Rough Quotes
870 quotes by 695 authors
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There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Things I can feel. Hard. Soft. Rough. Smooth. But the inside kind of feel, it is all the same, like foggy mush. Is that the…
— Mary E. Pearson
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That's pretty hot," he said. "Punching me in the eye?" "Well, no. Of course not. I meant the idea of getting rough with you is…
— Richelle Mead
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I don't believe you know anything about a man like me or a country like this. It takes rough men, Miss Fair, to tame a…
— Louis L'Amour
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Now from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his…
— Homer
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I paused for a light at Hamilton and TWlfth and noticed the Nissan was running rough at idle. Two blocks later it backfired and stalled.…
— Janet Evanovich
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You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read, since I first came here, the…
— Charles Dickens
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Now I can do the bolts," she slurred. "I've been trying to focus enough magic all week." The magic shifted and swirled, finally etching a…
— Eoin Colfer
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In this abundant earth no doubt Is little room for things worn out: Disdain them, break them, throw them by! And if before the days…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Patience gives your spouse permission to be human. It understands that everyone fails. When a mistake is made, it chooses to give them more time…
— Stephen Kendrick
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How will it ever be bearable, Priestess?†His voice was rough. He sounded completely broken. “You’ll see her again. She’s with Nyx now. She’ll either…
— P. C. Cast
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Speak up,' says Myrna who has a fuzzy white caterpillar of a moustache. 'My hearing's not so good.' 'I WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.' Liz…
— Gabrielle Zevin
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This rough magic I here abjure and when I have required some heavenly music, which even now I do, to work mine end upon their…
— William Shakespeare
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Those eerie diamond eyes shifted over to her and she stilled, as if he's willed her to do so. There was a moment of silence.…
— J R Ward
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Alas, that love, so gentle in his view, Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof! *It’s sad. Love looks like a nice thing, but…
— William Shakespeare
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Carter pulled out several lengths of brown twine, a small ebony cat statue, and a thick roll of paper. No, not paper. Papyrus. I remember…
— Rick Riordan
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She cried for herself, she cried because she was afraid that she herself might die in the night, because she was alone in the world,…
— John Cheever
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BAIT GOAT There is a distance where magnets pull, we feel, having held them back. Likewise there is a distance where words attract. Set one…
— Kay Ryan
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Time has stopped; time is racing. Lochie's lips are rough yet smooth, hard yet gentle. His fingers are strong: I feel them in my hair…
— Tabitha Suzuma
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He had been content with daily labour and rough animal enjoyments, 'till Catherine crossed his path. Shame at her scorn, and hope of her approval,…
— Emily Bronte
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