Usual Quotes

623 Usual quotes by 519 unique authors

The idea that the creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time. ... Substance abusing writers… — Stephen King
Sean pushes up to his feet and stands there. I look at his dirty boots. Now I've offended him, I think. He says, "Other people… — Maggie Stiefvater
The depth and strength of our character is defined by our moral code. People only reveal themselves when they're thrown out of the usual conditions… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I love you. I will love you till the stars crumble, which is a less idle threat than is usual to lovers on parting. — Robin McKinley
The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available… — Joseph Campbell
I'm pretty sure lurking in a dark alley to mug me with your apology isn't the usual way to go about saying you're sorry. But… — Jim Butcher
So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. — John Stuart Mill
Antidepressants. The thought of this girl actually being depressed made me want to grab the whole planet and throw it into the sun. Well, more… — David Wong
Sam’s probably out there somewhere being his usual heroic self,” Caine said. “I can’t let that boy save the world all alone. I’d never live… — Michael Grant
Actually, you said Love, for you, is larger than the usual romantic love. It’s like a religion. It’s terrifying. No one will ever want to… — Richard Siken
But Hazael only said, "I brought you a present." Liraz took the flower, looked at it, and then a Hazael, expressionless. And then she ate… — Laini Taylor
Everything was usual. That was depression: being stuck, clinging to an out-of-date version of oneself. — Edward St Aubyn
I'm sure all that you've heard is just the usual gossip, invented to injure feelings rather than illuminate truth. — Joyce Carol Oates
Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good looks... then add in the usual physical abilities… — Richelle Mead
It turns out that justices are also God’s children; and being of this world, their makeup consists of actual flesh and blood. They are no… — Mark Levin
My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me. My father,… — Samantha Shannon
I try to make time for reading each night. In addition to the usual newspapers and magazines, I make it a priority to read at… — Bill Gates
It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he may sense the new plans and aims… — Leo Tolstoy
My birth neither shook the German Empire nor caused much of an upheaval in the home. It pleased mother, caused father a certain amount of… — Conrad Veidt
Experts kill me. Economic experts, that is. Corporations, foundations, publications and governments pay them by the bucketful, and they fill buckets with forecasts that change… — Malcolm Forbes
Then there is the usual scene when lovers are excited with each other, quarrels, entreaties, reproaches, and then fondling reconcilement. — Tacitus
The usual rejoinder to someone who says 'They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Galileo' is to say 'But they also laughed at Bozo the… — Carl Sagan
Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. — Mark Twain
...By far the most usual way of handling phenomena so novel that they would make for a serious rearrangement of our preconceptions is to ignore… — William James
Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance. — James A. Baldwin

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