Possessed Quotes

530 Possessed quotes by 418 unique authors

What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? — Henry David Thoreau
She would have colored gracefully with embarrassment had she not possessed the complexion of one of those “heathen Italians,” as her mother said, who never… — Gail Carriger
Please, Lord Maccon, use one of the cups. My delicate sensibilities.” The earl actually snorted. “My dear Miss Tarabotti, if you possessed any such things,… — Gail Carriger
An appetite for knowledge is apt to rush one off one's feet, like any other appetite if not curbed. I often stand in the in… — W.N.P. Barbellion
Really, Alexia, what could have possessed you to attach yourself to the side of the ship in such a juvenile fashion? It is positively barnacle-like. — Gail Carriger
There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed. — Carrie Fisher
Here's what I want from a book, what I demand, what I pray for when I take up a novel and begin to read the… — Pat Conroy
Hours later, Adam propped himself up on an elbow and stared down at Gabrielle, pondering what made beauty. He thought he was beginning to understand.… — Karen Marie Moning
Yet even in the loneliness of the canyon I knew there were others like me who had brothers they did not understand but wanted to… — Norman Maclean
She explained to me later that she must have been possessed by a subconscious desire to be raped. Well she found me in the mountains… — Ian Fleming
Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the… — James A. Baldwin
...for though she was ordinary, she possessed health, wit, courage, charm, and cheerfulness. But because she was not beautiful, no one ever seemed to notice… — M.M. Kaye
Beauty is something that is hard to debate. Every man thinks his ideal the best. But the wittiest woman rise to the top of this… — Anne Mallory
I thought there was a good chance the fridge was possessed. It was subtle about it, but I had its number. I knew its ways.… — Karen Chance
God knows what possessed me, but having that science book in my hand propelled me to immediate action. So I hit her with it. — Melina Marchetta
no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed — William Landay
And the bad guys love to pick on the defenseless necromancer. This time, though, I swear I won’t get kidnapped or possessed. ~Jaime Vegas — Kelley Armstrong
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
All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the… — Ian Fleming
The true artist plays mad with his soul, labors at the very lip of the volcano, but remembers and clings to his purpose, which is… — John Gardner
I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for permanence. — Evelyn Waugh
He then proceeded to shout at Alpha and Beta, a sign that he was in a genuine good mood. They took it as calmly as… — Patrick Rothfuss
No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed; Lay that on your heart, My young angry dear; This truth, this hard and precious stone, Lay… — Sara Teasdale
So it is that the life force may take possession of a man-- so that in the end he may be possessed by something greater,… — Wendell Berry
He had everything, but he possessed nothing. There is the spiritual secret. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

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