Softly Quotes

506 Softly quotes by 334 unique authors

I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end. — Pope John XXIII
I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep… — Roy Orbison
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. — Theodore Roosevelt
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. — Theodore Roosevelt
But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. — William Butler Yeats
Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of… — Cormac McCarthy
Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light… — William Butler Yeats
You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give… — Gregory Maguire
In a way he made me think of a child doll, with briliant faintly red-brown glass eyes - a doll that had been found in… — Anne Rice
I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have. — Diana Gabaldon
D'ye think I don't know?" he asked softly. "It's me that has the easy part now. For if ye feel for me as I do… — Diana Gabaldon
When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I… — Diana Gabaldon
Fang’s hand gently smoothed my hair off my neck. My breath froze in my chest, and every sense seemed hyperalert. His hand stroked my hair… — James Patterson
One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it… — Norman Maclean
AND what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune,… — James Russell Lowell
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

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