Moved Quotes - Page 16

• I'll never forget my first time with you' Min said as she edged the doughnut off her finger. 'The earth moved, and then my mother asked my father who he was going down on at lunch.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Mother, Sex, Father

  Jennifer Crusie (2006). “Welcome to Temptation/Bet Me”, p.682, Macmillan

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• The flesh had infinity in it. I must know every inch by touch yet every inch renewed its mystery the instant my hand moved on. Delightful endless futility.

  Glen Duncan

  Hands, Moved On, Flesh

  Glen Duncan (2011). “The Last Werewolf (The Last Werewolf 1)”, p.62, Canongate Books

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• What was happening was only the working-out of a process that had started years ago. The first step had been a secret, involuntary thought, the second had been the opening of the diary. He had moved from thoughts to words, and now from words to actions. The last step was something that would happen in the Ministry of Love. He had accepted it. The end was contained in the beginning.

  George Orwell

  Years, Work Out, Secret

  George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). “Animal Farm and 1984”, p.253, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• She moved nearer, leaned her shoulder against me — and we were one, and something flowed from her into me, and I knew: this is how it must be. I knew it with every nerve, and every hair, every heartbeat, so sweet it verged on pain. And what joy to submit to this 'must'. A piece of iron must feel such joy as it submits to the precise, inevitable law that draws it to a magnet. Or a stone, thrown up, hesitating a moment, then plunging headlong back to earth. Or a man, after the final agony, taking a last deep breath — and dying.

  Yevgeny Zamyatin

  Sweet, Pain, Men

  Yevgeny Zamyatin “We”, Two-Gunner Pulp Press

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• Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain. They know our infantine dispositions, which, however they may be afterwards modified, are never eradicated; and they can judge of our actions with more certain conclusions as to the integrity of our motives.

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

  Integrity, Judging, Childhood

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2015). “Annotated Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus with English Grammar Exercises: by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, p.232, Powell Publications, LLC

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• Seth and I had broken up twice and while I usually accepted that he had moved on, I knew that I would love him forever. For me, forever was a serious matter" - Georgina about

  Richelle Mead

  Broken, Forever, Moved On

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• How do you say yoo-hoo in Arabic?" "I believe that yoo-hoo could be part of a universal language," Dan said. "Like ow. Or- you're stepping on my foot." "That's universal?" "No, you're stepping on my foot. Ow." Amy moved.

  Judy Blundell

  Believe, Feet, Amy

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• I rose and moved towards him. You would have done the same yourself. It is an ancient matter. Something propels you towards sudden grief, or perhaps also sometimes repels. You move away. I moved towards it, I couldn't help it.

  Sebastian Barry

  Grief, Moving, Rose

  Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.87, Faber & Faber

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• Without a word or hesitation, Pain took the mop from Nick. Suffering moved to pick up glass. "Wow. Where have you two been all my life?" Pain quirked and eyebrow as he mopped the floor. "Walking hand in hand with you. Haven't you noticed?

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Pain, Glasses, Hands

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Invincible: The Chronicles of Nick”, p.48, Macmillan

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• I'm speaking of the character of human beings, not what they believe in. I'm speaking of those who won't accept a useless life just because they were born to it. I mean those who would be something better. They work, they sacrifice, they do things..." He was moved by this, and I was a little surprised that I'd said it. Yet I felt I'd had hurt him somehow. "There is blessedness in that." I said. "There's sanctity. And God or no God, there is goodness in it. I know this the way I know the mountains are out there, that the stars shine.

  Anne Rice

  Hurt, Stars, Believe

  Anne Rice (2013). “The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle”, p.861, Ballantine Books

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• Life is short and the nights are long, and tonight I moved on.

  Kesha

  Life Is Short, Night, Long

  Song: While You Were Sleeping, 2010

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• Our tongues have fallen madly in love and gotten married and moved to Paris.

  Jandy Nelson

  Paris, Tongue, Married

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.85, Penguin

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• Hey,” he said softly. He moved closer to the bars, pressing his face between them. “I always said you were jailbait, but this is ridiculous.

  Rachel Caine

  Bars, Hey, Faces

  Rachel Caine (2007). “The Dead Girls' Dance: The Morganville Vampires”, p.108, Penguin

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• Won? He’s one of them! How exactly is that winning?” Michael shook his head, moved up behind her, and put his hands on her shoulders. He kissed the nape of her neck gently. “I don’t know, Eve. I’m just telling you what I heard. He got some kind of agreement out of the vampires. And it was because Amelie loved him.” “Yeah, loved him enough to kill him and turn him into a bloodsucking fiend,” Eve said grimly. “How sweet. Romance isn’t dead. Oh, wait. It is.

  Rachel Caine

  Sweet, Winning, Agreement

  Rachel Caine (2007). “The Dead Girls' Dance: The Morganville Vampires”, p.146, Penguin

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• Such physical matters were nice, yet, to him, intelligence and passion born of living, the ability to move and be moved by subtleties of the mind and spirit, were what really counted.

  Robert James Waller

  Nice, Moving, Passion

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• He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Men, Play

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 197

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• Well we've moved through the funfair a bit – we've done the rollercoaster, now we're on the ghost train.

  Steven Moffat

  Done, Ghost, Rollercoaster

  "Doctor Who: interview with Steven Moffat". BBC Interview, www.bbc.co.uk. April 5, 2011.

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• Isabelle and Jace had left the topic of dead Shadowhunters behind and had moved on to something Jace apparently found even more horrifying__Isabelle's date with Simon. "I can't believe he took you to an actual restaurant." Jace was on his feet now, putting away the floor mats and training gear while Isabelle leaned against the wall and played with her new gloves. "I assumed his idea of a date would be making you watch him play World of Warcraft with his nerd friends." "I," Clary pointed out, "am one of his nerd friends, thank you.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wall, Believe, Play

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• He closed his eyes as she put her hand on his shoulder, and in that instant, nothing else mattered. Not the song, not the place, not the other couples around him. Only this, only her. He gave himself over to the feel of her body as it pressed against him, and they moved slowly in small circles on the sawdust-strewn floor, lost in a world that felt as though it had been created for just the two of them.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Song, Couple, Eye

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• You're an idiot," she whispered tearfully. Finally, he opened his eyes and stared up at her; by then, she had moved on to stroking his hair and crying. She sat beside him on the edge of the bed, trying very hard not to bump him or let her cold tears fall on his bare chest and arms. For a moment he blinked at her. Then he asked, "Are you dead too?

  Melissa Marr

  Fall, Eye, Hair

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• Alek was right behind her now, his body pressing close as he adjusted her sword arm. She hadn't realized this fencing business would be so touchy. He grasped her waist, sending a crackle across her skin. If Alek moved his hands any higher, he might notice what was hidden beneath her careful tailoring. “Always keep sideways to your opponent,” he said, gently turning her. “That way, your chest presents the smallest possible target.” “Aye, the smallest possible target,” Deryn sighed. Her secret was safe, it seemed.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Hands, Secret, Skins

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• Luke moved as silently as fog, while Maryse's heels sounded like gunshots on the marble floor. Clary wondered if Isabelle's propensity for unsuitable footwear was genetic.

  Cassandra Clare

  Fog, Gunshots, Footwear

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

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• He moved on, in the centre of a widening circle. He wasn't an enemy, he was a nemesis.

  Terry Pratchett

  Circles, Enemy, Moved On

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• Those dreams I have at night are going to drive me crazy. Last night I dreamed that little red-haired girl and I were eating lunch together... But she's gone... She's moved away, and I don't know where she lives, and she doesn't know I even exist, and I'll never see her again... And... I wish men cried.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Girl, Dream, Crazy

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• Is anything wrong, dear? the old joke went. No, why? You moved. Just don't move.

  Margaret Atwood

  Moving, Old Jokes, Dear

  Margaret Atwood (1986). “The Handmaid's Tale”, p.222, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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