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Buts Quotes (page 117)

Kate DiCamillo quote: "But perhaps you do not understand. I was crippled, crippled by..."
But perhaps you do not understand. I was crippled, crippled by an elephant that came through the roof - Madam LaVaughn Kate DiCamillo
H. G. Wells quote: "But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-''Are all very..."
But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-''Are all very well for common people. H. G. Wells
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "But... that's absurd!' he cried, flushing. 'Your poem is in..."
But... that's absurd!' he cried, flushing. 'Your poem is in praise of Jesus, not in blame of Him- as you meant it to be. Fyodor Dostoevsky
But men labor under a mistake. The better part of the man is soon ploughed into the soil for compost. By a seeming fate, commonly called necessity, they are employed, as it says in an old book, laying up treasures which moth and rust will corrupt and thieves break through and steal. Henry David Thoreau
But words are things and a small drop of ink, Falling like a dew, upon a thought produces. That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think;'Tis strange, the shortest letter which man uses. Instead of speech, may form a lasting link. Of ages; to what straits old Time reduces. Frail man, when paper - even a rag like this -, Survives himself, his tomb and all that's his. George Byron
Louisa May Alcott quote: "But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at,..."
But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name. Louisa May Alcott
... But he recommended the books which charmed her leisure hours, he encouraged her taste, and corrected her judgment; he made reading useful by talking to her of what she read, and heightened its attraction by judicious praise. Jane Austen
But Venice, like Oxford, had kept the background for romance, and, to the true romantic, background was everything, or almost everything. Oscar Wilde
But now," says the Once-ler, "now that you're here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Dr. Seuss
But religions are only temporarily successful attempts to cope with the lack of meaning in life; they are not permanent answers. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
But it is just two lovers, holding hands and in a hurry to reach their car, their locked hands a starfish leaping through the dark. John Updike
J. M. Coetzee quote: "... but what do slow and fast matter any more?"
... but what do slow and fast matter any more? J. M. Coetzee
But art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows Beauty, that has music in its soul and the color of sunsets in its headkerchiefs; that can dance on a flaming world and make the world dance, too. W. E. B. Du Bois
But women aren't just bodies! ... boor! they're "companions" as well! what of their charms, their grace, their twitterings? sure, sure! if suicide appeals to you ... Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Thomas Pynchon quote: "But as with Maxwell's Demon, so now. Either she could not..."
But as with Maxwell's Demon, so now. Either she could not communicate, or he did not exist. Thomas Pynchon

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