Unseen Quotes

420 Unseen quotes by 340 unique authors

There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity and dishonesty. Noble… — Victor Hugo
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy… — Edgar Allan Poe
she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Many people find it easy to imagine unseen webs of malevolent conspiracy in the world, and they are not always wrong. But there is also… — Tracy Kidder
A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction of… — Charles Baxter
Like a saint's vision of beatitude. Like the veil of things as they seem drawn back by an unseen hand. For a second you see—and… — Eugene O'Neill
There is no question that there is an unseen world. The problem is, how far is it from midtown and how late is it open? — Woody Allen
So I suppose I do not know how he really looked, and, in fact, I suppose I shall never know, now, for he was plainly… — Angela Carter
You know, then that the public Somebody you are when you 'have a name' is a fiction created with mirrors and that the only somebody… — Tennessee Williams
The irresistible proliferation of graphomania shows me that everyone without exception bears a potential writer within him, so that the entire human species has good… — Milan Kundera
I suffered no pain, my hunger had taken the edge off; instead I felt pleasantly empty, untouched by everything around me and happy to be… — Knut Hamsun
For the things that are seen are temporal, but things that are unseen are eternal. — Madeleine L'Engle
For everyone is pained by the thought of disappearing, unheard and unseen, into an indifferent universe, and because of that everyone wants, while there is… — Milan Kundera
Haven't you ever known someone rejected by a lover, who, consumed by rage and jealousy, never lets go? They look on from a distance, unseen… — Scott Westerfeld
We are up against the unseen power that controls this dark world and the spiritual agents are from the very headquarters of evil. Therefore, we… — Corrie Ten Boom
I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the… — Nikolai Gogol
There is no 'the truth','a truth' - truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity. the pattern of the… — Adrienne Rich
What they do not comprehend is man's helplessness. I am weak, small, of no consequence to the universe. It does not notice me; I live… — Philip K. Dick
We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing, unheard and not hearing, unknown by others. — Amy Tan
I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen — Rene Descartes
Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can every quite cheapen. She repeated them, with exactly… — Ian Mcewan
Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove. — P.G. Wodehouse
In imagination she sailed over storied seas that wash the distant shining shores of "faëry lands forlorn," where lost Atlantis and Elysium lie, with the… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
...if anything matters then everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you… — William P. Young
For all these years I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out. And because I remained quiet for so long now… — Amy Tan

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