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Familiarity Quotes (page 4)

Fear is an unavoidable element of the mortal condition. Creation in all its ravishing beauty, with its infinite baroque embellishments and subtle charms, with all the wonders that it offers from both the Maker and the made, with all its velvet mystery and with all the joy we receive from those we love here, so enchants us lack we lack the imagination, less than the faith, to envision an even more dazzling world beyond, and therefore even if we believe, we cling tenaciously to this existence,... Dean Koontz
Roger Ebert quote: "We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to..."
We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds. Roger Ebert
H. L. Mencken quote: "there is reinforcement in such familiar back-formations as..."
...there is reinforcement in such familiar back-formations as Chinee from Chinese, Portugee from Portuguese.... (p. 111) H. L. Mencken
Stephenie Meyer quote: "Like the thick quilt I'd played under as a child, the dark..."
Like the thick quilt I'd played under as a child, the dark felt familiar and protecting. Stephenie Meyer
I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things you must risk it. And here is the shock- when you risk it, when you do the right thing, when you arrive at the borders of common sense and cross into unknown territory, leaving behind you all the familiar smells and lights; then you do not experience great joy and huge energy. You are unhappy. Things get worse. It is a time of mourning. Loss. Fear. We battle... Jeanette Winterson
Margaret Weis quote: "Then he heard a familiar voice."That's got 'em! Wonderfull..."
Then he heard a familiar voice."That's got 'em! Wonderfull spell, Fireball--"Fizban!" Tanis groaned. Margaret Weis
The idea that at each successive moment he was deeper into the Sahara than he had been the moment before, that he was leaving behind all familiar things, this constant consideration kept him in a state of pleasurable agitation. Paul Bowles
He could taste the familiar tang of museum air - an arid, deionized essence that carried a faint hint of carbon - the product of industrial, coal-filter dehumidifiers that ran around the clock to counteract the corrosive carbon dioxide exhaled by visitors. Dan Brown
Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by the unconscious hints it gave of power, pride and passion. So entirely natural and unconventional was she that he soon found himself on a familiar footing, asking all manner of unusual questions, and receiving rather piquant replies. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "Some stories are so familiar its like going home."
Some stories are so familiar its like going home. Louisa May Alcott
I considered him and felt the now familiar crush of emotions weighing on me, begging me to cave in and fall into his strong arms. I pushed back with every ounce of energy I had left. Every time I trusted someone, I got hurt. Every time I let go, I was let down. Not again. I would drive them away before the left. Glenn Beck
Every service is a structure of acts and words through which we rceive a sacrament, or repent, or supplicate, or adore. And it enables us to do these things best--if you like, it 'works' best--when, through long familiarity, we don't have to think about it. As long as you notice, and have to count, the steps, you are not yet dancing but only learning to dance. C. S. Lewis
Paul Valery quote: "The confused murmur of his nights began to rise, expected but..."
The confused murmur of his nights began to rise, expected but not familiar Paul Valery
Nothing will surprise us more than when we get to heaven and see the Father and realize how well we know Him and how familiar His face is to us. Ezra Taft Benson
I seem to be on a road, walking, greeting the hedgerows, the rose-hips, the apples and thorn. I seem to be on a road, walking, familiar with neighbors, high-handed with cattle, smelling the sea, and alone. Already, I know the names of things. I can kick a stone. Annie Dillard

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