Prefer Quotes

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My weakness has always been to prefer the large intention of an unskilful artist to the trivial intention of an accomplished one: in other words,… — Thomas Hardy
Do I make you nervous, Madame Lambert?” “No. I just prefer to keep my distance.” “Evil isn’t contagious.” “I thought you said you weren’t the… — Anne Stuart
Poets have tried to describe Ankh-Morpork. They have failed. Perhaps it's the sheer zestful vitality of the place, or maybe it's just that a city… — Terry Pratchett
For moral reasons ... the world appears to me to be put together in such a painful way that I prefer to believe that it… — Stanislaw Lem
So, when people try to give you some book with a shiny round award on the cover, be kind and gracious, but tell them you… — Brandon Sanderson
Downworld?" Tessa echoed, puzzled. "Is that a place in London?" "Never mind that," said Will. "I'm boasting of my investigative skills, and I would prefer… — Cassandra Clare
That's what you get for telling the truth. Someone calls you a liar. Most people will accept a likely lie to an unlikely truth. In… — Laurell K. Hamilton
You’re not the only one who calls them that; the other Downworlders do the same,” said Will. “I discovered that fact while investigating the symbol.… — Cassandra Clare
Most people can’t stomach silence; it provides too much opportunity to think about things they prefer to avoid. — Ann Aguirre
We fear that evaluating our needs and then carefully choosing partners will reveal that there is no one for us to love. Most of us… — Bell Hooks
I prefer to have some beliefs that don't make logical sense. — Louise Erdrich
We all talk about how much we hate lies. Yet we prefer, so often, to be lied to....because it allows us to dodge all those… — Douglas Kennedy
Will you, or will you not, quit me? I now demanded in a sudden passion, advancing close to him. "I would prefer not to quit… — Herman Melville
When in Boston, I shall be able to take you out to dinner, if not to bed. I should greatly prefer the latter, but I… — L.A. Meyer
Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures. They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I… — Jane Austen
I prefer to be left alone with my books. — Alison Weir
New York is perhaps the only place in America where you feel at the centre and not at the margins, in the provinces, so for… — Italo Calvino
I like to believe that you don't need to reach a certain goal to be happy. I prefer to think that happiness is always there,… — David Archuleta
I prefer empty cages, Sabina, until I find a unique bird I once saw in my dreams. — Anais Nin
Cute. I think I would prefer to be stabbed in the eye rather than be called cute. — Ilona Andrews
Janey accuses me of chasing jailbait. She bursts into angry tears, asking if it's because she's getting older. It's true. She's aging more noticeably every… — Alan Moore
There will always be those who feel more comfortable not venturing from the warmth of the hearth, but there are those who prefer to look… — Jimmy Buffett
Some people prefer eating dessert to the main course. These people have never been really hungry. — Vera Nazarian
Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't--and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we… — Rebecca Solnit
We prefer to go deformed and distorted all our lives rather than not resemble the portrait of ourselves which we ourselves have first drawn. It’s… — Andre Gide

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