Turning Quotes

1757 Turning quotes by 1375 unique authors

Alek was right behind her now, his body pressing close as he adjusted her sword arm. She hadn't realized this fencing business would be so… — Scott Westerfeld
A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into? — Simone de Beauvoir
Marvelous wonders don't have to happen of a sudden, the way they do in the Arabian Nights. They can also take a long time, like… — Ken Kesey
Do you remember the sight we saw, my soul, that soft summer morning round a turning in the path, the disgusting carcass on a bed… — Charles Baudelaire
Yes you're getting your tattoo." I threw my arms around Dad's neck. "Thank you!" "Hey," Mom said. "I'm the one who had to persuade him… — Kelley Armstrong
... all this talking, this rather liquid confessing, was something I didn't think I could ever bring myself to do. It seemed foolhardy to me,… — Margaret Atwood
I learned not to fear infinity, The far field, the windy cliffs of forever, The dying of time in the white light of tomorrow, The… — Theodore Roethke
Any more questions?" I ask, poking him gently in the ribs. "Do you still love me any?" Eliot asks, putting his hand over mine. "A… — Brad Barkley
The first ghost to leave the world of the dead was Roger. He took a step forward, and turned to look back at Lyra, and… — Philip Pullman
Knowledge was always the power that kept the Universe in its place and the stars turning in their orbits. — Paulo Coelho
Warlock D. J. Prod of Didsbury says: “My wife used to sneer at my feeble charms, but one month into your fabulous Kwikspell course and… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I loved to be alone in the woods, especially in the late fall when everything is crisp and golden, the leaves the color of fire,… — Lauren Oliver
What Turning Forty Means to Me I need to take my pants off as soon as I get home. I didn't used to have to… — Tina Fey
Probably most catastrophes end this way without an ending, the dead not even knowing how they died...,those who loved them forever questioning "this unnecessary death,"… — Norman Maclean
We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return ... — Arthur C. Clarke
Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the… — Pat Conroy
Did I hear it's going to be someone's birthday?" a familiar male's voice said from behind me. I didnt even bother turning around and continued… — Ellen Schreiber
She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing a poem about it. — David Nicholls
It is never quite safe to think we have done with life. When we imagine we have finished our story fate has a trick of… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
You're important," Nicholas interrupted quietly catching her face and turning her to peer at him. "You're the most important thing in the world to me… — Lynsay Sands
I have only danced my life. As a child I danced the spontaneous joy of growing things. As an adolescent, I danced with joy turning… — Isadora Duncan
It's turning out to be a bad day, a day when the sun feels like teeth. — Jennifer Egan
Maybe the man had taken the wrong turning, but at least he'd travelled some extraordinary roads. — Clive Barker
And so everything I see in this world, it all moves backward and forward at the same time, like a black-smith's bellows, like everything in… — Bohumil Hrabal
I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, I can't do anything… — Anne Frank

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