Shifting Quotes

301 Shifting quotes by 265 unique authors

That is death - shifting from "is" to "was. — Veronica Roth
Yes, she doesn't really look like either of us, does she? Perhaps she's a girl who's fallen madly in love with me and persists in… — Cassandra Clare
He spends the majority of the evening in the company of Celia Bowen, whose elaborate gown changes color, shifting through a rainbow of hues to… — Erin Morgenstern
Tonight I can smell the season the way it's usually only possible to at the very first moments of its return, before you're used to… — Ali Smith
something inside me clicked, like an engine shifting into higher gear. My thinking suddenly became faster and clearer. The anger and fear didn't go away,… — Rick Riordan
Little Words When you are gone, there is nor bloom nor leaf, Nor singing sea at night, nor silver birds; And I can only stare,… — Dorothy Parker
I'm on a frosting sailboat, tossed around by blue-green waves, the deck shifting beneath my feet. — Suzanne Collins
Next to fat babies, midgets are my favorite things to hold. I love them so much, and I want to help them to do adult… — Chelsea Handler
The nature of love had totally escaped her until now. She had thought that if you lost it, you could never get it back, like… — Alice Hoffman
HOUSE RULES [at the Praetor Lupus Headquarters] No shape-shifting in the hallways. No howling. No silver. Clothing must be worn at all times. ALL TIMES.… — Cassandra Clare
Tell me where you want it,” I said. Minias drew back, his purple robes shifting about his ankles. “You’re asking me?” “Well, unless you want… — Kim Harrison
This is about Ku’Sox, isn’t it,” I said, more of a statement than a question. He made a sighing groan, and I knew it was.… — Kim Harrison
The water caught the Falselight glimmer like layers of shifting, translucent mirrors and formed split-second works of art in the air, but men cursed it… — Scott Lynch
I thought it was real. But by morning, all I had left were fragmented pieces, shifting images with no beginning or end. — Alyson Noel
Are you crazy? It's a common phrase, I know. But it means something particular to me: the tunnels, the security screens, the plastic forks, the… — Susanna Kaysen
How did you learn to drive like that?" Gwen yelled over the howl of six hundred horses. "Watching Jacks." She gunned the engine and slipped… — Scott Speer
The line between faith and fanaticism is a constantly shifting one,” Dr. Poblocki said. “When does belief become justification? When does right become rationale and… — Libba Bray
Juliet!' I whip around but not quickly enough. She's swallowed by the crowd, the gap that allowed her to break for the door closing just… — Lauren Oliver
Memory is like patches of sunlight in an overcast valley, shifting with the movement of the clouds. Now and then the light will fall on… — Tan Twan Eng
For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea… — James A. Baldwin
‎What color is a chameleon placed on a mirror? ... The chameleon responding to its own shifting image is an apt analog of the human… — Kevin Kelly
Isn't is lovely to be all together again?" Raffin said, throwing one arm around Po and the other around Bann. -------- She wanted them near,… — Kristin Cashore
God will not turn away from doing you good. He will keep on doing good. He doesn't do good to His children sometimes and bad… — John Piper
You’re too important to just … die.” He shakes his head. He won’t even look at me—his eyes keep shifting across my face, to the… — Veronica Roth
Time seems to me a drift, a shifting of sand. And my mind is shifting with it. I am wearing away. — E L Doctorow

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