Surely Quotes

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Perhaps some people really are born unhappy. I surely hope not. Speaking for my sister and myself: We were born with the capacity and determination… — Kurt Vonnegut
If such a thing had happened once, it must surely have happened many times in this galaxy of a hundred billion suns. — Arthur C. Clarke
Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the… — Jonathan Edwards
Four people wheel out a huge wedding cake from a side room. Most of the guests back up, making way for this rarity, this dazzling… — Suzanne Collins
The Atonement of Jesus Christ and the healing it offers do much more than provide the opportunity for repentance from sins. The Atonement also gives… — Dallin H. Oaks
My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was three, and, save for a pocket of warmth in the darkest… — Vladimir Nabokov
A writer, or at least a poet, is always being asked by people who should know better: “Whom do you write for?” The question is,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You do… — Stephen Fry
The mountebank told them that God was surely trying to kill them, possibly because He was through with them, and that they should have the… — Kurt Vonnegut
Then the old man's face hardened. "What about you young man?" he asked flatly. "Would you like to get what you deserve?" Jones let that… — Andy Andrews
It was as though they had been plunged into a fabulous dream. This, thought Harry, was surely the only way to travel — past swirls… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Some people spend their whole lives looking for themselves, yet our self is the one thing we surely cannot lose (how like a cheap philosopher… — Kate Atkinson
Stars should not be seen alone. That's why there are so many. Two people should stand together and look at them. One person alone will… — Augusten Burroughs
Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's… — Josephine Baker
I was so worried that you wouldn’t want to know me once you found out.” I signed, relief flooding through me. “Are you kidding me?”… — Alexandra Adornetto
That Arthur has not always existed seems odd to me. Like the wind on the moors and the wild winter stars, surely he has always… — Stephen R. Lawhead
One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age. — Lois McMaster Bujold
Even in an apocalypse like this, surely running out of Coke qualified as a disaster. — Rachel Caine
He threw his head back and sang, "'I am a centaur, yes, a centaur is what I am.' It's not like you to wax, Artemis"… — Eoin Colfer
I reminded myself: when a book lies unopened it might contain anything in the world, anything imaginable. It therefore, in that pregnant moment before opening,… — Catherynne M. Valente
You live by yourself for a stretch of time and you get to staring at different objects. Sometimes you talk to yourself. You take meals… — Haruki Murakami
The truth is that even big collections of ordinary books distort space, as can readily be proved by anyone who has been around a really… — Terry Pratchett
As a child, what I was missing was so much bigger to me than what I had. My mother-mythic, imaginary-was a deity and a superhero… — Jodi Picoult
In which year did a Harvard sculler last outrow an Oxford man at Henley?" Langdon had no idea, but he could imagine only one reason… — Dan Brown
But you have gone now, all of you that were so beautiful when you were quick with life. Yet not gone, for you are still… — Richard Llewellyn

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