Pulls Quotes
308 quotes by 267 authors
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Nature pulls one way and human nature another.
— E. M. Forster
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Memory is the sense of loss, and loss pulls us after it.
— Marilynne Robinson
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For the first time, I notice the lax skin at Mrs. Nightwing's jaw, the fine down that lies upon her cheek like the imprint of…
— Libba Bray
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Whatever it is that pulls the pin, that hurls you past the boundaries of your own life into a brief and total beauty, even for…
— Jeanette Winterson
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I know that disavowal is an unusal form of betrayal. From the outside it is impossible to tell if you are disowning someone or simply…
— Bernhard Schlink
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What is a normal child like? Does he just eat and grow and smile sweetly? No, that is not what he is like. The normal…
— Donald Woods Winnicott
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One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.
— Jack Kerouac
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You darkness, that I come from, I love you more than all the fires that fence in the world, for the fire makes a circle…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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A girl is like a young tree, she said. You must stand tall and listen to your mother standing next to you. That is the…
— Amy Tan
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That moment - to this ... may be years in the way they measure, but it's only one sentence back in my mind - there…
— Charles Bukowski
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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up…
— George Eliot
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It wasn't that I forgot Hanna. But at a certain point the memory of her stopped accompanying me wherever I went. She stayed behind, the…
— Bernhard Schlink
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What were you two talking about?" she whispered as Wes pulls the door shut. Nothing," I said. "Running." You should have seen your face," she…
— Sarah Dessen
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A lot of people experience the world with the same incredulity as when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat.…We know that the…
— Jostein Gaarder
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I kiss her and she finds the light switch and turns it off, and we're just lit in Pepsi-can colors and it's like we've finally…
— David Levithan
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So this Zealot comes to my door, all glazed eyes and clean reproductive organs, asking me if I ever think about God. So I tell…
— Warren Ellis
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He pulls me into his arms, his touch calm and soothing, but unable to erase the truth. "I have to go," he finally whispers. "But…
— Alyson Noel
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Josh pulls me aside. "Hey, About before, I just... I wanted to say ... well, I think you're pretty special." He says, kind of stumbling…
— Elizabeth Scott
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Arthur’s fingers tighten on the silver-braided hilt: see how naturally it fits his hand! He pulls. The Sword of Britain slides from its stone sheath.…
— Stephen R. Lawhead
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She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath, and…
— Suzanne Collins
Who Wrote These Pulls Quotes
267 authors contributed a total of 308 Pulls Quotes, led by these top contributors: