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Might Quotes (page 36)

William Shakespeare quote: "O, were mine eyeballs into bullets turn'd, That I in rage..."
O, were mine eyeballs into bullets turn'd, That I in rage might shoot them at your faces! William Shakespeare
He simply felt that if he could carry away the vision of the spot of earth she walked on, and the way the sky and sea enclosed it, the rest of the world might seem less empty. Edith Wharton
For awhile I taped soap operas and watched them at night when I thought I might be forgetting what it was like to be human. After a while I stopped, because from the examples I saw on those shows, forgetting humanity was a good thing. Charlaine Harris
Literature duplicates the experience of living in a way that nothing else can, drawing you so fully into another life that you temporarily forget you have one of your own. That is why you read it, and might even sit up in bed till early dawn, throwing your whole tomorrow out of whack, simply to find out what happens to some people who, you know perfectly well, are made up. Barbara Kingsolver
At one point, as Samuel urges Adam to raise his boys well regardless of the blood that might be in them, Adam tells him, "You can't make a race horse of a pig." Samuel replies, "No, but you can make a very fast pig. John Steinbeck
Lucy Ashton, in short, was involved in those mazes of the imagination which are most dangerous to the young and the sensitive. Time, it is true, absence, change of place and of face, might probably have destroyed the illusion in her instance as it has done in many others. Walter Scott
What did you see?' he asked then. Nothing,' I told him. 'Because nothing is what you wanted me to see, though the man on the table might disagree. Alice Hoffman
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference. Abraham Lincoln
Alan Bennett quote: "Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature?..."
Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity. Alan Bennett
William Blake quote: "And we are put on this earth a little space that we might..."
And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love William Blake
It may not happen in the first instant, but within ten minutes of meeting a man, a woman has a clear idea of who he is, or at least who he might be for her, and her heart of hearts has already told her whether or not she's going to fall in love with him. Orhan Pamuk
People are more open about seeking help these days. They recognise the fact that the alternative to having a shrink is that you bore your friends stupid. So I figured that I might as well give someone 100 bucks an hour to hear my woes. At least someone can make a living out of listening to my tedious problems. Hugh Laurie
I hurried away to the white hall of Phantasy heedless of the innumerable forms of beauty that crowded my way: these might cross my eyes, but the unseen filled my brain. George MacDonald
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "it all, maybe, most likely, indeed, might turn out for the..."
...it all, maybe, most likely, indeed, might turn out for the best. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Nothing can be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon and left one unexpended effort which might have saved the world. Jane Addams

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