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Standing Quotes (page 78)

Sue Monk Kidd quote: "You can't stop your heart from loving, really -- it's like..."
You can't stop your heart from loving, really -- it's like standing out there in the ocean yelling at the waves to stop. Sue Monk Kidd
And the two women stood side by side looking at the slender, flowering tree. Although it was so still it seemed, like the flame of a candle, to stretch up, to point, to quiver in the bright air, to grow taller and taller as they gazed - almost to touch the rim of the round, silver moon. How long did they stand there? Both, as it were, caught in that circle of unearthly light, understanding each other perfectly, creatures of another world, and wondering what they were to do in this one... Katherine Mansfield
Raymond Chandler quote: "Her teeth had the nice shiny look that comes from standing all..."
Her teeth had the nice shiny look that comes from standing all night in a glass of solution. Raymond Chandler
Ayla, what am I doing wrong?" he asked, standing in front of her, dripping. "It's not you. I'm the one who's doingit wrong." "You're not doing anything wrong." "Yes I am. I've been trying all day to encourage you, but you don't understand Clan gestures. Jean M. Auel
What I feel for her is a wholly different emotion. It stands and walks on its own, living and breathing and throbbing and shaking me to the roots of my being. Haruki Murakami
These rocks are a release for my pent-up emotions. When I feel all tied up inside, I just stand here and throw rocks into that vacant lot!"Hello, Charlie Brown, you blockhead!"Sometimes I think I'm kind of a vacant lot myself... Charles M. Schulz
He had awoken too late for happiness, but not for strength, and could feel an austere joy, as of a warrior who is homeless but stands fully armed. E. M. Forster
Woody Allen quote: "The only thing standing between me and greatness is me."
The only thing standing between me and greatness is me. Woody Allen
There is no greater blessing that you can have than to stand as a proxy in a great service to those who have gone beyond. And it will be your privilege and your opportunity and your responsibility to live worthy to go to the temple of the Lord and be baptized in behalf of someone else. Gordon B. Hinckley
The state calls Paul Winthrop to the stand."... Paul answered the opening questions briefly, weighing his words, his eyes on Julia's."Would you tell the court the nature of your relationship with Miss Summers?"I'm in love with Miss Summers." The faintest of smiles touched his lips. "Completely in love with Miss Summers. Nora Roberts
The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family. If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all. Love is so supremely important. As our great poet Auden said, ‘Love each other or perish’. Mitch Albom
I took the stool next to him, raising an eyebrow at the coffee and cruller on the counter. "Thought you weren't into internal pollution," I said. Lately Ranger'd been on a health food thing."Props," Ranger told me. "Didn't want to look out of place."I didn't want to burst his fantasy bubble, but the only time Ranger wouldn't look out of place would be standing in a lineup between Rambo and Batman. Janet Evanovich
Anton Chekhov quote: "Grisha, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by..."
Grisha, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping through the keyhole. Anton Chekhov
Martin Buber quote: "Whoever says You does not have something; he has nothing. But..."
Whoever says You does not have something; he has nothing. But he stands in relation. Martin Buber
As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and abroad, and of the sort of society they frequent; and the approval of such men, who do not even stand well in their own eyes, has no value for him. Marcus Aurelius

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