Singular Quotes

258 quotes by 217 authors

there's no chance at all: we are all trapped by a singular fate. — Charles Bukowski
Kalos Kai Agathos, the singular balance of the good and the beautiful. — Elizabeth Gilbert
I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in… — Henry David Thoreau
I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities and a thousand… — Nelson Mandela
Thus we arrive at the singular conclusion that of all the information passed by our cultural assets it is precisely the elements which might be… — Sigmund Freud
For a long time the fear of seeming singular scared me away; but by degrees, as people became accustomed to me and my habits, and… — Charlotte Bronte
I had become a kind of information magpie, gathering to myself all manner of shiny scraps of fact and hokum and books and art-history and… — Salman Rushdie
If this book has a lesson, it is that we are awfully lucky to be here-and by 'we' I mean every living thing. To attain… — Bill Bryson
The solitary and thoughtful stroller finds a singular intoxication in this universal communion. The man who loves to lose himself in a crowd enjoys feverish… — Charles Baudelaire
She is so naked and singular. She is the sum of yourself and your dream. Climb her like a monument, step after step. She is… — Anne Sexton
You couldn't give up you for them. But what if you wanted them more than you wanted a singular powerful you? — Kristin Hannah
Lies are infinite in number, and the truth so small and singular. — Barbara Kingsolver
The truth was I'd given up waiting long ago. The moment had passed, the door between the lives we could have led and the lives… — Nicole Krauss
To assign unanswered letters their proper weight, to free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, the… — Joan Didion
Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how… — Bill Bryson
Their eyes met with a singular directness of gaze. Between them a spark passed which was not afterwards to be extinguished, though neither of them… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
The desire to be seen as superior and singular- and, conversely, but similarly, inferior and individual, is a big topic...They have a term for the… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Never in his life had Edward been cradled like a baby. Abilene had not done it. Nor had Nellie. And most certainly, Bull had not.… — Kate DiCamillo
Today you will say things you can predict and other things you could never imagine this minute. Don't reject them, let them come through when… — Naomi Shihab Nye
I find nothing so singular to life as that everything appears to lose its substance the instant one actually grapples with it. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

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