Sight Quotes - Page 28

• A great sadness welled up in Magnus at the sight of him. It was human to age and die, and Jem stood outside that humanity now, outside the light that burned so brightly and so briefly. It was cold outside that light and fire. No one had greater cause to know that cold than Magnus did.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sadness, Fire, Light

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2014). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.173, Simon and Schuster

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• I never believed in love at first sight, until I met Derek. It's all-consuming and delicious and wonderful and exciting. At the same time, it makes me nervous and self-conscious and emotional. Love exists. I know it does, because I'm madly, deeply, hopelessly in love.

  Simone Elkeles

  Emotional, Self, Doe

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• He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everything he had seen that night seemed to fall in upon him as Mrs. Weasley held him to her. His mother's face, his father's voice, the sight of Cedric, dead on the ground all started spinning in his head until he could hardly bear it, until he was screwing up his face against the howl of misery fighting to get out of him.

  J. K. Rowling

  Mother, Memories, Father

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• Girls are always saying things like, “I’m so unhappy that I’m going to overdose on aspirin,” but they’d be awfully surprised if they succeeded. They have no intention of dying. At the first sight of blood, they panic.

  Rachel Klein

  Girl, Blood, Dying

  Rachel Klein (2012). “The Moth Diaries”, Faber & Faber

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• It was one of those sumptuous days when the world is full of autumn muskiness and tangy, crisp perfection: vivid blue sky, deep green fields, leaves in a thousand luminous hues. It is a truly astounding sight when every tree in a landscape becomes individual, when each winding back highway and plump hillside is suddenly and infinitely splashed with every sharp shade that nature can bestow - flaming scarlet, lustrous gold, throbbing vermilion, fiery orange.

  Bill Bryson

  Autumn, Green Fields, Blue

  FaceBook post by Bill Bryson from Sep 27, 2015

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• I’m stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta.

  Suzanne Collins

  Kissing, Catching Fire, Katniss And Peeta

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.447, Scholastic UK

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• Their goal was in sight. They had a Titan with a very loud kitten on their side. That had to count for something.

  Rick Riordan

  Goal, Sides, Kitten

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• There was something unbearably sexy about cars at night, Ronan thought. The way the fenders twisted the light and reflected the road, the way every driver became anonymous. The sight of them knocked his heartbeat askew.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Sexy, Night, Light

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.188, Scholastic Inc.

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• You may not agree, you may not care, but if you are holding this book you should know that of all the sights I love in this world — and there are plenty — very near the top of the list is this one: dogs without leashes.

  Mary Oliver

  Dog, Book, World

  Mary Oliver (2013). “Dog Songs: Deluxe Edition”, p.11, Penguin

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• This book is dedicated to you. Whether you are a Minion or a Skuttlebug or just, you know, a normal person, it’s because of you that I get to do what I love and laughingly call it work. I know some of you by name and some of you by sight (and some of you by smell, but let’s not get into that) but there are still countless others I have never met, and to all of you I say thank you for your support, your passion, and your lunacy.

  Derek Landy

  Book, Passion, Names

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• Still when I lost her, I lost sight of any landmark that might have led me someplace happier, to some more populated or congenial life.

  Donna Tartt

  Might, Landmarks, Lost

  Donna Tartt (2013). “The Goldfinch”, p.8, Hachette UK

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• When you take time , often to reflect on the miracle of life - the miracle that you are even able to read this book - the gift of sight ,of love and all the rest , it can hep to remind you that many of the things that you think as "big stuff" are really just "small stuff" that you are turning into big tuff

  Richard Carlson

  Book, Thinking, Miracle

  Richard Carlson (2011). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff”, p.5, Hachette UK

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• You cannot save every fallen bird," said Woosley, leaning back against the wall and crossing his arms. "Even the handsome ones." "One will do," said Magnus, and, as Will was no longer within his sight, he let the front door fall shut.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wall, Fall, Doors

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• I want to fall in love in such a way that the mere sight of a man, even a block away from me, will shake and pierce me, will weaken me, and make me tremble and soften and melt.

  Anais Nin

  Falling In Love, Block, Men

  Anais Nin (1977). “DELTA OF VENUS EROTICA”

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• He has tears in his eyes now. The sight is more than I can bear. He takes two steps away from me and then turns back like a caged animal. “Do you even love me?” he suddenly asks. He grips both of my shoulders. “I’ve said it to you before, and I still mean it. But I’ve never heard it from you.

  Marie Lu

  Eye, Mean, Animal

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• The little that is completed, vanishes from the sight of one who looks forward to what is still to do.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Motivational, Positive, Patience

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• The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

  Seneca the Younger

  Motivational, Positive, Cheer

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech with animals, that birds no longer visit our windowsills to converse. As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.

  Leonard Cohen

  Time, Eye, Animal

  Leonard Cohen (2003). “The Favorite Game: A Novel”, Vintage Books

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• Was it love at first sight? It wasn't then - but it sure is now.

  Anne Meara

  Love, Marriage, Wedding

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• It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Birthday, Truth, Men

  Albert Schweitzer (2015). “The Light Within Us”, p.18, Open Road Media

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• Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.

  William Saroyan

  Christmas, Children, Eye

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• We, unaccustomed to courage
  exiles from delight
  live coiled in shells of loneliness
  until love leaves its high holy temple
  and comes into our sight
  to liberate us into life.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Courage, Loneliness

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• But oh, she dances in such a way!
  No sun upon an Easter-day
  Is half so fine a sight.

  John Suckling

  Dance, Easter, Half

  Sir John Suckling (1766). “The Works of Sir John Suckling: Containing His Poems, Letters, and Plays”, p.37

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• A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. A goal is what specifically you intend to make happen. Dreams and goals should be just out of your present reach but not out of sight. Dreams and goals are coming attractions in your life.

  Joseph Campbell

  Encouraging, Dream, Goal

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• Consequently, the sensuous aspect of art is related only to the two theoretical sensesof sight and hearing, while smell, taste, and touch remain excluded.

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

  Art, Food, Two

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1998). “Aesthetics: Lectures on Fine Art”, p.38, Oxford University Press

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