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