Profoundly Quotes

435 Profoundly quotes by 373 unique authors

The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version of the truth. — Dean Koontz
It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names. — Yann Martel
We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better;… — Harold Bloom
She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I… — Khaled Hosseini
Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though they may profoundly influence the work… — Dodie Smith
Charleston has a landscape that encourages intimacy and partisanship. I have heard it said that an inoculation to the sights and smells of the Carolina… — Pat Conroy
When someone tells you theyâ€™ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume… — Douglas Coupland
Rather than dwelling on the past, we should make the most of today, of the here and now, doing all we can to provide pleasant… — Thomas S. Monson
This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except his dog. I… — Napoleon Bonaparte
You were my last chance' she's said but don't all women say that? - But can it be by 'last chance' she doesn't mean mere… — Jack Kerouac
I believe profoundly in the importance of museums; I would go as far as to say that you can judge a society by the quality… — Richard Fortey
Coincidence was a concept he did not entirely trust. As someone who had spent his life exploring the hidden interconnectivity of disparate emblems and ideologies,… — Dan Brown
[Kafka] transformed the profoundly antipoetic material of a highly bureaucratized society into the great poetry of the novel; he transformed a very ordinary story of… — Milan Kundera
It seems to me that Canadian sensibility has been profoundly disturbed, not so much by our famous problem of identity, important as that is, as… — Northrop Frye
They slept profoundly, desperately, greedily, as though for the last time, as though they had been condemned to stay awake forever and had to drink… — Hermann Hesse
If your mind is truly, profoundly stuck, then it might be much better off than when it was loaded with ideas — Robert M. Pirsig
Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is,… — Carl Sagan
To laugh is to live profoundly. — Milan Kundera
[Her] work taught me that you could be all the traditional feminine things -- a mother, a lover, a listener, a nurturer -- and you… — Anne Lamott
Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties....and the striving for something better, plus… — Frank Herbert

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