Perfection Quote by Frances Hardinge Download Open image ““Mosca sniffed at perfection. Perfection had no pulse and no heart.”” — Frances Hardinge ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Perfection
“Every heart beats so imperfectly... But there is always that someone who makes it feel perfect.” — Muzzi Magnificent Copy Share Image
“If anything at all, perfection is not when there is nothing to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” — Maria Tallchief Copy Share Image
“There will never be much perfection without much prayer.” — Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Copy Share Image
“I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing.” — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
“Absolute perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing to add, but nothing to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“Seeming utterly fragile and vulnerable, the silhouette pulsed almost imperceptibly with the beating of her heart or the motions of her inner heart, as… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“He was ineffably perfect just the way he was, an enigma filled with both fire and ice that could send my heart into freefall… — Bianca Scardoni Copy Share Image
“They could lay bare in the utmost detail everything that you had done or said or thought; but the inner heart, whose workings were… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“There are more important things in life than chasing after this myth of perfection.” — Alison G. Bailey Copy Share Image
“It is dangerous to lock oneself away and lose track of what is happening outside.” — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“Clent, however, suppressed any sense of pity without the slightest difficulty. His brain was busy with the icy clockwork of calculation. If only this young woman’s fears were justified! Beamabeth Marlebourne would be unlikely to threaten anybody, locked away inside the Luck’s cell for the rest of her life. Such a fate had a tempting poetry to it too, given… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share
“I swam across the torrent of my madness, and pulled myself upon the shore of a new and better sanity.” — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“Before her escort could react, she sprinted out from their little pool of lantern-light into the darkness, her feet pounding the soft, treacherous clods… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“She was not undamaged, however, and she knew it. No food or drink had passed her lips, but she had drunk deep of the… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“All her life, Neverfell had suffered the dull, embarrassed ache of the knowledge that she was always the maddest person in the room. Funnily… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“Well, if you are to help me with my work, you had better get used to stories without endings. True stories seldom have endings.” — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“And you may comfort yourself with the thought that you have been the caltrop under her satin shoe every step of the way. You misdirected the Romantic Facilitator she had hired, you turned up in her own house and reported her plans to her father and when she was on the brink of snatching the ransom you careered in from… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share
“The little pedlar, it seemed, fancied that he had the tools to fix the wheel. The footmen were glad to hear this, and agreed… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“For a second, she could almost see Caverna as the Kleptomancer did, a murky, monstrous beauty, smiling her fine-fanged smile as she prepared to stretch and grow, shaking out her tunnel-tresses as they became longer and longer. Perhaps Caverna had already known that such an opportunity was open to her. Neverfell imagined her discarding the Grand Steward like a worn-out… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share
“Has it ever occurred to you that maybe you’re sane? That you’ve always been sane? That perhaps you’re the sanest person in the city?" "I hope not," whispered Neverfell. "Because, if I’m sane, then there’s something wrong with Caverna, something horrible and sick, and nobody else has noticed. If I’m sane, then we shouldn’t be sitting around talking – we… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share
“Thank you," she whispered. "I promise I will not interfere in Court business again." "Oh yes, you will." Zouelle looked up to see her uncle regarding her with a sad little smile. "You decided that you were ready to start meddling in the great game. I really hope you were right, Zouelle, because once you start playing it you can… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share
I'm tired of looking for the perfect guy. From now on.. he can look for me. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile.… — Alan Kulwicki Copy Share Image
You know why you're not perfect? You do everything perfectly and you think you are perfect, but the mere fact that you think about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond. — Patanjali Copy Share Image
Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart unconscious of sorrow and happiness - that is perfect virtue. One, without change - that is perfect repose. Without any obstruction - that is the perfection of the unconditioned. Holding no relations with the external world,… — Zhuangzi Copy Share
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
“I’ve been the queen of symmetry and everything had to be in identical balance, no matter how you looked at it. But I’ve realized… — Taryn Leigh Copy Share Image
I accept you can't achieve perfection all the time, but you can achieve perfection of intent, maybe. I don't think you can go into… — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
