Proper Quotes

1575 Proper quotes by 1191 unique authors

If I ever saw him again,he was going to get a proper introduction to Tasey. — Kiersten White
YOU MUST LEARN THE COMPASSION PROPER TO YOUR TRADE" "And what's that?" "A SHARP EDGE. — Terry Pratchett
He so did not sit down and have a proper talk with her. I know it. He probably sent her a brief text, saying, Over.… — Sophie Kinsella
The proper good of a creature is to surrender itself to its Creator—to enact intellectually, volitionally, and emotionally, that relationship which is given in the… — C.S. Lewis
That’s where proper stories begin, don’t they, when the handsome stranger arrives and everything goes wrong? — Franny Billingsley
I was staring to learn how to forget the things that made me sad. It was like a charm you followed step-by-step, collecting and blending… — Francesca Lia Block
it seems Montgomery could not help himself when it came to this vase. I'm afraid he has a weakness for beautiful things and has been… — Nalini Singh
You look different now. Like a proper little girl," said Gendry. "I look like an oak tree, with all these stupid acorns," said Arya. "Nice,… — George R. R. Martin
There was a hysteria in there, certainly, but there was also the exhaustion of someone who had managed, somehow, to believe several dozen impossible things… — Neil Gaiman
So proper for a circus girl," Mme. Padva says with with a gleam in her eye. "We shall have to loosen those corset laces if… — Erin Morgenstern
Proper lighting is everything, Julianna. — Wendelin Van Draanen
The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action. — Bruce Lee
Because there is no cosmic point to the life that each of us perceives on this distant bit of dust at galaxy's edge, all the… — Gore Vidal
Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have a monopoly on the Staring Business, after all. So I… — John Green
...when all the openings were closed, then the worlds would all be restored to their proper relations with one another, Lyra’s Oxford and Will’s would… — Philip Pullman
It would have been better to come back at the same hour,” said the fox. “If, for example, you came at four o’clock in the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
With the proper training, I could've been an evil genius. — George Carlin
‎"I feel certain that Conservatism is through unless Conservatives can demonstrate and communicate the difference between being concerned with [the unemployed, the sick without medical… — Barry Goldwater
I knew that it wouldn’t last. It was just a moment, a perfect moment, as time stood still and fleetingly everything fell back into its… — Sarah Dessen
No proper princess would come out looking for dragons," Woraug objected. "Well I'm not a proper princess then!" Cimorene snapped. "I make cherries jubillee and… — Patricia C. Wrede
I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to… — Carol S. Dweck
He saw the cause of his unhappiness in the family--the family as a social institution, which does not permit the child to become an independent… — August Strindberg
If someone is capable of loving his partner without restrictions, unconditionally, then he is manifesting the love of God. If the love of God becomes… — Paulo Coelho
I am overwhelmed with things I ought to have written about and never found the proper words. — Virginia Woolf
The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour. — Arnold Bennett

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