Possibly Quotes
1640 quotes by 1310 authors
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I took a wrong turn on the way to the bathroom and found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I had never seen before, containing…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have…
— Daniel Handler
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Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer, ex-hippie, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), manic self-publicist, terrible bad at personal relationships, often thought to be completely out to lunch.
— Douglas Adams
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You don’t think – not possibly – not as a mere hundredth chance – there might be things that are real though we can’t see…
— C.S. Lewis
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I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make…
— Martin Luther
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People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's…
— Thomas Hardy
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If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you cannot possibly imagine…
— Daniel Handler
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To have lost is less disturbing than to wonder if we may possibly have won; and Eustacia could now, like other people at such a…
— Thomas Hardy
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Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was…
— Neil Gaiman
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How could you possibly know that no religion can see the whole truth unless you yourself have the superior, comprehensive knowledge of spiritual reality you…
— Timothy Keller
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What we, or at any rate what I, refer to confidently as memory--meaning a moment, a scene, a fact that has been subjected to a…
— William Maxwell
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One of the world's most popular entertainments is a deck of cards, which contains thirteen each of four suits, highlighted by kings, queens and jacks,…
— Daniel Handler
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The earth is not a lair, neither is it a prison. The earth is a Paradise, the only one we'll ever know. We will realize…
— Henry Miller
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What is there possibly left for us to be afraid of, after we have dealt face to face with death and not embraced it? Once…
— Audre Lorde
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I always advise children who ask me for tips on being a writer to read as much as they possibly can. Jane Austen gave a…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Oh yeah brother I was right they started in with that mormon vudo right off the bat as soon as we walked in everybody was…
— Glenn Beck
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Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is of gas molecules…
— Frank Herbert
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Harry looked around; there was Ginny running toward him; she had a hard blazing look in her face as she threw her arms around him.…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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If it wasn’t for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns at…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I was heading to Nebraska. Now there's a sentence you don't want to say too often if you can possibly help it.
— Bill Bryson
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