Possession Quotes

1254 Possession quotes by 873 unique authors

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would… — Daniel Webster
Every reader has found charms by which to secure possession of a page that, by magic, becomes as if never read before, fresh and immaculate. — Alberto Manguel
This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected--in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness;… — Thomas Mann
When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you're not here, I can't go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias!… — Unknown Author
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very… — Shannon Hale
He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession… — Agatha Christie
A truce to philosophy!—Life is before me, and I rush into possession. Hope, glory, love, and blameless ambition are my guides, and my soul knows… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference… — Patrick Henry
The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching… — Alan Paton
Physical beauty is passing - a transitory possession - but beauty of the mind, richness of the spirit, tenderness of the heart - I have… — Tennessee Williams
She will remain sane and she will live as she was meant to live, richly and deeply, among others of her kind, in full possession… — Michael Cunningham
Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. — Chuck Palahniuk
When one great passion seizes possession of the soul all other feelings are crowded out. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
He exulted in the possession of himself once more; he realized how much of the delight of the world he had lost when he was… — W. Somerset Maugham
To take possession of a city of which you are not a native you must first fall in love there. — John Banville
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the esteem of others, we must… — Gustave Flaubert
Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them--with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed… — Eudora Welty
But what the working-class can do, when once they grow into a solidified organization, is to show the possessing class, through a sudden cessation of… — Voltairine de Cleyre
Love fills everything. It cannot be desired because it is an end in itself. It cannot betray because it has nothing to do with possession.… — Paulo Coelho
Reality prior to my language exists as an unthinkable thought. . . . life precedes love, bodily matter precedes the body, and one day in… — Clarice Lispector
Never a possession, always the possessor, with skin as pale as smoke, and eyes tawny and sharp as yellow wine: Desire is everything you've ever… — Neil Gaiman
Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who… — Bette Greene
Of the two powers, the two categories that take possession of us when we enter the world, space is by far the less mysterious. .… — Stanislaw Lem
A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his… — Ayn Rand

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