Pressing Quotes

276 Pressing quotes by 237 unique authors

Remember also that it is not knowledge but the yearning for knowledge that makes for a complete, accomplished man. Such a man does not stand… — Elie Wiesel
Indeed, religion allows people to imagine that their concerns are moral when they are highly immoral - that is, when pressing these concerns inflicts unnecessary… — Sam Harris
Everyday he got up. Before sleep wore off, he was who he used to be. Then, as his consciousness woke, it was as if poison… — Alice Sebold
And then I opened my eyes and it was just Grace and me - nothing anywhere but Grace and me - she pressing her lips… — Maggie Stiefvater
Seated by her side in the narrow cabin, pressing cold compresses to her forehead and holding her while she vomited, he felt profoundly happy.... — Isabel Allende
Alexander tilted his head and kissed her deeply on the lips. He let go of her hands, and she wrapped her arms around his neck,… — Paullina Simons
Anyone who knows he is loved is in turn prompted to love. It is the Lord himself, who loved us first, who asks us to… — Pope Benedict XVI
And then she frowned, and shook her head, then put her arms around him once more, pressing her face into his shoulder, making a noise… — David Nicholls
Even at the age of eight she would fall asleep by pressing one hand into the other and making believe she was holding the hand… — Milan Kundera
I tried to concentrate on the angel's voice instead. "Bella, please! Bella, listen to me, please, please, please, Bella, please!" he begged. Yes, I wanted… — Stephenie Meyer
Hello?” I peered into the shadows. Two green circles flashed in the dark. I yelped, jumping backward and pressing myself against the wall. “And may… — Mira Grant
Lee saw the fireball and head through the roar in his ears Hester saying, "That's the last of 'em Lee." He said, or thought, "Those… — Philip Pullman
I'm sorry." "Be sorry you lied," he said, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Don't be sorry you loved him. That's part of you, part… — Richelle Mead
All night I streched my arms across him, rivers of blood, the dark woods, singing with all my skin and bone ''Please keep him safe.… — Richard Siken
He kissed me for a long moment, holding my shoulders, perhaps to keep me from pressing my whole body against his. Then he tried to… — Laura Whitcomb
You don't want me to feel obligated? Well, I'm sorry, Lily. I am here because I feel obligated." He brought her hand to his chest,… — Tessa Dare
You're alive," I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that's so wide it must look like a grimace. Peeta's alive. — Suzanne Collins
Sanity, as the project of keeping ourselves recognizably human, therefore has to limit the range of human experience. To keep faith with recognition we have… — Adam Phillips
The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back into its printed… — Cornelia Funke
My captivity with Dimitri. The way his mouth—so, so warm, despite his cold skin—had kissed mine. The feel of his fangs pressing into my neck… — Richelle Mead
Our favourite item was the balcony that overlooked the sea because it had an awning that you lowered by pressing an electric switch. The switch… — Douglas Adams
It will be as if I'd never existed. The words ran through my head, lacking the perfect clarity of my hallucination last night. They were… — Stephenie Meyer
I had never ironed anything in my life. The proper pressing of a shirt was a mystery of the universe akin to black holes and… — Lisa Kleypas
Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others...I… — Brennan Manning
Hey,” he said softly. He moved closer to the bars, pressing his face between them. “I always said you were jailbait, but this is ridiculous. — Rachel Caine

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