Surely Quotes

1760 Surely quotes by 1196 unique authors

St Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to marry. She… — Jeanette Winterson
What could he mean by speaking so, as if I were always thinking that he cared for me, when I know he does not; he… — Elizabeth Gaskell
I know that disavowal is an unusal form of betrayal. From the outside it is impossible to tell if you are disowning someone or simply… — Bernhard Schlink
The sense that in this universe we are treated as strangers, the longing to be acknowledged, to meet with some response, to bridge some chasm… — C.S. Lewis
Dona Crista laughed a bit. "Oh, Pip, I'd be glad for you to try. But do believe me, my dear friend, touching her heart is… — Orson Scott Card
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Whoever's reading this, if anyone is reading it: does it matter that our old selves are lost to us as surely as the past is… — Joyce Carol Oates
That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing. — Kate DiCamillo
Then the bow orchestra began to play an apocalyptically beautiful canon, one of those pieces in which, surely, the composer simply transcribed what was given,… — Mark Helprin
A person who sets his or her mind on the dark side of life, who lives over and over the misfortunes and disappointments of the… — Rhonda Byrne
Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has… — Henry Miller
Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by… — Jacqueline Carey
Mack was getting frustrated. He spoke louder, 'But, don't I have a right to...' To complete a sentence without being interrupted? Not in reality. But… — William P. Young
Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence. Time and… — Margaret Atwood
The church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously. And each would have been horrified to think it was a different facet of… — John Steinbeck
And what if we’d been utterly open? Made jokes about the first wife? What if we’d been that kind of family? Well, I would have… — Sue Miller
All that sunny afternoon, traveling north and east, Caroline believed absolutely in the future. And why not? For if the worst had already happened to… — Kim Edwards
Having a baby is part of a woman's life, and it is surely a great waste to be afraid of life. — Joan Lowery Nixon
Authority is a solvent of humanity: look at any husband, any father of a family,and note the absorption of the person by the persona, the… — Patrick O'Brian
At one time I say to myself: "Surely not! The little prince shuts his flower under her glass globe every night, and he watches over… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
...surely I could give him--a sort of contentment... That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver. — Dodie Smith
I can't explain the alchemy that transmuted one evening into the equivalent of years held lightly in common. The only way I can put it… — Tana French
The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries. — David Rockefeller
AS SOMBRAS DA ALMA. THE SHADOWS OF THE SOUL. The stories others tell about you and the stories you tell about yourself: which come closer… — Pascal Mercier
Give me faith, Lord, to know Your Presence as surely as I know the beating of my own heart. I've felt so far from You.... — Jan Karon

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