Shuts Quotes

122 Shuts quotes by 110 unique authors

In a word, literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse… — Helen Keller
The woods are never solitary– they are full of whispering, beckoning, friendly life. But the sea is a mighty soul, forever moaning of some great,… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
I could lay here and read all night. I am not able to fall asleep without reading. You have the time when your brain has… — Kaye Gibbons
They say when one door shuts, another one opens. But they haven’t been living at my house. Most of the doors I open seem to… — Charlaine Harris
At a certain point your brain stops to rationalize things. At a certain point it gives up, shuts off, shuts down. — Lauren Oliver
And sleep, that sometime shuts up sorrow's eye, Steal me awhile from mine own company. — William Shakespeare
Something inside me shuts down and I'm too numb to feel anything. It's like watching complete strangers in another Hunger Games. But I do notice… — Suzanne Collins
Why?" asked her companion. "Why do you love him when you ought not to?" Edna, with a motion or two, dragged herself on her knees… — Kate Chopin
I told myself – as I’ve told myself before – that the body shuts down when the pain gets too bad, that consciousness is temporary,… — John Green
He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets — most likely… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I always thought fainting showed an inherent weakness of character, but I understood it now. It was an act of self-preservation. Confronted by emotion too… — Karen Marie Moning
Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance.… — Tara Brach
Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cakehole. — Eric Kripke
I lapsed into my pathetic cut-off period. Often with humans, both good and bad, my senses simply shut off, they get tired, I give up.… — Charles Bukowski
To have faith requires courage, the ability to take a risk, the readiness even to accept pain and disappointment. Whoever insists on safety and security… — Erich Fromm
When a child shuts down his painful emotional side, he also loses the ability to express his joyous side. Emotions are a whole. With anger… — Henry Cloud
The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her… — Steven Pressfield
This is what happens when nice people are pushed too far. We give too many chances, and so when we've finally had enough, we are… — Deb Caletti
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. — Cato the Elder
A clock is a little machine that shuts us out from the wonder of time. — Susan Glaspell
Enlarge my life with multitude of days, In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That… — Samuel Johnson
Even such isTime, which takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and all we have, And pays us but with age and dust, Who in… — Walter Raleigh
Humility is an attribute of godliness possessed by true Saints. It is easy to understand why a proud man fails. He is content to rely… — Howard W. Hunter
For something to collapse, not all systems have to shut down. In most cases, just one system is enough. For example, the human body is… — Robert Kiyosaki
The Chinese government sometimes shuts down the Internet and mobile services in specific areas where unrest occurs. — Rebecca MacKinnon

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