Softly Quotes

506 quotes by 334 authors

A mother's body remembers her babies-the folds of soft flesh, the softly furred scalp against her nose. Each child has it's own entreaties to body… — Barbara Kingsolver
Tread softly for you tread on my dreams. -Honor,from the Summer King. — O.R. Melling
When the fiddle had stopped singing Laura called out softly, "What are days of auld lang syne, Pa?" "They are the days of a long… — Laura Ingalls Wilder
Why do you do up your hair in those tortured plaits, now, Melanie? Why? Because, she said. You know that's no answer. You're spoiling your… — Angela Carter
Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar. — Terry Pratchett
Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said. Because love means renouncing strength," said Franz softly. — Milan Kundera
I died for beauty but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room. He questioned… — Emily Dickinson
I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied… — Emily Dickinson
A thousand Dreams within me softly burn — Arthur Rimbaud
After all," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Relius looked away. "He said that you...cried," he said softly. "But not that he cried as well," said the queen, amused at the memory. "We… — Megan Whalen Turner
I donâ€™t expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When you were called, did you answer or did you not? Perhaps softly and in a whisper? — Soren Kierkegaard
More like the real thing,' said the lord Digory softly. - The Last Battle — C.S. Lewis
Sometimes love isn't fireworks, sometimes love just comes softly. — Janette Oke
I carried [Rudy] softly through the broken street...with him I tried a little harder [at comforting]. I watched the contents of his soul for a… — Markus Zusak
For a moment, I felt as if the universe had turned upside down and we were falling softly into an enormous black bowl of stars,… — Tana French
He drew forth a phrase from his treasure and spoke it softly to himself: A day of dappled seaborne clouds. — James Joyce
Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground. — Christina Rossetti
Danse Russe If I when my wife is sleeping and the baby and Kathleen are sleeping and the sun is a flame-white disc in silken… — William Carlos Williams

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