Touched Quotes
958 Touched quotes by 759 unique authors
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Beautiful men and women with distorted shadows came and scorched their handprints onto doors before vanishing skyward, drafts of heat billowing behind them with the…
— Laini Taylor
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And there you see the distinction between our feelings: had he been in my place, and I in his, though I hated him with a…
— Emily Bronte
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Then forget Gabriel. Is there a particular reason you keep biting vampires?" Will touched the dried blood on his wrists, and smiled. "They don't expect…
— Cassandra Clare
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He touched the rough crucifix that lay against his chest and whispered to the moving air, "Lord, that she might be safe, she and my…
— Diana Gabaldon
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I held my breath as we do sometimes to stop time when something wonderful has touched us...
— Mary Oliver
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Every form of happiness is private. Our greatest moments are personal, self-motivated, not to be touched".
— Ayn Rand
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I pictured a girl who made every moment, everything she touched, and everyone around her feel lighter and sweeter. “I pictured you,” he said. “I…
— Rainbow Rowell
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Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the Darkness disappeared. The…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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I'm sorry. It's Hard for me. I do love you," she said quietly. "Sometimes it scares me because you're the first. And the only" He…
— Nora Roberts
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Don't be so anxious about it,' she laughed. 'I'm not used to being loved. I wouldn't know what to do; I never got the trick…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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If he touched her, he couldn't talk to her, if he loved her he couldn't leave, if he spoke he couldn't listen, if he fought…
— Arundhati Roy
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Tall, with skin the color of rich coffee, and dressed all in black, Jim looked like he was carved from a block of solid muscle.…
— Ilona Andrews
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In my time,” he said, “they believed in witches. Are you a witch, Honor, that you make me say these things to you?” Causing him…
— Nalini Singh
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Once you have been touched by magic, you are forever changed. You leave a trail.
— Michael Scott
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When their lips met, and their tongues touched, it was like they were kissing in a hundred different places, and her senses were flooded with…
— Melissa de la Cruz
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and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds his breath the…
— Andrea Gibson
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He touched her as he usually touched his beloved violin, with a soft and urgent grace that left her breathless.
— Cassandra Clare
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I know this is your hand now,' she tells him. "Roland would have never touched me like that." Connor smiles, and Risa takes a moment…
— Neal Shusterman
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Someone once wrote that musicians are touched on the shoulder by God, and I think it's true. You can make other people happy with music,…
— John Berendt
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And then she said nothing else, for Henry put his arms around her and kissed her. Kissed her in such a way that she no…
— Cassandra Clare
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The eighteen years he has lived seem but a moment, a breathing space in the long march of humanity. Already he hears death calling. With…
— Sherwood Anderson
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Do you know what happens when you always look before you leap?" She reached out and touched his hand before hurrying toward the door. "You…
— Nora Roberts
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I turned around slowly, and looked up at him. He stiffened and sucked in a shallow breath. After a moment, he touched my cheek. "Such…
— Karen Marie Moning
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The toes of our ratty black sneakers touched.
— Kami Garcia
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I always loved twilight: it was the only time of day I had the feeling that something important could happen. All things were more beautiful…
— Bohumil Hrabal
Who Wrote These Touched Quotes
759 authors contributed a total of 958 Touched Quotes, led by these top contributors: