Returned Quotes

517 quotes by 451 authors

The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned by no later than the date shown;… — Terry Pratchett
What you have lost will not be returned to you; it always be lost. Youâ€™re left with only your scars to mark the void. All… — Charles Frazier
Dad himself used to tell a story about one time when Mother went off to fill a lecture engagement and left him in charge at… — Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
While browsing in a second-hand bookshop one day, George Bernard Shaw was amused to find a copy of one of his own works which he… — George Bernard Shaw
In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that… — Paulo Coelho
But the makers of legend have seldom rested content to regard the world's great heroes as mere human beings who broke past the horizons that… — Joseph Campbell
In the spring of 1988, I returned to New Orleans, and as soon as I smelled the air, I knew I was home. It was… — Anne Rice
We kissed, then, and the ardour of her kiss stole my breath away. I returned her passion with all the fervor I possessed. A lifetime… — Stephen R. Lawhead
When I returned home that day, I saw my life as if I already knew the happy ending of a story. I looked around the… — Amy Tan
She returned his gaze, struck by the sense of her own transformation, and overwhelmed by the beauty which a lifetime havit had taught her to… — Ian Mcewan
Sir," returned Mrs. Sparsit, " I cannot say that i have heard him precisely snore, and therefore must not make that statement. But on winter… — Charles Dickens
And after we returned to the savannahs and abandoned the trees, did we long for those great graceful leaps and ecstatic moments of weightlessness in… — Carl Sagan
You are hard at work madam ," said the man near her. Yes," Answered Madam Defarge ; " I have a good deal to do."… — Charles Dickens
Wind and storm colored July. Also, in the middle, cadaverous, awful, lay the grey puddle in the courtyard, when holding an envelope in my hand,… — Virginia Woolf
Sometimes I would make left turns all the way around a block, and when I returned to the original intersection, I would feel disappointed to… — Miranda July
Those blue eyes glinted with uncivilized suggestion. A faint smile was tucked in the corner of his wide mouth. Definitely wouldn't want to be alone… — Lisa Kleypas
Bear heard Rose in the background saying, 'Why thank you, Mr. Fish.' 'Good redhead. Helpful redhead,' Fish returned. — Regina Doman
There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tower high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Other men puffed, snorted, and splashed. George passed through the ocean with the silent dignity of a torpedo. Other men swallowed water, here a mouthful,… — P.G. Wodehouse
There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride,… — Charles Dickens

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