Possessed Quotes

530 Possessed quotes by 418 unique authors

To create souls in men, to create fine happiness and fine despair she must remain deeply proud - proud to be inviolate, proud also to… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Why, oh why, had Jace picked a fight with a pack of wolves? What had possessed him? Then again, it was Jace. He'd pick a… — Cassandra Clare
She has always been a bystander in family destruction, never realizing she herself possessed the capacity to inflict it. — Curtis Sittenfeld
Irony, perfect definition: that for which I want to possess it, I would no longer want once I possessed it. — Karen Marie Moning
I tried to keep myself away from him by using con words like "fidelity" and "adultery", by telling myself that he would interfere with my… — Erica Jong
One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning. — Mark Twain
He had no conscious knowledge of death, but like every animal of the Wild, he possessed the instinct of death. To him it stood as… — Jack London
Nick‘s eyes widened as a total state of befuddled huh possessed him. Was he in the Twilight Zone? — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The rapt pupil will be forgiven for assuming the Tsar of Death to be wicked and the Tsar of Life to be virtuous. Let the… — Catherynne M. Valente
He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together,… — Steig Larsson
The poet, however, uses these two crude, primitive, archaic forms of thought (simile and metaphor) in the most uninhibited way, because his job is not… — Northrop Frye
I felt as if we were fighting something worse than Anne, some demon that possessed her, that possessed all of us Boleyns: ambition - the… — Philippa Gregory
If for nine years I have possessed a goodly apple that is rotten at the core and discover its rottenness only in nine years and… — Ford Madox Ford
Ivy Hisselpenny was the unfortunate victim of circumstances that dictated she be only-just-pretty, only-just-wealthy, and possessed of a terrible propensity for wearing extremely silly hats. — Gail Carriger
This is the first adventure I’ve survived without being kidnapped, attacked, knocked unconscious or possessed by evil spirits. A ripped blouse? Ruined skirt? Bad hair?… — Kelley Armstrong
Trevor possessed many of the qualities of a vampire without actually being one. He constantly preyed on me, was deeply charismatic, and tried to suck… — Ellen Schreiber
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
Oliver laughed - actually laughed."I like this new Claire," he said. "You should work her this hard all the time, Myrnin. She's interesting when she's… — Rachel Caine
I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me." "Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep. — Georgette Heyer
This is a book about Heaven. I know it now. It floats among us like a cloud and is the realest thing we know and… — Wendell Berry
She had not really a sensitive soul, but to put it in exact terms, was possessed by an uncontrollable feeling of mind — Alessandro Baricco
I refuse to believe that Hendrix had the last possessed hand, that Joplin had the last drunken throat, that Morrison had the last enlightened mind. — Patti Smith
I think you’re possessed.” “Old news.” “Huh. Anyone I know?” “My dad. It’s a family issue I’m working on. — Devon Monk
Where you just possessed?" Cookie asked after a long moment, awe softening her voice. "'Cause let me tell you, sweetheart, if that was possession, I'm… — Darynda Jones
It was a pleasure to deal with a man of high ideals, who scorned everything mean and base, and who possessed those robust and hardy… — Theodore Roosevelt

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