Transported Quotes

63 quotes by 62 authors

Because we have for millenia made moral, aesthetic, religious demands on the world, looked upon it with blind desire, passion or fear, and abandoned ourselves… — Friedrich Nietzsche
There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls at least be… — Flannery O'Connor
When I see the blind and wretched state of men, when I survey the whole universe in its deadness, and man left to himself with… — Blaise Pascal
You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. â€” I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it… — John Adams
The rest of my days I'm going to spend on the sea. And when I die, I'm going to die on the sea. You know… — Tennessee Williams
But Gregor understood easily that it was not only consideration for him which prevented their moving, for he could easily have been transported in a… — Franz Kafka
If we go on to cast a look at the fate of world historical personalities... we shall find it to have been no happy one.… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
A chaos of mind and body - a time for weeping at sunsets and at the glamour of moonlight - a confusion and profusion of… — T.H. White
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph… — Roald Dahl
Daniel's face-- the way it had been bathed in violet light when he'd carried her home this morning-- appeared before her eyes. His gleaming golden… — Lauren Kate
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. — Roald Dahl
She had forgotten them all; forgotten Richard down in the mud, and the marquis and his foolish crossbow, and the world. She was delighted and… — Neil Gaiman
Problem is, once I sit at my desk and put all these down on paper. I realize something vital is missing. It doesn't crystallize -… — Haruki Murakami
I have transported many, thousands; and to all of them, my river has been nothing but an obstacle on their travels. They travelled to seek… — Hermann Hesse
His eyes are like a telescope. I look into them and I'm transported across the universe to a world I've never been. — Julie Anne Peters
Water, like many other resources, is harvested, transported and used throughout all aspects of society. Unlike other resources, water is critical to the survival of… — Edward Burtynsky
I had barely turned 12 when my parents packed me off to Doon School. I was transported to a world of confusion with 600 other… — Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
Poor laborers from all parts of Asia as well as Africa, the Americas and even Europe are transported by plane each day to wealthier nations… — Alan Huffman
Lots of people I know have bootlegged tapes of performances and if they play it I will be transported back sometimes with happiness, sometimes with… — Chris Bailey
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is… — Henry Fielding

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