Setting Quotes

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Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. — Ayn Rand
To the Virgins, To Make much of Time Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles… — Robert Herrick
well, young man," the judge began, what it biols down to this if the court so desires and if you belive that your home setting… — Dave Pelzer
No, life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to get out of his head, has to… — Donald Miller
For the first time I noticed - as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the next - that… — Yann Martel
...you find yourself studying the fine colors on the river, you feel wonder and awe at the setting of the sun, and you are filled… — Tim O'Brien
The muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history's clock it was sunset, and… — Barbara Tuchman
Thatâ€™s why it is important to enjoy the journey not just the destination. In this world, we will never arrive at a place where everything… — Joel Osteen
The desert seems to be a brown wasteland of dry, prickly scrub whose only purpose is to serve as a setting for the majestic saguaros.… — Jerry Spinelli
The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even… — Henry David Thoreau
You have been a very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier setting me free! I am… — Kate Chopin
O, but they say, the tongues of dying men enforce attention, like deep harmony: where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain: for… — William Shakespeare
Harmless as a setting dove," he agreed. "I'm too hungry to be a threat to anything but breakfast. Let a stray bannock come within reach,… — Diana Gabaldon
I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of… — Carl Sandburg
I don't think I could ever work in such a blatantly hierarchical corporate setting. I know that everyone in this world is not equal, but… — Peter Cameron
Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its… — Freya Stark
If you are not setting a trap, then you are probably walking into one. It is the mark of the master to do both at… — Jedediah Berry
Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun with the last light of Durinâ€™s Day will shine upon the key-hole. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Over the summer we chatted one night while Angie stripped a bed, changed wet sheets, comforted and repajamaed a toddler, and chased down a car… — Jen Lancaster
Sometimes, Soraya Sleeping next to me, I lay in bed and listened to the screen door swinging open and shut with the breeze, to the… — Khaled Hosseini

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