Washed Quotes

360 quotes by 301 authors

You be greater than your feelings. I don't demand this of you - life does. Otherwise you'll be washed away by feelings. You'll be washed… — Philip Roth
Not merely hope, but any burdensome yearning: ambition, hatred, love (especially love) - how rarely do our emotions meet the object they seem to deserve?… — Julian Barnes
With the supplies gathered, he went over to the stainless-steel sink and pressed the foot pedal to get the water running. While he washed his… — J R Ward
Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings. — Chinua Achebe
There was something in the pages of these books that had the power to make him feel better about things, a life raft to cling… — Justin Cronin
Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of driftwood washed up on shore. — Haruki Murakami
She hesitated, then reached out to Jared in her mind, and uncertainty washed away in the wave of reassurance she got back. — Sarah Rees Brennan
â€Ž"It always seemed somehow less real here... a really detailed dream, but sort of washed out, like a thin watercolor. Softer, somehow, even with their… — Garth Nix
Uriah looked better than he did an hour ago--he washed the blood from his mouth, and some of the color returned to his face. I'm… — Veronica Roth
And I too, felt ready to start life all over again. It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied… — Albert Camus
Thoughts of the girl crashed around his mind, made him remember the connection he felt. A sadness washed over him, as if he missed her,… — James Dashner
Do you remember? When the fights seemed to go on and on, and always ended with us in bed, tearing at each other like maybe… — Junot Diaz
We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. I have heard others, and I have heard myself, recounting cruelties and falsehoods committed in… — C.S. Lewis
The Water said to the dirty one, â€œCome here.â€ The dirty one said, â€œI am too ashamed.â€ The water replied, â€œHow will your shame be… — Unknown Author
My heart is sand and Orion's cruel tide has washed it away from me, scattered it, lost it. — Kiersten White
I leaned forward and kissed him. His eyes widened, then his lips parted and he kissed me back, mouth warm and firm against mine and… — Kelley Armstrong
But sometimes, unexpectedly, grief pounded over me in waves that left me gasping; and when the waves washed back, I found myself looking out over… — Donna Tartt
Time has not stood still. It has washed over me, washed me away, as if I'm nothing more than a woman of sand, left by… — Margaret Atwood
Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly. — Louis Mann
It's a Little Leaguers game that major leaguers play extraordinarily well, a game that excites us throughout adulthood. The crack of the bat and the… — Mario Cuomo

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301 authors contributed a total of 360 Washed Quotes, led by these top contributors: