English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Thoughts Quotes (page 156)

Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "He has a fancy for always sitting in a pitch-dark room. He..."
He has a fancy for always sitting in a pitch-dark room. He says it makes his thoughts brighter. Gilbert K. Chesterton
She knew, of course that she was being supremely unfair, that Franz was the best man she ever had- he was intelligent, he understood her paintings, he was handsome and good-but the more she thought about it, the more she longed to ravish his intelligence, defile his kindheartedness, and violate his powerless strength Milan Kundera
Time, Baby - so much, so much time left until the end of my life - sometimes I go crazy at how slowly time passes yet how quickly my body ages. But I shouldn't allow myself to think like this. I have to remind myself that time only frightens me when I think of having to spend it alone. Sometimes I scare myself with how many of my thoughts revolve around making me feel better about sleeping alone in a room. Doug Coupland
What man art thou that, thus bescreened in night, So stumblest on my counsel? *Who are you? Why do you hide in the darkness and listen to my private thoughts?* William Shakespeare
Of the numerous regrettable elements that go to make up the unlawful carnal-knowledge industry, I should single out for distinction the look of undisguised contempt that is often worn on the faces of its female staff. Some of the working 'hostesses' may have to simulate delight or even interest—itself a pretty cock-shriveling thought—but when these same ladies do the negotiating, they can shrug off the fake charm as a snake discards an unwanted skin. Christopher Hitchens
How like a mirror, her face. Impossible; for how many people did you know who refracted your own light to you? People were more often - he searched for a simile, found one in his work - torches, blazing away until they whiffed out. How rarely did other people's faces take of you and throw back to you your own expression, your own innermost trembling thought? Ray Bradbury
Rhonda Byrne quote: "Remember that your thoughts are the primary cause of everything."
Remember that your thoughts are the primary cause of everything. Rhonda Byrne
Arthur Helps quote: "Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought."
Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought. Arthur Helps
One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are? Ezra Taft Benson
Terry Prachett quote: "What was the point of education, he thought, if people went..."
What was the point of education, he thought, if people went out afterward and used it? Terry Prachett
Some nights, alone, he thinks of her, and some nights, alone, she thinks of him. Some night these thoughts, separated by miles and time zones, occur at the same objective moment, and Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it. Steve Martin
He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting. Shirley Jackson
Terry Prachett quote: "Truly, he thought, the way of enlightenment is like unto half..."
Truly, he thought, the way of enlightenment is like unto half a mile of broken glass. Terry Prachett
All witches are selfish, the Queen had said. But Tiffany’s Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things, because they are mine! Terry Prachett
Alan Moore quote: "I thought, "Well if I'm gonna react might as well overreact!"
I thought, "Well if I'm gonna react might as well overreact! Alan Moore

Popular Topics

Popular Author