Stray Quotes

174 quotes by 160 authors

When the starry sky, a vista of open seas, or a stained-glass window shedding purple beams fascinate me, there is a cluster of meaning, of… — Julia Kristeva
Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not… — Susan B. Anthony
I heard a wise saying once that has helped me: "Negative feelings are like stray cats. The more you feed them, the more they hang… — Joyce Rupp
Behind me, Marc made a soft whistling sound, clearly impressed. â€œThatâ€™s not standard procedure,â€ he said, his tone entirely too reasonable as he leaned over… — Rachel Vincent
Long after her death I felt her thoughts floating through mine. Long before we met we had had the same dreams. We compared notes. We… — Vladimir Nabokov
She maintained a careful balance by her window, never allowing the men to come too close, never allowing them to stray too far. — Jonathan Safran Foer
Harmless as a setting dove," he agreed. "I'm too hungry to be a threat to anything but breakfast. Let a stray bannock come within reach,… — Diana Gabaldon
An artist is like a woman who can do nothing but love, and who succumbs to every stray male jackass. — Heinrich BÃ¶ll
You're not going to die?" "Not right this minute." And of course, saying something like that usually resulted in immediate dying. I braced myself for… — Ilona Andrews
Wait!" What?" I lowered my cup hastily, wondering if maybe there was a stray hair, or worse, a newly boiled bug inside my cup. You… — Justina Chen
You were a stray cat, strutting so free and full of pride. But I could see your open wound. And without really thinking I just… — Ai Yazawa
Ah, clear they see and true they say That one shall weep, and one shall stray — Dorothy Parker
I couldn't help but think, as I watched him, of the barrels of toxic fluids that had accrued behind Hal's bike shop where the scrub… — Alice Sebold
Redemption is something you have to fight for in a very personal, down-dirty way. Some of our characters lose that, some stray from that, and… — Joss Whedon
A stray dog, I might understand," she said. "But this? You are too softhearted." No, Mabry," Ravus said. "I am not." He looked in Val's… — Holly Black
You know, honey, Natalie's expecting her second." I arched my eyebrows at my mother, not following the change of subject. "Second what? Mortgage? Conviction? Chance… — Rachel Vincent
The "norm" for humanity is love. Brutality is an aberration. We are not sinners by nature. We learn to be bad. We are taught to… — Jack D. Forbes
Keep your paws off my fiancÃ¨e, you flea-ridden stray! — Michael Buckley
To deal with things knowledge of things is needed. To deal with people, you need insight, sympathy. To deal with yourself, you need nothing. Be… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
I cannot assume you will understand me. It is just as likely that as I invent what I want to say, you will invent what… — Jeanette Winterson

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