Unbidden Quotes

32 quotes by 26 authors

You cannot lay remorse upon the innocent nor lift it from the heart of the guilty. Unbidden shall it call in the night, that men… — Khalil Gibran
Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us...… — Joss Whedon
Nature! We are enveloped and embraced by her, incapable of emerging from her and incapable of entering her more deeply. Unbidden and unwarned, she receives… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My songs emerge unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own...We have, all of us, over the years, written things that responded… — David Crosby
I love to go out in late September among the fat, overripe, icy, black blackberries to eat blackberries for breakfast, the stalks very prickly, a… — Galway Kinnell
Parental love is not contingent on the talents and attributes the child happens to have. We choose our friends and spouses at least partly on… — Michael Sandel
Trouble just seems to come my way-unbidden, unwelcome, unneeded. — Frank Sinatra
And itâ€™s only by going nowhere - by sitting still or letting my mind relax - that I find that the thoughts that come to… — Pico Iyer
Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone. — William Shakespeare
It is a base thing for a man to wax old in careless self-neglect before he has lifted up his eyes and seen what manner… — Socrates
On the roads, I can see truth revealed whole without thought or reason. There I experience the sudden understanding that comes unasked, unbidden. I simply… — George A. Sheehan
A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder. — Susan Orlean
Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us...… — Joss Whedon
Want is a thing that unfurls unbidden like fungus, opening large upon itself, stopless, filling the sky. But needs, from one day to the next,… — Barbara Kingsolver
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not… — William Ellery Channing
How we fall into grace. You can't work or earn your way into it. You just fall. It lies below, it lies beyond. It comes… — Rick Bass
We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget,… — Abraham Verghese
The male's diamond eyes locked on Payne, and though she hadn't seen him in forever, she knew who he was. Sure as if she was… — J R Ward
I do have friends, but they don't know me, only someone I've created to take my place. Someone sculpted from ice. I keep the melted… — Ellen Hopkins
We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget,… — Abraham Verghese

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