Shaped Quotes

626 Shaped quotes by 525 unique authors

She was a vision in a white gown her dark hair forming a hazy halo around her rosy heart-shaped face. Her long lashes fluttered to… — Anna Godbersen
The Minotaur unstrapped his axe and swung it around. It was beautiful in a harsh I’m~going~togut~you~like~a~fish kind of way. Each of its twin blades was… — Rick Riordan
Ian sighed wanly. "I once had the means to be gaga over art–before I found myself in a country where the standard of beauty is… — Gordon Korman
We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges. — Gene Wolfe
But then, look at me. My brain is incorrectly formed, and I'm shaped like a tube. Plus, I'm an alcoholic, a "survivor" of childhood sexual… — Augusten Burroughs
Most kids don't believe in fairy tales very long. Once they hit six or seven they put away "Cinderella" and her shoe fetish, "The Three… — Rob Thurman
Hardly any aspect of my life, from where I had lived to my education to my employment history to my friendships, had been free from… — Tim Wise
To my mind, faith is like being in the sun. When you are in the sun, can you avoid creating a shadow? Can you shake… — Yann Martel
The shadow past is shaped by everything that never happened. Invisible, it melts the present like rain through karst. — Anne Michaels
You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between. Try to learn. Be coachable. Try to learn from everybody,… — David Foster Wallace
Sting told me if I love somebody I should set them free. I doubt Sting ever loved anyone with wings. If he did he might… — Erin Morgenstern
I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn changes you… — Vera Nazarian
The Rudderless World is not shaped by vague metaphysical Forces. It is not God who kills the Children. Not Fate that butchers them or Destiny… — Alan Moore
Everything that happens to us, good and bad, leaves a lasting impression in our souls. You take one part of that out, and you can… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and… — David Brooks
all the time something within her was crying for a decision. She wanted her life shaped now, immediately — and the decision must be made… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
History reminds us that revolutions are not events, so much that they’re processes – that for tens of thousands of years, people have been making… — John Green
My mother used to talk about passages and, once in a while, about ordeals. We all have them; we are all shaped by them. She… — Chris Bohjalian
But all morality is of necessity shaped by context. I'm not talking relativism, no. To ignore the context of a decision is in fact immoral. — Anne Rice
At the end of our lives it is our loves we remember most, because they are what shaped us. We have grown to be who… — Anna Funder
He'd woken up after flying from Boston to Montana to find his da cooking breakfast for them: sausage and pancakes shaped like deer. It wasn't… — Patricia Briggs
Look at the way the walls curve,' Macey said, her gaze panning around the strangely shaped room. 'it's almost like...' 'The library,' Liz said, and… — Ally Carter
I don't know if I've come of age, but I'm certainly older now. I feel shrunken, as if there's a tiny ancient Oliver Tate inside… — Joe Dunthorne
Bloated!" he cried. The corresponding hieroglyph flew through the air, bursting against a demon's chest in a spray of light. Instantly, the demon swelled like… — Rick Riordan
All nationalistic distinctions - all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect - are… — George Orwell

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