T Quotes
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“The finest works of art are those in which there is the least matter. The closer expression comes to thought, the more the word clings to the idea and disappears, the more beautiful the work of art.”
“The finger cut, to save the hand.”
Source: And the Mountains Echoed
“The finger of God never leaves identical fingerprints.”
“The finger of suspicion never forgets the way it has once pointed.”
Source: The Leavenworth Case
“The finger of the atheists' own divinity, Reason, wrote on the wall the appalling judgments that there is no God; that the universe is only matter in spontaneous motion; and, most grievous word of all, that what men call their souls die with the death of the body, as music dies when the strings are broken.”
“The finger that turns the dial rules the air.”
“The fingerprinting requirement affected only law-abiding citizens that want to buy firearms. It had no impact on Baltimore's criminal element at all.”
“The fingerprints of the god who amused himself fashioning them - I can see them on any bone whatsoever.”
“The fingers and toes and beating hearts that we can see on an unborn child's ultrasound come with something that we cannot see: a soul”
“The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing.”
“The fingers of the hand that once lay flat on my chest grab the fabric of my shirt and gently pull me toward her. She tilts her head, inviting me to kiss her, and I don't hesitate. I lean in and my mouth meets hers.
So warm. So soft.
"Jessica," I say against her lips. She moves her arms around my neck, running a hand though my hair. Her mouth opens for me and my tongue find its way. Her entire body is warm and pliant, forming against mine.
I shift, putting all my weight onto my arm supporting me against the brick wall and wrap my other arm around her waist to remove any space between us, lifting her up a fraction to get a better angle, to get even closer. She lets out a tiny gasp, and I can't help it-a moan escapes in response.”
“The fingers of your thoughts are molding your face ceaselessly.”
“The fingers on his flesh told him he was loved, that he had always been loved, and that the world was a place where above all else things that were good would find a way to burrow into you.”
Source: The Cellist of Sarajevo
“The fingers on the windows leave traces on them; the fingers on the body leave invisible traces. (Les doigts sur les vitres - Laissent des traces sur elles; - Les doigts sur le corps - En laissent d'invisibles.)”
“The finish line is the culmination of a journey. As such, we should never pay it so much attention that the culmination of the journey becomes the whole of the journey at the expense of the journey”
“The finished clock is resplendent. At first glance it is simply a clock, a rather large black clock with a white face and a silver pendulum. Well crafted, obviously, with intricately carved woodwork edges and a perfectly painted face, but just a clock.
But that is before it is wound. Before it begins to tick, the pendulum swinging steadily and evenly. Then, then it becomes something else.
The changes are slow. First, the color changes in the face, shifts from white to grey, and then there are clouds that float across it, disappearing when they reach the opposite side.
Meanwhile, bits of the body of the clock expand and contract, like pieces of a puzzle. As though the clock is falling apart, slowly and gracefully.
All of this takes hours.
The face of the clock becomes a darker grey, and then black, with twinkling stars where numbers had been previously. The body of the clock, which has been methodically turning itself inside out and expanding, is now entirely subtle shades of white and grey. And it is not just pieces, it is figures and objects, perfectly carved flowers and planets and tiny books with actual paper pages that turn. There is a silver dragon that curls around part of the now visible clockwork, a tiny princess in a carved tower who paces in distress, awaiting an absent prince. Teapots that pour into teacups and minuscule curls of steam that rise from them as the seconds tick. Wrapped presents open. Small cats chase small dogs. An entire game of chess is played.
At the center, where a cuckoo bird would live in a more traditional timepiece, is the juggler. Dress in harlequin style with a grey mask, he juggles shiny silver balls that correspond to each hour. As the clock chimes, another ball joins the rest until at midnight he juggles twelve balls in a complex pattern.
After midnight, the clock begins once more to fold in upon itself. The face lightens and the cloud returns. The number of juggled balls decreases until the juggler himself vanishes.
By noon it is a clock again, and no longer a dream.”
Source: The Night Circus
“The finished man, you know, is difficult to please; a growing mind will ever show you gratitude. --Faust 1, lines 182-3”
“The finished product is not finished when the actor is. The work is completed by a pair of shears.”
Source: Fun in a Chinese Laundry
“The finished shape of our fate, the line drawn round it. It is the task the gods allot us, and the share of glory they allow; the limits we must not pass; and our appointed end. Moira is all these.”
Source: The King Must Die
“The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe.”
“The finishing stroke of all sorrow.”
“The finite does not (or cannot) comprehend the infinite.”
“The finite forms have fallen away and we have become God.”
“The finite human being shall never know in its fullness Truth and Love which is itself infinite.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Political Writings
“The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice.”
Source: Pensées
“The finite mind of man can never grasp the mysteries of the infinite. It is the highest wisdom, as it is our great happiness, to accept our limitations, to use what we have, and leave the rest to God.”
“The finite resides within the infinite and the infinite transforms itself into the finite in order to experience its infiniteness.”
Source: Encounters With The Supreme
“The finite self, a mere ripple on the surface of the infinite, ultimately dissolves, revealing the undercurrent of cosmic oneness.”
“The Finitude of the Being makes infinity.”
Source: ABSOLUTE
“The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.”
“The Finn is the most watery person in Europe... Here people take baths that last three or four hours and steep their bodies in water right down to their most secret selves.”
“The Finns also have a bent for drink, even though there is no wine here whatsoever, except for illicit tavern keeping, which is harshly suppressed. But, all the way to St. Petersburg, the Finn will drink himself into forgetfulness, lose his money, horse, bridle, and return home poorer than a church rat.”
“The fire alarm went off. Fire engines came racing; we all rushed out on the gravel drive, everyone thinking it was us. In fact, one of the elderly residents of Saltram had left a pan on the oven in her flat. Apparently this happens all the time. The tenant in question is appearing as an extra -- playing one of the cooks.”
Source: The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film
“The fire and excitement may be gone now that we don't go out there and sing them anymore, but the ring of fire still burns around you and I, keeping our love hotter than a pepper sprout.”
“The fire, baby. It'll burn us both. There's no place in this world for our kind of fire. My warrior woman. My valkyrie. You'll always be mine. Always. And never.”
Source: Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill
“The fire burns as the novel taught it how.”
Source: Secretaries of the Moon: The Letters of Wallace Stevens & José Rodríguez Feo
“The fire crackled. On Jutaire, without oxygen, the fire is different. Fed by different air. Maybe it wishes it were orange, for it sputters and reaches up to the sky with angry fists of blue and purple. It still doesn't know we can't all get what we want.”
Source: Unbreathable
“The Fire Department has traditionally considered architecture a priority only when it’s burning down.”
“The fire doesn't make you what you are; it reveals what you were.”
“The fire first has to be laid before the match can be put to it.”
“The fire has its flame and praises God.
The wind blows the flame and praises God.
In the voice we hear the word which praises God.
And the word, when heard, praises God.
So all of creation is a song of praise to God.”
“The Fire Horse 2026 burns the masks we wore so the world can finally see our true strength.”
Source: Chinese Horoscope 2026: Complete Yearly Zodiac Prediction
“The Fire Horse breaks every cage built by fear and replaces it with wings of courage.”
Source: Chinese Horoscope 2026: Complete Yearly Zodiac Prediction
“The fire in leaf and grass so green it seems each summer the last summer.”
Source: Selected poems
“The fire in me was ignited when I was young and has never been extinguished”
Source: Suck Less, Do Better: The End of Excuses & the Rise of the Unstoppable You
“The fire in the bellies of the good people who work for a more fair and just world for all of us - that spark never fails to inspire me and warm my heart.”
“The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.”
“The fire in the evening was the best of all. Peter said is wasn't fie, but he couldn't tell me what it really was. You can thought, Grandfather, can't you?'
'It's the sun's way of saying goodnight to the mountains' he explained. 'He spreads that beautiful light over them so that they won't forget him till he comes back in the morning.”
Source: Heidi
“The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through warmth.”
“The fire inside you can never burn you really...it is to light the best in you”
Source: Fireclay