Retreating Quotes

51 quotes by 48 authors

And now, dear sister, I must leave this house or the retreating army will make me a prisoner in it by filling up the road… — Dolley Madison
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little… — Norman Mailer
I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency. — Conor Oberst
We can't solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called… — Charles R. Swindoll
I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often. — Brian Wilson
A conclusion Iâ€™ve come to at the Idler is that it starts with retreating from work but itâ€™s really about making work into something that… — Tom Hodgkinson
...where were answers to the truly deep questions? Religion promised those, though always in vague terms, while retreating from one line in the sand to… — David Brin
Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels… — Wilfred Owen
In other countries, congenital introverts simply remain introverts all their lives, neither advancing nor retreating, but America's commitment to extroversion as a national art form… — Florence King
Great achievement goes through, not around, discouragement. Is there a roadblock in my way, keeping me from something I want to achieve? Am I discouraged?… — Jerry Spinelli
Come awake, Tom. Fathers can willfully hurt their children. They can be addicts too weak to give up their vices, no matter the pain it… — Libba Bray
We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant — Derek Landy
Hermione, will you please â€”â€ â€œDonâ€™t you tell me what to do, Harry Potter!â€ she screeched. â€œDonâ€™t you dare! Give it back now! And YOU!â€… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Knowing I wasn't going anywhere, I frantically searched for some way to help her. A dark figure caught my eye. "Christian!" I yelled. He'd been… — Richelle Mead
They cared for no one, they were outside humanity, and death, had it come, would only have continued their pursuit of a retreating horizon. — E. M. Forster
Pierre looked into the sky, into the depths of the retreating, twinkling stars. "And all this is mine, and all this is in me, and… — Leo Tolstoy
A glacier will frequently move forward one foot while retreating three feet... Which reminds me a lot of myself! — Charles M. Schulz
Karkaroff intends to flee if the Mark burns." "Does he?" said Dumbledore softly, as Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies came giggling in from the grounds.… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When he first put his arms around me, it was tentative, like maybe he expected I'd pull away. When I didn't, he moved in closer,… — Sarah Dessen
Pretty stupid,â€ I called after his retreating form. â€œTo give up before all possible solutions have been tried. — Maria V. Snyder

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