Proper Quotes

1575 Proper quotes by 1191 unique authors

I'm not a proper anything. Majoring in philosophy kind of turns positive assertions into maybes. — Kevin Hearne
That's because only a real artist knows the actual anatomy of the terrible or the physiology of fear - the exact sort of lines and… — H P Lovecraft
What else can I tell you? It seems to me that everything has its proper emphasis; and finally I want to add just one more… — Rainer Maria Rilke
The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters. — Lewis Carroll
Nix still held Benny's hand, and her grip tightened to an almost crushing force, grinding his hand bones together. It hurt, but Benny would rather… — Jonathan Maberry
The present moment, though, is outside of time, itâ€™s Eternity. In India they use the word â€œkarmaâ€ for lack of any better term. But itâ€™s… — Paulo Coelho
Justice implies knowledge of the right and proper place for a thing or a being to be; of right as against wrong; of the mean… — Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease… — Wendell Berry
Tabitha blinked innocently. "Why is your consort speaking to me without my having addressed him first?" she asked Kaia. "Have you not taught him the… — Gena Showalter
There is something about you that makes me feel terribly wicked. You make me want to do shocking things. Maybe it's because you're so proper.… — Lisa Kleypas
...but I could not sleep without proper covering and spent the rest of the night rewriting lost arguments from my past, altering history so that… — Patrick deWitt
A woman, even a married woman, cannot float without proper escort. It is simply not done. — Gail Carriger
You canâ€™t look too far ahead. Do that and youâ€™ll lose sight of what youâ€™re doing and stumble. Iâ€™m not saying you should focus solely… — Haruki Murakami
Friendship takes time and energy if it's going to work. You can luck into something great, but it doesn't last if you don't give it… — Betty White
Make time for prayer and reflection; try to understand your value as a man on earth but see, too, your proper place in the scheme… — Elizabeth Berg
I hadnâ€™t been in proper school in three years. My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an author who did… — John Green
The artist usually sets out -- or used to -- to point a moral and adorn a tale. The tale, however, points the other way,… — D. H. Lawrence
What all the ads and whorescopes seemed to imply was that if only you took proper care of your smells, your hair, your boobs, your… — Erica Jong
Lord Maccon, might we have words on the proper tying of a cravat? For my sanityâ€™s sake? Lord Maccon was nonplussed. Professor Lyall, on the… — Gail Carriger
It's a terrible thing when a person dies, whatever the circumstances. A hole opens up in the world, and we need to pay the proper… — Haruki Murakami

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