Steady Quotes - Page 13

• Oh! Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. Do not return to your families with the stigma of disgrace marked on your brows. Return as heroes who have fought and conquered, and who know not what it is to turn their backs on the foe.

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

  Hero, Heart, Men

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.164, Wordsworth Editions

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• We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's needed to do the job. By any proper civilized standard (but what does that mean now?) we are objects of horror. But our nerves are completely steady. And we are still alive.

  Pat Barker

  Jobs, Mean, Thinking

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• I wrap my arms around his neck, feel his arms hesitate before they embrace me. Not as steady as they once were, but still warm and strong. A thousand moments surge through me. All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone for ever.

  Suzanne Collins

  Sweet, Strong, Memories

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.338, Scholastic Inc.

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• I reach for Prim in the twilight, clamp my hand on her leg and pull myself over to her. Her voice remains steady as she croons to Buttercup. "It's all right, baby, it's all right. We'll be OK down there." My mother wraps her arms around us. I allow myself to feel young for a moment and rest my head on her shoulder.

  Suzanne Collins

  Mother, Baby, Twilight

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• He was the only boy I'd found worth dating in God knows how many schools. I mean, ever since he'd been bitten by a werwulf he'd been rock-steady. The best thing about this totally effed-up situation.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  School, Mean, Boys

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• You've always asked me to wait, as if we had time in abundance. But time is too precious, Perry. We've wasted years, when we could have been with each other. Don't you understand how much even one day of loving each other is worth? Some people are separated by distances they can never cross. All they can do is dream about each other for a lifetime, never having what they want most. How foolish, how wasteful to have love within your reach and not take it!" She clamped her teeth on her trembling bottom lip to steady herself

  Lisa Kleypas

  Dream, Distance, Loving Life

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• With a cold"--she spoke evenly, lowering her eyes a little--"now is the hardest time. Maybe even harder than dying. But this is probably as bad as it can get. You might come to fear the next time you get a cold; it will be as bad as this, but if you just hold steady, it won't be. For the rest of your life. That's how it works. You could take the negative view and live in fear: Will it happen again? But it won't hurt so much if you just accept it as a part of life." With that she looked up at me, smiling.

  Banana Yoshimoto

  Hurt, Eye, Views

  Banana Yoshimoto (2006). “Kitchen”, p.139, Grove Press

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• No, whoever was out there didn't want to take her in. But his sights were on her, gun sights, steady. Clear. She stared into them, and with a mocking smile, mouthed the words, I dare you!" (Cassie Sinclair) *** He smiled at the challenge. One day, she just might dare him too far, but he doubted it would be a bullet he'd penetrate her with. (Unknown Breed)

  Lora Leigh

  Gun, Sight, Challenges

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• He had hard, steady eyes, and all the comforting, reassuring charm of a dental drill. - Harry Dresden describing Morgan

  Jim Butcher

  Eye, Comforting, Dental

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• His steady gaze held hers. His blue eyes were very dark, uniquely so. She had known people before with blue eyes, but they had always been light blue. Will's were the color of the sky just on the edge of night.

  Cassandra Clare

  Eye, Dark, Night

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.224, Simon and Schuster

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• I drove nice cars, I got a nice house. But now I'm steady missing you like a strikeout

  Drake

  Break Up, Breakup, Nice

  Song: Missin' You

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• You will be getting a haircut, won't you?" Halt ran his hand through his hair. It was getting a little long, he thought. I'll give it a trim," he said, his hand dropping unconciously to the hilt of his saxe knife. This time, Pauline did look up. You'll get a haircut," she said. Her gaze was steady and unwavering. I'll get a haircut," he agreed meekly.

  John Flanagan

  Hair, Hands, Knives

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• She jerked hastily back to avoid stepping on it, and her shoulder bumped his--he put a hand out to steady her, just as she turned to apologize and then she was somehow in the circle of his arm and he was kissing her.

  Cassandra Clare

  Kissing, Hands, Circles

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.277, Simon and Schuster

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• Ursan flourished the knife, threatening me. "Talk, or I'll start cutting off body parts." "Yours? Or mine?" I kept my voice steady despite my insides twisting into goo. "It's an important distinction.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Cutting, Knives, Voice

  Maria V. Snyder (2013). “Scent of Magic”, p.61, Harlequin

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• A thump thump thump noise that was so unfamiliar, and yet I couldn't quite place it. But I knew it. It was - "Mmm-hmmm," Monica murmured, just as Wes came view into the path. He was running, his pace quick and steady. He was in shorts, his shirt off, staring ahead as he passed. His back was tan and gleaming with sweat.

  Sarah Dessen

  Running, Views, Hands

  "The Truth About Forever". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2004.

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• He made a sound of frustation, caught at her hand, brought it to his chest, and pressed it flat over his heart. The steady beat hammered against her palm. "Every heart has its own melody," he said. "You know mine.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Hands, Sound

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value.

  Washington Irving

  Adversity, Silent, Innocent

  Washington Irving (1835). “The complete works of Washington Irving in one volume with a memoir of the author”, p.230

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• Jamie was more than just the woman I loved. In the year Jamie helped me become the man I am today. With her steady hand she showed how important it was to help others; with her patience and kindness she showed me what life really is all about. Her cheerfulness and optimism, even in times of sickness, was the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed . . . Jamie also thought me the value of forgiveness and the transforming power it offers . . . Jamie was not only the angel who saved Tom Thornton, she was the angel who saved us all.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Kindness, Angel, Helping Others

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• Things on the essential list: vodka, Nine Inch Nails, a steady supply of mortal men, and an all-purpose bitchy attitude.

  Richelle Mead

  Attitude, Men, Essentials

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• One of them hissed-not the hiss of a cat, a long, steady tone-more like the hiss of air escaping the rubber raft that is all that lies between you and a dark sea full of sharks, the hiss of your life leaking out at the seams.

  Christopher Moore

  Lying, Cat, Dark

  Christopher Moore (2009). “A Dirty Job: A Novel”, p.228, Hachette UK

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• When Mama starts to move across a room, people pay attention. You can never be sure she's not going to grab you by the top of the head to steady herself. And she's pretty free with that walking stick, too.

  Bailey White

  Moving, Walking Sticks, People

  Bailey White (2009). “Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living”, p.6, Da Capo Press

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• And they did have fun, though it was of different kind now. All that yearning and passion had been replaced by a steady pulse of pleasure and satisfaction and occasional irritation, and this seemed to be a happy exchange; if there had been moments in her life when she had been more elated, there had never been a time when things had been more constant.

  David Nicholls

  Fun, Passion, Irritation

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• I am a lover of the cause of Christ and of virtue, chastity, and an upright, steady course of conduct and a holy walk. I despise a hypocrite or a covenant breaker. I judge them not; God shall judge them according to their works. I am a lover even of mine enemies, for an enemy seeketh to destroy openly. I can pray for those who despitefully use and persecute me, but for all I cannot hope.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Hypocrite, Judging, Enemy

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• I know I'm a bad bargain. But I'm begging you to have me anyway. Because I want a chance to make you as happy as you make me. I want to build a life with you." He fought to steady his voice. "Please come to me, Cat, because there's no surviving you. You don't have to love me back. You don't have to be mine. Just let me be yours.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Cat, Begging You, Voice

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• The distinguishing part of our constitution is its liberty. To preserve that liberty inviolate, is the peculiar duty and proper trust of a member of the house of commons. But the liberty, the only liberty I mean, is a liberty connected with order, and that not only exists with order and virtue, but cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady government, as in its substance and vital principle.

  Edmund Burke

  Order, Government, Liberty

  "The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, in Three Volumes".

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