Relinquished Quotes

33 Relinquished quotes by 33 unique authors

He believed that he must, that he could and would recover the good things, the happy things, the easy tranquil things of life. He had… — Saul Bellow
Let go," he advised me, and I loosened my grip on his hands. "No, not of me," he said, smiling. "You can hold on to… — Charlaine Harris
Margaret Kochamma's tiny, ordered life relinquished itself to this truly baroque bedlam with the quiet gasp of a warm body entering a chilly sea. — Arundhati Roy
I would say that by virtue of your not acting parental up to this point, you've relinquished your ability to wield any power now. Sam… — Maggie Stiefvater
Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were… — Jodi Picoult
We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom,… — Max Brooks
And when [BÃ«or] lay dead, of no wound or grief, but stricken by age, the Eldar saw for the first time the swift waning of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have relinquished… — Christopher Hitchens
Valancy herself had never quite relinquished a certain pitiful, shamed, little hope that Romance would come her way yetâ€”never, until this wet, horrible morning, when… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished… — Lois Lowry
No ground gained was ever relinquished. — Matthew B. Ridgway
Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they… — Henry Kissinger
I can feel freedom in the air. Yep, its time they set yer'ass loose, once again. (Can you feel it, runnin' threw'yer mind / the… — Travis Long

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