Sighed Quotes
264 quotes by 141 authors
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In thy youth wast as true a lover, As ever sighed upon a midnight pillow
— William Shakespeare
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Holding up my purring cat to the moon. I sighed.
— Jack Kerouac
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Often have I sighed to measure By myself a lonely pleasure,- Sighed to think I read a book, Only read, perhaps, by me.
— William Wordsworth
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A man commented to his lunch companion: My wife had a funny dream last night. She dreamed she'd married a millionaire. You're lucky, sighed the…
— Sam Ewing
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The Baptist found him far too deep; The Deist sighed with saving sorrow; And the lean Levite went to sleep, And dreamed of tasting pork…
— Winthrop Mackworth Praed
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I've been a dweller on the plains, have sighed when summer days were gone; No more I'll sigh; for winter here Hath gladsome gardens of…
— Dorothy Wordsworth
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I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.
— Edward Gibbon
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The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew…
— Joseph Conrad
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Then a dog began to howl somewhere in a farmhouse far down the road, a long, agonized wailing, as if from fear. The sound was…
— Bram Stoker
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A fine shiver coursed over my skin. "Seth?" "Yeah?" "You were in my dream." One amber-colored eye opened. "Please tell me we were naked." I…
— J. Lynn
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He sighed, wondering how his life had been turned upside down by this woman in less than forty-eight hours. Correction: by this woman, a pig,…
— Julia Quinn
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"I'm at your house?" Kody asked."You don't have to sound so offended. I do have people clean it, you know?""Sorry." She sighed wearily. "You have…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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But it didn't stop him from loving her just a little. From loving all women-all shapes, all sizes, all walks of life. Their soft skin…
— Sarah MacLean
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I had my eyes closed in the dark, I sighed a million sighs, I told a million lies, to myself, to myself.
— Van Morrison
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When, in 1913, in a desperate attempt to rid art of the ballast of objectivity, I took refuge in the form of the square... the…
— Kazimir Malevich
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My godchild Zoe, age 6, suddenly said: "Can you describe what romance is?" I talked about wooing, and yearning, and she sighed and leaned back,…
— Sark
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Seduced, shaggy Samson snored. She scissored short. Sorely shorn, Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed, Silently scheming, Sightlessly seeking Some savage, spectacular suicide.
— Stanislaw Lem
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Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows -…
— Charles Dickens
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The Marquis sighed. "I thought it was just a legend," he said. "Like the alligators in the sewers of New York City." Old Bailey nodded,…
— Neil Gaiman
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But that quickly faded, and he frowned. "You're bleeding," he said. "What happened?" Claire sighed and held up her wrist to show him the bandage.…
— Rachel Caine
Who Wrote These Sighed Quotes
141 authors contributed a total of 264 Sighed Quotes, led by these top contributors: