Best Unfamiliar Lines
189 Unfamiliar quotes by 173 unique authors
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Hey Jacob!" I felt an unfamiliar surge of enthusiasm at his smile. I realized that I was pleased to see him. This knowledge surprised me.…
— Stephenie Meyer
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Do you see that out there? The strange, unfamiliar light? It's called the sun. Let's go get us a little.
— Nora Roberts
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Adam lay perfectly still, little groans escaping from his lips. I looked at the bow, looked at my hands, looked at Adam's face and felt…
— Gayle Forman
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The tendency of modern American women to exclaim 'Hiiiiiiiiiiii!' in soprano octaves and hug each other upon sight can be disconcerting to those unfamiliar with…
— Kevin Hearne
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The Sisters vanished entirely then, and Aunt Harriet was standing over Tessa, her face flushed with fever as it had been during the terrible illness…
— Cassandra Clare
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She looked up from closing it to find Jace watching her through hooded eyes. “And one last thing,” he said. He reached over and pulled…
— Cassandra Clare
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To those humans in whom I have faith; I wish suffering, being forsaken, sickness, maltreatment, humiliation. I wish that they should not remain unfamiliar with…
— Richard Linklater
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Its time we woke up,” pursued Gerald, still inwardly urged to unfamiliar speech. “Women are pretty much people, seems to me. I know they dress…
— Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.
— Patrick Rothfuss
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How strange too and unfamiliar to think that one had been loved, that one's presence had once had the power to make a difference between…
— Graham Greene
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Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something…
— Alex Garland
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If, on thinking this, I look up to see if reality can quench my thirst, I see inexpressive facades, inexpressive faces, inexpressive gestures. Stones, bodies,…
— Fernando Pessoa
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It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.
— Anais Nin
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The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be…
— Chinua Achebe
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When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do.
— Paulo Coelho
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If I'm alone at home, I get increasingly restless, bothered by the idea that I'm missing some crucial encounter out there somewhere. But if I'm…
— Kazuo Ishiguro
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Beatrice," she says. "Beatrice, we have to run." She pulls my arm across her shoulders and hauls me to my feet. She is dressed like…
— Veronica Roth
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There are many people who will stay in negative situation because it is familiar, rather than go where there is promise of something good, because…
— Stormie Omartian
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I feel an unfamiliar but pleasant sensation in my lips, tugging them upward. This is... new.
— Isaac Marion
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I have been made to learn that the doom and burden of our life is bound forever on man’s shoulders; and when the attempt is…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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What seems natural to us is probably just something familiar in a long tradition that has forgotten the unfamiliar source from which it arose. And…
— Martin Heidegger
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Giving the tortoise a little wave, I kind of felt stupid afterward for doing so. It just stuck its head back in its green and…
— Unknown Author
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The measure of a man comes down to moments, spread out like dots of pain on the canvas on life. Everything you were, everything you'll…
— Kristin Hannah
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History ... may be regarded as an artificial extension and : broadening of our memories and may be used to overcome the natural bewilderment of…
— James Harvey Robinson
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A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with…
— Denis Waitley
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