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Almost Quotes (page 41)

J. D. Salinger quote: "They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they..."
They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more. It's not so good, that way. J. D. Salinger
Jim Harrison quote: "Strangely, when I totally emerged from this slump I couldn't..."
Strangely, when I totally emerged from this slump I couldn't comprehend how I had almost drowned it it. Jim Harrison
Thomas Hardy quote: "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its..."
To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature. Thomas Hardy
We drove over to Fifth Avenue, so warm and soft, almost pastoral, on the summer Sunday afternoon that I wouldn't have been surprised to see a great flock of white sheep turn the corner. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Language is evidently one of the principle instruments or helps of thought; and any imperfection in the instrument, or in the mode of employing it, is confessedly liable, still more than in almost any other art, to confuse and impede the process, and destroy all ground of confidence in the result. John Stuart Mill
I looked at Spangler. He was leaning forward so far he was almost out of his chair. He looked as if he was going to jump. I couldn't think of any reason why he should jump, so I thought he must be excited. I looked back at Breeze. He was about as excited as a hole in the wall. Raymond Chandler
The rising sun managed to peek around the vast column of smoke that forever rose from Ankh-Morpork, City of Cities, illustrating almost up to the edge of space that smoke means progress or, at least, people setting fire to things. Terry Prachett
He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself for the mortified feeling, that while he looked upon her with an admiration he could not repress, she looked at him with proud indifference, taking him, he thought, for what, in his irritation, he told himself - was a great fellow, with not a grace or a refinement about him. Elizabeth Gaskell
As good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. John Milton
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. Dean Koontz
Louis-Ferdinand Celine quote: "The sadness of the world has different ways of getting to..."
The sadness of the world has different ways of getting to people, but it seems to succeed almost every time. Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls. Warren Bennis
When I think something nice is going to happen I seem to fly right up on the wings of anticipation; and then the first thing I realize I drop down to earth with a thud. But really, Marilla, the flying part is glorious as long as it lasts...it's like soaring through a sunset. I think it almost pays for the thud. L. M. Montgomery
It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children. J. M. Barrie
We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long as you doubt. Dallas Willard

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