Stood Quotes
1356 quotes by 999 authors
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I am sorry I ran from you. I am still running, running from that knowledge, that eye, that love from which there is no refuge.…
— Annie Dillard
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But nobody else ever romped with White Fang. He did not permit it. He stood on his dignity, and when they attempted it, his warning…
— Jack London
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An hour and seven minutes after walking up. I stood with Noelle outside the Trust's house and prepared to raise my first -- and hopefully…
— Katie MacAlister
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A second later, when he looked up at me, we were face to face, and again, even under these circumstances, I was struck by how…
— Sarah Dessen
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I haven’t prepared my speech yet,†I sighed and Tove stood up. “What should I say about him?†“Well, if you plan to say anything…
— Amanda Hocking
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She stood upon a continent of ice, which sparkled between sea and sky, endless and dazzling, as though the world kept all its treasure there;…
— Carol Ann Duffy
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In the war room, love? What if someone comes in?†I stood and removed his shirt. “Then they’ll have a good story to tell.†“Good? 
— Maria V. Snyder
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No one ever found out what was happening inside me. How the pain was eating me away. No one ever came to my rescue, or…
— Julie Anne Peters
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Selden and Lily stood still, accepting the unreality of the scene as a part of their own dream-like sensations. It would not have surprised them…
— Edith Wharton
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Because in most cases, I believe that people deserve a second chance. And because I couldn't have lived with myself if I'd stood by and…
— Rachel Vincent
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My future husband was becoming to me my whole world; and more than the world: almost my hope of heaven. He stood between me and…
— Charlotte Bronte
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The woods were deserted that day. The stones stood still and silent, as though they were waiting for something. At the center of them all,…
— Liz Kessler
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Sydney sighed and stood up, smoothing her rumpled clothes with dismay. ʺI need a coffee shop or something.ʺ ʺI think I saw one in a…
— Richelle Mead
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He lunged again. This time I stood my ground and he checked his leap at the last second....and toppled sideways. I didn't hide my laugh…
— Kelley Armstrong
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For the life of me, I did not understand how he[Atticus] could sit there in cold blood and read a newspaper when his only son…
— Harper Lee
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Not one man in a million would have allowed me the time without speaking. I opened my mind, let my gaurd down completely, relaxed. His…
— Charlaine Harris
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The 1st day, I stood in the kitchen leaning against the counter watching Annie feed the cats, and I knew I wanted to do that…
— Nancy Garden
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He had no conscious knowledge of death, but like every animal of the Wild, he possessed the instinct of death. To him it stood as…
— Jack London
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Her beauty might fascinate men, but it was difficult to charm them when she stood mute. . . .
— Michelle Moran
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When she had gone upstairs, he walked to a window and stood looking up at the sky. His head thrown back, he felt the pull…
— Ayn Rand
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