Precious Quotes
2044 Precious quotes by 1382 unique authors
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The girl she said, I didn’t tell you this because it was a small thing, but little girls, they leave their hearts at home when…
— Edwidge Danticat
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What is a woman's power then?" she asked. "I don't think we know." "When has a woman power because she's a woman? With her children,…
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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Well, hi, CeeCee," I said. "Hi, Adam. Nice of you two to drop by. Ever heard of knocking?" "Oh, please," CeeCee said. "Why? Because we…
— Meg Cabot
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Above all else, be true to your heart. When you marry, whether it be a marquis or an estate manager (or both!), it will be…
— Julia Quinn
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I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought…
— George MacDonald
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The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such…
— Howard Zinn
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Life is too short. It's too precious. We have to live in this world, but we don't have to wallow in it. We don't have…
— Dan Wells
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I know too well how dangerous hope can be, how it grows and sometimes dies, taking its host with it. It's more powerful than anything…
— Ally Carter
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The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh.
— Robert Ludlum
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I would rediscover the secret of great communications and great combustions. I would say storm. I would say river. I would say tornado. I would…
— Aime Cesaire
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She poured out Swann's tea, inquired "Lemon or cream?" and, on his answering "Cream, please," said to him with a laugh: "A cloud!" And as…
— Marcel Proust
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Loving someone and having them love you back is the most precious thing in the world. It's what made it possible for me to go…
— Nicholas Sparks
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He held her as though she was a gift. Given to him in love. Something still and small. Unbearably precious.
— Arundhati Roy
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No stars gleam as brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky. No water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert…
— Charles Spurgeon
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There is such a love, a love that creates value in what is loved. There is a love that turns rag dolls into priceless treasures.…
— John Ortberg
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There are only two precious things on earth: the first is love; the second, a long way behind it, is intelligence.
— Ed Greenwood
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Love - true love - is a precious thing. It is painful, uncomfortable, makes fools of us all, but it is what breathes meaning and…
— Kate Mosse
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When you were young, you thought time was a burden, something to be discharged as fast as possible so you could be grown-up. But it…
— J R Ward
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Life was short, no matter how many days you were granted. And people were precious, each and every one, no matter how many you were…
— J R Ward
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My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.
— Tahir Shah
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When a woman submits to a man, it's the most precious gift she can give. Herself. Unreservedly. The man has to respect and honor that…
— Maya Banks
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All forms of love are necessary, and none are to be ignored, but all of us find some forms of love to be more emotionally…
— Timothy Keller
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They would think she was savoring the taste (blueberries, cinnamon, cream-excellent), but she was actually savoring the whole morning, trying to catch it, pin it…
— Liane Moriarty
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For as is often the happenstance with that which is precious and lost, when you find him again, he may well not be quite as…
— Cassandra Clare
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You forgot the ‘my precious,’” Anna said dryly. “If you want to act like a freaking nutcase, you have to do it right.
— Patricia Briggs
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