N Quotes
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“Neither of us said a word, the silence between us screaming danger more loudly than any worried whispering could have done.”
Source: To Take a World: The GhostMaker
“Neither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck.”
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
“Neither of us seemed able to be close to anyone. Not even each other. Closeness meant the one you loved the most would cause you the most damage. How did you unlearn that? It was woven deep between every fiber and vessel. You couldn't cut it out.”
Source: The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy
“Neither of us was hungry, but we managed to force down a little of Poe's bread, which was, as ever, delicious, buttery with a hint of chocolate, and very refreshing. Having finished the water we had brought with us, we were now forced to drink from creeks and streams. I was not happy about this, but there was no alternative.*
*In some stories, drinking from faerie streams has the same effect upon mortals as faerie wine.”
Source: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
“Neither of us was quite sure what the other meant, but, as in dreams, our words could be taken in so many ways, which was fine too, because we liked thinking they had more than one meaning, one obvious, one not so obvious, one hinted at but so muddled that neither of us knew which to grasp, because each was so laced into the others that all three ultimately meant one and the same thing.”
Source: Enigma Variations
“Neither of you are afraid of anything, and that's not bravery; that's not knowing how bad things can be.”
Source: Swords and Scoundrels
“Neither of youIn the couple have to change in order to be with the other. Whether that's having sex with other people or monogamy. The main thing is not having to reconcile your different lives like cutting your hair, changing the way you dress, who you are. The marriage with the guy I was sleeping with was asking me to be someone who wasn't me.”
“Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them.”
Source: The Essential Aristotle
“Neither one nor the other, not a demon, but not a human either, no place no belong... I thought the only way was to carve out your own place, by force; that's how I survived. And by the time I knew what was happening, I was all alone...”
“Neither one of the two friends felt any great need of talking. As yet. They had time; summer lay before them, long and full of promises.”
Source: Moominsummer Madness
“Neither one of us believe that you can fix the culture from within by just throwing money and people at the system. There has to be a systemic change within the system.”
“Neither one of us could be sure we'd get our money back on this investment, but we just wanted to have company of our own for once because we were best friends.”
“Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time.”
“Neither one of us is thinking long term, at least not yet, but our relationship is developing like a slow and steady braise. A braise might not look like much to start with- throw a bunch of ingredients into a pot, add a little broth and wine, and simmer over low heat for several hours- but the technique tends to produce the most complex and full-bodied flavors in food. One of the most wonderful things about a really good braise is that the end result is often so much more than the sum of its parts.”
Source: Aftertaste: A Novel in Five Courses
“Neither one-second less nor more than that which God has written and fixed the time for death.”
“Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy.”
“Neither Oscar nor Lou has changed much; they have simply, as Alexandra said of them long ago, grown to be more and more like themselves.”
Source: O Pioneers!
“Neither our greatest fears nor our greatest hopes are beyond the limits of our strength – we are able in the end to dominate the first and to achieve the second.”
Source: In Search of Lost Time
“Neither our own passing nor the passing of an era is a tragedy, no matter how much we would like to think it is.”
Source: The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
“Neither our vices nor our virtues further the poem.”
“Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument.”
“Neither parents nor schools are very effective at teaching the young to find pleasure in the right things. Adults, themselves often deluded by infatuation with fatuous models, conspire in the deception. They make serious tasks seem dull and hard, and frivolous ones exciting and easy. Schools generally fial to teach how exciting, how mesmerizingly beautiful science or mathematics can be; they teach the routine of literature or history rather than the adventure.”
Source: Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
“Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease.”
“Neither party has God on its side, a monopoly on good ideas, or a lock on any single fiscal, social, or moral philosophy.”
“Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right.”
“Neither passion nor pleasure gives real happiness but peace of being.”
“Neither past nor present, but the FUTURE has become the key to y’our existence, today. As without a future there is no meaning to life.”
“Neither person has to give any of themselves away. They are entirely themselves. Together they live in something bigger than themselves which encloses both. It is something that is already made; something the two belong to; something that they both merge with without losing anything.”
Source: Pittown
“Neither physical science nor psychology can ever 'explain' human consciousness. To me then, human consciousness lies outside science, and it is here that I seek the relationship between God and man.”
“Neither pleasure nor pain should enter as motives when one must do what must be done.”
“neither poems nor prose just a length of rope just the wet earth -- that's the way home. neither vodka nor bread just bursts of rage just more new graves -- that's youth and that's love. neither sleep nor waking neither joy nor laughter just tears in the night -- so the rope, paper, knife.”
Source: Selected poems
“Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me.”
Source: The Complete Poetry of John Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn + Ode to a Nightingale + Hyperion + Endymion + The Eve of St. Agnes + Isabella + Ode to Psyche + Lamia + Sonnets and more from one of the most beloved English Romantic poets
“Neither political party is clean when it comes to tactics that divide our people.”
“Neither poverty nor wealth is in the wallet. They are all in the mind.”
“Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly to award - these are the true aims and duties of criticism.”
Source: Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside
“Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne.
[Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]”
“Neither privacy nor publicity is dead, but technology will continue to make a mess of both.”
“Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.”
“Neither realism nor romance furnishes a more striking and picturesque figure than that of Christopher Columbus. The mystery about his origin heightens the charm of his story.”
Source: The columbian oration delivered at the dedication ceremonies of the World's fair at Chicago, Oct. 21, 1892
“Neither reason nor religion can help a man.
Only the righteous of faith.”
“Neither refinement nor delicacy is indispensable to produce elegance.”
“Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,... nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.”
Source: The Book of Three: The Chronicles of Prydain
“Neither rejoice nor lament prematurely; for whatever may happen, all will be well if we only have health; for happiness exists--merely in the imagination.”
Source: The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1769-1791)
“Neither reproaches nor encouragements are able to revive a faith that is waning.”
Source: The age of suspicion: essays on the novel
“Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step… If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story.”
“Neither rings, bright chains, nor bracelets, perfumes, flowers, nor well-trimmed hair, Grace a man like polished language, th' only jewel he should wear.”
“Neither Romelu nor myself were happy with the game he had and his reaction. He has apologised and for me that is the end of the story. I don't look back -- I look at the future. That is what interests me. Romelu trained well yesterday and looked happy. Every player wants to show himself in a World Cup but it is not going to change your life.”
“Neither Rose nor Charles liked to talk much of their adventures with the trolls, but some of the so-called "softskins" whom they had brought out of Niflheim, as well as the crew of the ship Soren had hired to go north to find Rose, must have spread the story, because for many years afterward, there were tales of a race of trolls living on top of the world.
Only Rose and her white bear know the whole truth of it.”
Source: East
“Neither said anything while they embraced. Sometimes words didn't go far enough, the vessels of letters and the ladles of grammar incapable of holding the heart's sentiments.”
Source: J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 5-8
“Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.”
Source: Survival