Returned Quotes

517 quotes by 451 authors

The Hermit was known to be pretty sniffy about disciples who returned in failure. There was a wall of the institute layered with their skins-… — Jonathan Stroud
All the same,' said the Scarecrow, 'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with… — L. Frank Baum
Blasts from the past were like the rooms one entered and re-entered in dreams: they would not stay nailed down. When you returned to them,… — Lorrie Moore
The problem with human attraction is not knowing if it will be returned. — Becca Fitzpatrick
She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She… — Oscar Wilde
You hear, Eugene?' said Lightwood over his shoulder. 'You are deeply interested in lime.' 'Without lime,' returned that unmoved barrister at law, 'my existence would… — Charles Dickens
After the rains departed the skies and settled on earth - clear skies; moist brilliant earth - greater clarity returned to life alone with the… — Fernando Pessoa
He had never liked October. Ever since he had first lay in the autumn leaves before his grandmother's house many years ago and heard the… — Ray Bradbury
Don't drop him," said Peter's mother to his father. "Don't you dare drop him." She was laughing. "I will not," said his father. "I could… — Kate DiCamillo
He really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man's heart than to behold the love of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
If it happens that the human race doesn't make it, then the fact that we were here once will not be altered, that once upon… — James Howard Kunstler
For some time she observed a great yellow butterfly, which was opening and closing its wings very slowly on a little flat stone. "What is… — Virginia Woolf
The greatest cure for love is still that time honoured medicine - love returned. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Ramil met Tashi's eyes with a mischievous look. "Now Wife we have a long voyage ahead of us with no interruptions, no affairs of state… — Julia Golding
We say that flowers return every spring, but that is a lie. It is true that the world is renewed. It is also true that… — Daniel Abraham
No, my heart will not yet despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us. We may stand, if only on one leg, or… — J.R.R. Tolkien
So what are you really wearing?" The words left her mouth before she could consider them. She winced. He didn't seem to mind; in fact,… — Holly Black
Some friends of theirs had rented their house for several months to an interior decorator. When they returned, they discovered that their entire library had… — Anne Fadiman
Skye kissed her forehead. "You saved my life." Katsa smiled. "You Lienid are very outward in your affection." "I'm going to name my firstborn child… — Kristin Cashore

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451 authors contributed a total of 517 Returned Quotes, led by these top contributors: