Shift Quotes

649 quotes by 538 authors

The symbolism of meat-eating is never neutral. To himself, the meat-eater seems to be eating life. To the vegetarian, he seems to be eating death.… — Mary Midgley
But it's a whole lot easier to keep[secrets] when you've got someone else who knows breathing in the same room. Carrying them alone is like… — Lilith Saintcrow
If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet understand when and how people are hurt. He doesn't… — Steve Martin
Already all confusion. Things and imaginings. As of always. Confusion amounting to nothing. Despite precautions. If only she could be pure figment. Unalloyed. This old… — Samuel Beckett
Life knows us not and we do not know lifeâ€”-we donâ€™t know even our own thoughts. Half the words we use have no meaning whatever… — Joseph Conrad
Jane was wearing a charcoal shift dress. The black dipped into a love V accented with a large black chiffon bow. A layer of delicate… — Lauren Conrad
Why can't I go to Idris with you, then? Because it's not safe for you there O and it's safe for me here? I've been… — Cassandra Clare
My benefactor told me that my father and mother had lived and died just to have me, and that their own parents had done the… — Carlos Castaneda
Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick… — Eve Ensler
Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light. — Dan Brown
The thread of will-they-or-won't-they was the real driver of every word and glance and shift of body. So...this was a date, Blay thought. A subtextual… — J R Ward
In the silence, she felt the past and the present shift and mix, but that was a mirage. There was no way to comfort the… — J R Ward
Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will… — Paul Arden
Other people have faces; Susan and Jinny have faces; they are here. Their world is the real world. The things they lift are heavy. They… — Virginia Woolf
we need not avoid our active lives, but simply bring to them a new vision and shift of gravity. for in the center we are… — Sue Monk Kidd
All these perfect days, made of glass Put on the shelf where they can cast perfect shadows that stretch and grow on the imperfect days… — Maggie Stiefvater
Offence is so easily given. And where the 'minority' issue is involved, the rules seem to shift about: most of the time a person who… — Lynne Truss
When you are able to shift your inner awareness to how you can serve others, and when you make this the central focus of your… — Wayne Dyer
All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a collective way for… — Paulo Coelho
Regardless of whether I can shift my affections to another - and the heart, as you observed, is a notoriously fickle beast - the question… — Christopher Paolini

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