Stretch Quotes

606 quotes by 530 authors

It came to me that Hyde Park has never belonged to London - that it has always been , in spirit, a stretch of countryside;… — Dodie Smith
In the middle of nowhere, along a quiet stretch of road, the diner dreamt of the hungry dead. And of two men. — A. Lee Martinez
Learning to endure times of disappointment, suffering, and sorrow is part of our on-the-job training. These experiences, while often difficult to bear at the time,… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Nature is woman's best friend,' she [Yasmina] often said. 'If you're having troubles, you just swim in the water, stretch out in a field, or… — Fatema Mernissi
Life is short. From here to that old car you know so well there is a stretch of twenty, twenty-five paces. It is a very… — Vladimir Nabokov
What's that?" he asked, when I stood beside him again. "Halos," I said with a grin. "For heavenly creatures like us." "That might be a… — Richelle Mead
Tally sighed, tipping her feet again to follow. "Maybe that's because they have better stuff to do than kid tricks. Maybe partying in town is… — Scott Westerfeld
And on the pedestal these words appear:â€¨ 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:â€¨ Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' â€¨Nothing beside remains.… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
For John was running, and this was terrible. Because if you ran, time ran. You yelled and screamed and raced and rolled and tumbled and… — Ray Bradbury
Challenges that tax our faith are usually opportunities to stretch and strengthen our faith by finding out if we really believe the Lord will help… — Sheri L. Dew
And still the brain continues to yearn, continues to burn, foolishly, with desire. My old man's brain is mocked by a body that still longs… — Meg Rosoff
Solomon, who was one of the Deity's favorites, had a copulation cabinet composed of seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. To save his life… — Mark Twain
I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself. — Audrey Hepburn
It is that happy stretch of time when the lovers set to chronicling their passion. When no glance, no tone of voice is so fleeting… — Ahdaf Soueif
That's when it struck me: how gorgeous we all were, even with cellulite (saw a lot of that) and stretch marks, scars and tattoos. Let… — Justina Chen
If I am ever to find these trees meaningful I must have you by the hand. As it is, they stretch dusty fingers into an… — Frank O'Hara
I hate both of my parents right now: for sitting quietly in our house, while out in the darkness my heart was beating away all… — Lauren Oliver
...but I preferred reading the American landscape as we went along. Every bump, rise, and stretch in it mystified my longing. — Jack Kerouac
Time plays like an accordion in the way it can stretch out and compress itself in a thousand melodic ways. Months on end may pass… — Julia Glass
Our lives are one endless stretch of misery punctuated by processed fast foods and the occasional crisis or amusing curiosity. — Augusten Burroughs

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