A Quotes
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“And whatever happens next, I know that I am changed. I can no longer defend a king who doesn’t
value me, the pawn who faces the enemy front lines. I can no longer fight for my own virtue, a knight who
wields her sword in service. And I can no longer hide behind the walls of Gabriel’s castle. I’m a queen in
my own right, whether I fall or fight another day, whatever my next move, wherever I land. I have the
whole board to consider, every direction available. My fate may not decide the game, but I can go
anywhere I want.
The queen has freedom the king does not. She decides her own fate”
“and whatever happens to love
that hasn't been used enough, has happened.”
Source: By the Numbers
“And whatever I do will become forever what I've done.”
Source: Map: Collected and Last Poems
“And whatever it is that you find yourself doing, who you find yourself loving, and where you find yourself dreaming, I hope you're doing it for you. I hope that you're living...for you...”
Source: Bloodroots
“And whatever my life had been up to that day, it was another life after that. And that is the gospel truth.”
Source: The Secret Scripture
“And whatever my weight, I've always been skinny from the waist up.”
“And whatever our faith - whatever our faith, one belief should bind us all: The measure of our character is our willingness to give of ourselves for others and for our country.”
“And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange their future for themselves, she could not believe it any more than she could believe that loaded pistols could ever be the best toys for five-year-old children.”
Source: ANNA KARENINA – Two Unabridged Translations in One Premium Edition (World Classics Series): The Greatest Romantic Tragedy of All Times from the Renowned Author of War and Peace & The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Including Biographies of the Author)
“And whatever the form of your own resurrection, you will arise, driven not by the Great Search, but by your own Great Duty, your limitless Dharma, the manifestation of your own highest potentials, and the world will begin to change because of you. And you will never flinch, and you will never fail in that great Duty, and you will never turn away, because simple, ever-present awareness will be with you now and forever, even unto the end of the worlds, because now and forever and endlessly forever, there is only Spirit, only intrinsic awareness of just this, and nothing more.”
Source: The Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad
“And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein's 'weapons of mass destruction,' American and British authorities were also concerned about violence in an area that harbors a resource indispensable for the functioning of the word economy. I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.”
“And whatever we do with the freedom we have been gifted, whether our achievements and our struggles are big or small, we will do it in honor of those who gave so much so that we could live in a better world.”
Source: The Paris Agent
“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.”
Source: The Holy Bible: King James Version
“And whatever you do, don’t close your eyes.'
'What happens if I close my eyes?'
'You miss the fun.”
Source: Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
“And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.”
Source: Desiderata: A Survival Guide for Life
“And whatsoever is repressed has to be repressed again because victory is never complete. There is no way to destroy sex by force, by violence. There is no way to control and discipline it. The people who have tried to control and discipline it have made the world very pornographic. Your so-called saints have a very pornographic mind. If a window can be created and a hole can be made in their heads, you will be able to see just sex, pornography. it is bound to be so. It is natural.”
“And what’s he then that says I play the villain?”
Source: The school-Shakspeare; or, Plays and scenes from Shakspeare illustr. for the use of schools, with glossarial notes selected from the best annotators by J.R. Pitman. [26 plays & extr. from 9 others & from the sonnets].
“And what’s important to you?” I asked. Marshal thought while we maneuvered around Darth Vader, who was struggling to keep from hitting the wall with his helmet blocking his vision. “Success at work. Having fun doing it. Caring for someone and supporting their interests because you like to see them happy. Having them care about and support yours simply because they want to see you happy.”
“And when [Bëor] lay dead, of no wound or grief, but stricken by age, the Eldar saw for the first time the swift waning of the life of Men, and the death of weariness which they knew not in themselves; and they grieved greatly for the loss of their friends. But Bëor at the last had relinquished his life willingly and passed in peace; and the Eldar wondered much at the strange fate of Men, for in all their lore there was no account of it, and its end was hidden from them.”
Source: The Silmarillion
“And when a beest is deed, he hath no peyne; But man after his deeth moot wepe and pleyne.”
“And when a Child is born into this World, it has no concept of the tone the skin it’s living in, it’s not a second, seven seconds away”
“And when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet; whence he blew Soul-animating strains,-alas! too few.”
Source: The Poems of William Wordsworth
“And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.”
“And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader’s vision comes to life the right way, a stable way and not the expedient way.”
Source: Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
“And when a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever.”
Source: A Beautiful Wedding
“And when a man has nothing, what is left for him but rage?”
“And when a person goeth through fire for his teaching -- what doth that prove! It is more, verily, when out of one's own burning cometh one's own teaching!”
Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“And when a simple hug
Just a simple hug
Makes your heart melt
When a slight touch moves you
When even for just a split second
In his half hug
You feel him
You feel everything
You feel in his presence you are home
Tag: Ganesha”
“And when a strong man is sweet, even Goddesses look down from Mount Olympus.”
“And when a tree caught fire, he began cutting down all the other trees in that forest that he always loved the most, to make sure that the fire wouldn't reach his home. And when he finished cutting down the last tree, it began raining.”
Source: The wrecked windows: The whispers of the beautiful hearts
“And when a whirl-winde hath blowne the dust of the Churchyard into the Church, and man sweeps out the dust of the Church into the Church-yard, who will undertake to sift those dusts again, and to pronounce, This is the Patrician, this is the noble flower, and this the yeomanly, this the Plebian bran.”
“And when a woman comes to decide who to marry
it comes down to the same test," he added.
"You mean they sniff men?" I asked. I could not
imagine what it would feel like to have a woman sniff
me.
"Yes, to determine if the fellow's fresh," Uncle Seth
said. "I guess I don't smell fresh, which is why I'm a
bachelor still."
"That's pretty peculiar," I said.
"Oh no, I expect it's a fine method," Uncle Seth said,
trying to make out Little Nicky's tracks on the trail.
"Women don't know why they choose who they
choose," he went on. "If they say otherwise it's a lie. A good fresh scent's probably the best thing they got to go on.”
Source: Boone's Lick
“And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.”
Source: Daniel Deronda - Volume 2 of 2
“And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?"
I nodded. "I'm okay."
"Okay is good enough for now," she said.”
Source: The Labors of Hercules Beal
“And when again it's morning, they'll wash away.
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm.”
“And when all else is gone, Art remains.”
Source: A God in Ruins
“And when all humanity has agreed on the necessity for something, we may be perfectly certain that some sort of humanitarian will want to destroy it.”
Source: Selected essays
“And when all is said and done, there is no greater success in the world than just being happy.”
“And when all's said and done, the final comment will be (from me at least) so what? I'll live with my neuroses. I'll try to develop patience, with my handicapped personality. But I prefer to live with my neuroses and try to make the best of them.”
“And when all the lights have gone out, such as is the case in the modern era, we must look at the brilliance which shines in far off places, and journey to it. We must bring the Grail back to The People. It is up to us to undertake a most perilous journey. Success isn’t guaranteed. But we go forth regardless. Do you have the courage to join us?”
Source: Without the Mob, There Is No Circus
“And when all the other lights of life are gone, the last light lost is the light of love.”
Source: Shantaram
“and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.”
“And when all was said and done the lies a fellow told about himself couldn't probably hold a proverbial candle to the wholesale whoppers other fellows coined about him.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)
“And when all your faith is gone let it be me, if it's a friend you need let it be me”
“And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.”
“And when and Eve submitted unto Satan they are the ones that empowered Satan. In a sense Man made Satan. God created Lucifer but Man made Satan.”
“And when April like an over-lustful lover leaped upon the lush flanks of the Downs there would be yet another child in the wretched hut down on Nettle Flitch Field, where Meriam housed the fruits of her shame.”
Source: Cold comfort farm
“And when at last I find you your song will fill the air.”
“And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter— they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long.”
Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath
“And when at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each of us, recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state, our success or failure, in whatever office we hold, will be measured by the answers to four questions: First, were we truly men of courage... Second, were we truly men of judgment... Third, were we truly men of integrity... Finally, were we truly men of dedication?-”
“And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear of God. This the good Queen Blanche did most earnestly by St. Louis, her son: witness her oft-repeated words, "My son, I would sooner see you die than guilty of a mortal sin;" words which sank so deeply into the saintly monarch's heart, that he himself said there was no day on which they did not recur to his mind, and strengthen him in treading God's ways.”