Questioned Quotes

188 quotes by 180 authors

I died for beauty but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room. He questioned… — Emily Dickinson
Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us… — Azar Nafisi
No one questioned "who is a Serb, who is a Croat, who is a Muslim (Bosniak)" we were all one people, that's how it was… — Josip Broz Tito
He went to the church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and for, and patted the children on the head,… — Charles Dickens
They had stared at her with great uncomprehending eyes. Eyes that questioned nothing and asked everything. Unblinking and unabashed, they stared up at her. The… — Toni Morrison
That he liked to think of himself as a philosopher. That he questioned all things, even the most simple, to the extent that when someone… — Nicole Krauss
[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything. — Joseph Heller
You are determined to hate him [Snape], Harry,â€ said Lupin with a faint smile. â€œAnd I understand; with James as your father, with Sirius as… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Beauty is a form of Genius--is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world,… — Oscar Wilde
As the three of them walked home from the trees, nobody needed to say it, but Ama knew. They had questioned their friendship. They had… — Ann Brashares
What should our second generation have done, what should it do with the knowledge of the horrors of the extermination of the Jews? We should… — Bernhard Schlink
She was at that crucial age when a women begins to regret having stayed faithful to a husband she never really loved, when the glowing… — Stefan Zweig
Nick spoke again. "Her legitimacy will be questioned." Gabriel thought for several moments. "If our mother married her father, it means that the marchioness must… — Sarah MacLean
Then I realized what separated us: what I thought about him could not reach him; it was psychology, the kind they write about in books.… — Jean-Paul Sartre
When I arrived in Beirut from Europe, I felt the oppressive, damp heat, saw the unkempt palm trees and smelt the Arabic coffee, the fruit… — Robert Fisk
Jesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful. — Brennan Manning
In his world, people never questioned him. And it was a good place to be, his world. Apparently she hadn't gotten the memo. — Jill Shalvis
Well do I remember the first night we met, how you questioned my opinion that first impressions are perfect. You were right to do so,… — Shannon Hale
I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
So you questioned him?" Raisa prompted. "What did he say for himself?" "Well, the first thing Gillen does is steal his purse and beat him… — Cinda Williams Chima

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