Wide Quotes

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The first building she reached appeared to be an old barn. Only one young guard stood before its bolted door, staring at her with wide… — Shannon Hale
This love was a torment, and he resented bitterly the subjugation in which it held him; he was a prisoner and he longed for freedom.… — W. Somerset Maugham
Culture had worked in her own case, but during the last few weeks she had doubted whether it humanized the majority, so wide and so… — E. M. Forster
There is a kind of expressed love which is easy to subvert. When a figure is loved for their deeds, their conquests, their heroism, their… — Ben Okri
For they imagined as they wished--that it was a wild shot,/ an unintended killing--fools, not to comprehend/ they were already in the grip of death./… — Homer
The world is wide, wide, wide, and I am young, young, young, and we’re all going to live forever! — Elaine Dundy
Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. Let us learn the truth and spread it as far and wide as our circumstances allow.… — H.G. Wells
After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving behind… — N.D. Wilson
Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open? — Unknown Author
They wanted the real mother, the blood mother, the great womb, mother of fierce compassion, a woman large enough to hold all the pain, to… — Janet Fitch
So, is there hope for a truly democratic Africa? Long answer: Only if continent-wide improvements in education, human rights and public health are coupled with… — Jon Stewart
Be patient, for the world is broad and wide. — William Shakespeare
Clambering up the Cold Mountain path, The Cold Mountain trail goes on and on: The long gorge choked with scree and boulders, The wide creek,… — Gary Snyder
And she was good to me: strong, fun, and fiercely loyal. And if I didn't have many other friends because of her-most girls were intimidated… — Sarah Dessen
I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the modern way and… — Mark Twain
There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar voices,… — Cornelia Funke
I would never want to live anywhere but Baltimore. You can look far and wide, but you'll never discover a stranger city with such extreme… — John Waters
The secret of fortune is joy in our hands. Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the same way that a tornado rips the roof off a double-wide trailer, leaving the occupants dazed and staring at the clouds from the… — Augusten Burroughs
Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy: This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we play in. — William Shakespeare
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out. — J.R.R. Tolkien
The bad news was that the yard contained a dog. A very, very large dog, wide and hairy, like a cross between a rottweiler and… — Dave Barry
Have you ever had so much to say that your mouth closed up tight struggling to harness the nuclear force coalescing within your words? Have… — Ellen Hopkins
Human beings are tool-making animals. Since the prehistoric era, we have created and used a wide variety of objects. But now a significant change is… — John Twelve Hawks
And that must end us, that must be our cure: To be no more. Sad cure! For who would lose, Though full of pain, this… — John Milton

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