Ran Quotes

1175 Ran quotes by 920 unique authors

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Twin threads ran through her: fear and excitement. — Kim Edwards
Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of… — Jane Austen
I have led her home, my love, my only friend. There is none like her, none, And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Let'sss just kill him," said the shorter Ra'zac. "He has caused us much grief." The taller one ran his finger down his sword. "A good… — Christopher Paolini
The gate is perfectly simple," Temeraire said. "There is only a bar across the fence, which one can lift very easily, and then it swings… — Naomi Novik
And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.… — George Orwell
So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice... — William Faulkner
Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was… — Neil Gaiman
And I ran after that voice through the streets so as not to lose sight of the splendid wreath of bodies gliding over the city,… — Milan Kundera
You can't test courage cautiously, so I ran hard and waved my arms hard, happy. — Annie Dillard
Catching sight of himself in the long mirrors that ran along the walls, he stiffened in shock...His eyes were surrounded by black shadows, his shirt… — Cassandra Clare
Somewhere beyond the sink-hole, past the magnolia, under the live oaks, a boy and a yearling ran side by side, and were gone forever. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
It was only when Shona, in sheer fury, turned the carnivorous sheep among them that they moved. They ran, some of them with charming little… — Diana Wynne Jones
A week after my drugs ran out, I left my bed to perform at the college, deciding at the last minute to skip both the… — David Sedaris
I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied… — Emily Dickinson
Aria: I went to Hollis. Because I was looking for...you know. Her. She was teaching an art class, so I ran inside, grabbed a paintbrush,… — Sara Shepard
It was how wars really ended, Dieffenbaker supposed -- not at truce tables but in cancer wards and office cafeterias and traffic jams. Wars died… — Stephen King
Grampa took Mary Ellen inside away from the crowd. "Now, child, I am going to show you what my father showed me, and his father… — Patricia Polacco
The man was running away with the rest, and selling his papers for a shilling each as he ran—a grotesque mingling of profit and panic. — H.G. Wells
Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouraged As Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirling Flames -- a king,… — Burton Raffel
She just dropped it and ran!! — Mercedes Lackey
All The Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas Layin' In The Sun, Talkin' 'Bout The Things They Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done... But All Those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas All Ran Away And Hid From One… — Shel Silverstein
I never knew what life was until it ran out in a red gush over any lips, my hands! — Anne Rice

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