Withdrew Quotes
36 quotes by 35 authors
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John Galt is Prometheus who changed his mind. After centuries of being torn by vultures in payment for having brought to men the fire of…
— Ayn Rand
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I dreamt four nights ago of clock hands descending from the universe like rain, of the moon as a green eye, of mirrors and insects,…
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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Two daiquiris withdrew into a corner of a gorgeous room and one told the other a lie.
— John Berryman
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…I never understood until the past months why the Master so often withdrew alone into the wilderness. There is not only food and medicine for…
— Harold Bell Wright
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They were always like two people talking to each other in different languages. But she loved him so much, when he withdrew as he had…
— Margaret Mitchell
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...as the slow sea sucked at the shore and then withdrew, leaving the strip of seaweed bare and the shingle churned, the sea birds raced…
— Daphne du Maurier
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What say you, Luxa?" said Vikus. "What can I say, Vikus? Can I return to our people and tell them I withdrew from the quest…
— Suzanne Collins
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The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with…
— Virginia Woolf
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Her violence frightened me. She always claimed that I was the jealous one, and I was often jealous, but when I saw things working against…
— Charles Bukowski
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I remind you that there are churches so completely out of the hands of God that if the Holy Spirit withdrew from them, they wouldn't…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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I came to the conclusion that people were just peculiar, I withdrew from them, and never thought about them until I was forced to.
— Harper Lee
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Decolonization actually boosted slavery. As foreign powers withdrew from the colonies, people were enslaved by their own countrymen. And we see it in Africa, we…
— Loretta Napoleoni
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I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were…
— Koren Zailckas
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General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this…
— John Buford
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Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so…
— Edward Burnett Tylor
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Am truly grateful for the honour that the Academy bestowed upon me last year. I did not feel that I was given the material this…
— Katherine Heigl
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35 authors contributed a total of 36 Withdrew Quotes, led by these top contributors: