Surely Quotes

1760 Surely quotes by 1196 unique authors

I have loved you woman as surely as I have named you rust and sand and nylon. — Charles Bukowski
As every writer knows... there is something mysterious about the writer's ability, on any given day, to write. When the juices are flowing, or the… — John Gardner
When the dawn light is coursing through the slats in the shutters at last, making thin stripes on the floor, she, tossing, decides that for… — Gregory Maguire
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life, and as such it… — Penelope Fitzgerald
one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Part of the puzzle, surely, lies in the disconnect between official rhetoric and lived realities. Americans are constantly extolling “traditions”; litanies to family values are… — Susan Sontag
To evade such temptations is the first duty of the poet. For as the ear is the antechamber to the soul, poetry can adulterate and… — Virginia Woolf
Nothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance. — Deepak Chopra
It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure in the future.… — W. Somerset Maugham
How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste. — Margaret Atwood
Surely being in love doesn't cause you to lose your sense of good taste. If I ever buy a gown with sequins on it, someone… — Laurell K. Hamilton
If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house, then in a field,...it ought surely to be deemed more atrocious to… — John Calvin
Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is. — C.S. Lewis
Surely it is a sin to reject the few gifts we are given. Be happy in the flash of time granted to us or hurt… — Charles Frazier
Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and inhuman… — Mahatma Gandhi
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not destroyed, by understanding its limitations.… — Mortimer Adler
A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship. — Markus Zusak
Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven; and every countenance, bright with smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to… — Washington Irving
...the evil system of colonialism and imperialism arose and throve with the enslavement of Negroes and the trade in Negroes, and it will surely come… — Mao Zedong
i will follow it, though i know so well now the deep wounds i might find. for as long as i believe that i am… — R A Salvatore
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have… — Mahatma Gandhi
Wherever love is, I want to be, I will follow it as surely as the land-locked salmon finds the sea. — Jeanette Winterson
Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition. — Jane Yolen
This should be agony. I should be a mass of aching muscle - broken, spent, unable to move. And, were I an older man, I… — Frank Miller
Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can… — Ansel Adams

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