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Grounds Quotes (page 9)

Love is not an equation... It is not a contract, and it's not a happy ending. It is the slate under the chalk and the ground buildings rise from and the oxygen in the air. Jodi Picoult
The lovers were just entering the grounds of the pension. They were leaning toward each other as the water oaks bent from the sea. There was not a particle of earth beneath their feet. Their heads might have been turned upside down, so absolutely did they tread upon blue ether. Kate Chopin
When the gravity of death first touched me, I'd found preoccupation with the minutiae of daily life meaningless. If we ultimately die, and turn to dust in the ground, should it ever truly upset us if the floor hasn't been swept quite recently enough. Shirin Ebadi
Cormac McCarthy quote: "It is always one's stance upon uncertain ground that invites..."
It is always one's stance upon uncertain ground that invites the attentions of one's enemies. Or discourages it. Cormac McCarthy
Henry James quote: "She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which..."
She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which indeed there curled the blue river of truth. Henry James
I will bend, I will touch the ground, or as close to it as I can get without rupture. I will lay a wreath of invisible money on her grave. Margaret Atwood
Jane Austen? I feel that I am approaching dangerous ground. The reputation of Jane Austen is surrounded by cohorts of defenders who are ready to do murder for their sacred cause. Arnold Bennett
She felt as if the mosaic she had been assembling out of life's little shards got dumped to the ground, and there was no way to put it back together. Anne Lamott
I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want. Voltaire
Cormac McCarthy quote: "Not all dying words are true and this blessing is no less real..."
Not all dying words are true and this blessing is no less real for being shorn of its ground. Cormac McCarthy
Confucius quote: "He who sling mud, lose ground."
He who sling mud, lose ground. Confucius
This is the effect of panic, a natural effect, you could say that animal nature is like this, plant life would behave in exactly the same way, too, if it did not have all those roots to hold it in the ground, and how nice it would be to see the trees of the forest fleeing the flames. Jose Saramago
This is why Paul upholds the teaching of the gospel in such a forceful way ... Seeing such an example and such a picture of man’s great weakness and fickleness, Paul states that the truth of the gospel must supersede anything that we may devise … he is showing us that we ought to know the substance of the doctrine which is brought to us in the name of God, so that our faith can be fully grounded upon it. Then we will not be tossed about with every wind, nor will we wander about aimlessly,... John Calvin
You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They're both very good things. I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you're ground down by convention. You can't think as you like and you can't act as you like. That's... W. Somerset Maugham
Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "Other people's stories may become part of your own, the..."
Other people's stories may become part of your own, the foundation of it, the ground it goes on. Ursula K. Le Guin

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