Softened Quotes
68 quotes by 63 authors
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He pressed himself into me and kissed my neck, and it was as if everything strong and solid inside me, heart and bones and muscle…
— Jennifer Donnelly
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She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though…
— Jane Austen
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I thought it very touching to see these two women, coarse and shabby and beaten, so united; to see what they could be to one…
— Charles Dickens
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He dropped the pretense, and dropped his head, so his brow came to rest against the sun-warmed top of hers. His arms went around her…
— Laini Taylor
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Karrin smiled faintly and shook her head. "He always said you knew ghosts. You're sure it was really him?" Mort eyed her. "Me and everyone…
— Jim Butcher
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It was the Magic Hour, the moment in time when every leaf and blade of grass seemed to separate, when sunlight, burnished by the rain…
— Kristin Hannah
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Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.
— John Stott
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Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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It was at first almost as if he hadn't wanted to kiss her. His mouth was hard on hers, unyielding; then he put both arms…
— Cassandra Clare
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This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.
— Joseph Stalin
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Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to…
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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It is the mundanes who look at me and see something they do not understand—a boy who is not quite white and not quite foreign…
— Cassandra Clare
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His eyes softened. "But it doesn't change what we are to each other. It's like there's always been a piece of my soul missing, and…
— Cassandra Clare
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For with eyes made clear by many tears, and a heart softened by the tenderest sorrow, she recognized the beauty of her sister's life—uneventful, unambitious,…
— Louisa May Alcott
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She thumped him again. He looked startled, then caught her flying fist in his hand and gently pried her fingers open. Very carefully he pressed…
— Christine Feehan
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KILL ME!" And then Newt's eyes cleared, as if he'd gained one last trembling gasp of sanity, and his voice softened. "Please, Tommy. Please." With…
— James Dashner
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He was sitting not far away, watching me, and I surprised a smile on his face, the first real smile I had ever seen him…
— Juliet Marillier
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Love doesn't last." She didn't know how much showed her pale face. Meribah's face softened. "Sometimes it does. If it's the right kind.
— Francine Rivers
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What have the nibblers ever done for you?" The breeze ruffled her hair, pushing it back from her face, giving him a clear shot of…
— Suzanne Collins
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This is a private home." "And?" "And I can't enter without an invitation." She jerked her head up. "You're kidding me?" "No." "You don't live…
— Alexandra Ivy
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