Possession Quotes

1254 Possession quotes by 873 unique authors

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 soulâ€™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
The process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign. — Joanne Harris
The books and magazines streamed in. He could buy them all, they piled up around him and even while he read, the number of those… — Thomas Mann
You have been a very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier setting me free! I am… — Kate Chopin
And it's Gryfindor in possession again, as Johnson takes the Quaffleâ€” Flint alongside her â€”poke him in the eye, Angelina â€”it was a joke, professor,… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins. — Neal Stephenson

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