Touched Quotes - Page 39

• Jem touched the parabatai rune on his shoulder, through the thin material of his nightshirt. "I am not alone," he said. "Wherever we are, we are as one.

  Cassandra Clare

  Runes, Said, Shoulders

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1151, Simon and Schuster

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• Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it?

  Cassandra Clare

  Hands, Ducks, Brave

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Princess”, p.543, Simon and Schuster

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• I stopped the blade two inches before it touched Andrea’s neck. Because she was my best friend, and sticking knives into your best friend’s windpipe was generally considered to be a social faux pas.

  Ilona Andrews

  Knives, Two, My Best Friend

  Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.32, Penguin

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• And this is what you get for laughing at me." He pulled her up a few inches until his lips touched hers.

  C.C. Hunter

  Laughing, Lips, Inches

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• Come back to me, Tessa. Henry said that perhaps, since you had touched the soul of an angel, that you dream of Heaven now, of fields of angels and flowers of fire. Perhaps you are happy in those dreams. But I ask this out of pure selfishness. Come back to me. For I cannot bear to lose all my heart.

  Cassandra Clare

  Dream, Flower, Heart

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Princess”, p.479, Simon and Schuster

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• The greatest tales, well told, awaken the fears and longings of the listeners. Each man hears a different story. Each is touched by it according to his inner self. The words go to the ear, but the true message travels straight to the spirit.

  Juliet Marillier

  Men, Self, Different

  Juliet Marillier (2010). “Son of the Shadows: Book Two of the Sevenwaters Trilogy”, p.364, Macmillan

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• The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they provide the moral impulse which alone can lead to that peace, in the true meaning of the word, for which we all long. . . . There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Faith, Christian, Hope

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• Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive. As soon as he touched her, he wondered how he’d gone this long without doing it. He rubbed his thumb through her palm and up her fingers, and was aware of her every breath.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Butterfly, Hands, Long

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Eleanor & Park”, p.71, Macmillan

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• It was like I saw your soul in the notes of the music. And it was beautiful." She leaned forward and touched his face lightly, the smooth skin over his hard cheekbone, his hair like feathers against the back of her hand. "I saw rivers, boats like flowers, all the colors of the night sky.

  Cassandra Clare

  Beautiful, Flower, Night

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “Clockwork Princess”, p.186, Simon and Schuster

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• She turned to face him. She reached over and touched his hand, hesitantly, gently, amazed that after all these years had somehow known exactly what she'd needed to hear. When their eyes locked, she once again realized how special he was. And just for a fleeting moment, a tiny wisp of time that hung in the air like fireflies in summer skies, she wondered if she was in love with him again.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Summer, Eye, Firefly

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• Or maybe, he thought now, he just didn't recognize all those other girls. The way a computer drive will spit out a disk if it doesn't recognize the formatting. When he touched Eleanor's hand, he recognized her. He knew.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Girl, Hands, Way

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.66, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt.

  Steven Pressfield

  Resistance, Heard, Felt

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.7, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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• Maybe you've had skin next to your skin, but when was the last time you let yourself be touched?

  Tom Spanbauer

  Skins, Lasts, Next

  Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.287, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Will you wear my ring so all the world knows yer mine?" Beck wasn't asking for her hand in marriage, but it was so close he might as well be. Riley was deeply touched and she struggled to find the right words. "Yes," she began. "I'd be proud to.

  Jana Oliver

  Hands, Asking, World

  Jana Oliver (2012). “Foretold: A Demon Trappers Novel”, p.281, Macmillan

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• What’s a little calming distraction for your girlfriend in the midst of world entertainment domination?” “I’d stop the world from spinning for you.” That silly line oddly touched me. “I love you.” “Liked that one, did you?

  Sylvia Day

  Girlfriend, Silly, Love You

  Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.650, Penguin

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• Eleanor's hair caught fire at dawn. Her eyes were dark and shining, and his arms were sure of her. The first time he touched her hand, he'd known.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Eye, Dark, Hair

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.271, St. Martin's Griffin

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• When I haven't been kissed in a long time, I create civil disturbances, then insult the cops who show up, till one of them grabs me by the collar and hurls me up against the squad car, so I can remember, at least for a moment, what it's like to be touched.

  Jeffrey McDaniel

  Squad, Long, Car

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• Being remembered, and remembered so kindly, touched him more than he would have thought possible.

  Cassandra Clare

  Remembered

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.579, Simon and Schuster

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• One day as Father and I were returning from our walk we found the Grote Markt cordoned off by a double ring of police and soldiers. A truck was parked in front of the fish mart; into the back were climbing men, women, and children, all wearing the yellow star. . . . "Father! Those poor people!" I cried. . . . "Those poor people," Father echoed. But to my surprise I saw that he was looking at the solders now forming into ranks to march away. "I pity the poor Germans, Corrie. They have touched the apple of God's eye.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Stars, Children, Father

  Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill (2006). “The Hiding Place”, p.85, Chosen Books

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• What can I say?" I grinned. I have a magic touch when it comes to animals." Daphne snorted. "You're touched in the head is more like it.

  Jennifer Estep

  Animal, Magic

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• Amusement touched the corner of his lips. "Animals love me." "Oh, I'm sure they do," Scarlet said, beaming with fake encouragement. She shut the door before muttering, "What farm animals don't love a wolf?

  Marissa Meyer

  Encouragement, Animal, Doors

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• No one can control his own opinion or his own belief. My belief was forced upon me by my surroundings. I am the product of all circumstances that have in any way touched me.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Way, Opinion, Belief

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1909). “Interviews”

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• You’re a terrible liar, Sage, but I’m still touched you’d attempt it for my sake. A for effort.

  Richelle Mead

  Liars, Effort, Sage

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Bloodlines”, p.235, Penguin

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• his thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies

  Samantha Shannon

  Fire, Thumbs, Poppies

  Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.421, A&C Black

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• Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.

  Yuri Kochiyama

  Input, Life Is, People In Your Life

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