Gentle Quotes - Page 13

• He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me.

  Francoise Sagan

  Morning, Light, Golden

  FRANCOISE SAGAN (1955). “BONOUR TRISTESSE”

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• Take care of him, Soteria. And remember it takes great courage and heart for a man who knows no kindness to show it to another. Even the wildest of beasts can be tamed by a patient and gentle hand. (Takeshi)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Kindness, Heart, Men

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.697, Macmillan

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• Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure..... Consider all this; and then turn to this green, gentle , and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself?

  Herman Melville

  Sea, Land, Water

  Herman Melville (2012). “Moby Dick (Illustrated & Annotated Edition)”, p.301, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Layla brought her arms around herself, no doubt because she was remembering the feel of another, stronger set. "I have wanted to, but he holds back. I hope...I believe it is because he wishes to mate me properly first, in ceremony." Payne felt the awful weight of premonition. "Beware, sister. You are a gentle soul." Layla got to her feet, her smile now saddened. "Yes, I am. But I would rather my heart be broken than unopened and I know that one must ask if one is to receive.

  J.R. Ward

  Believe, Heart, Feet

  J.R. Ward (2011). “J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 5-8”, p.2857, Penguin

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• If you like I'll be furious flesh elemental, or- changing to tones that the sunset arouses- if you like- I'll be extraordinary gentle, not a man but - a cloud in trousers.

  Vladimir Mayakovsky

  Sunset, Men, Clouds

  Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky, “A Cloud In Trousers - Epilogue”

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• I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.

  James Boswell

  Writing, Yield, Joy

  James Boswell (1956). “London Journal, 1762-1763, as First Published in 1950 from the Original Manuscript”

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• Schuyler put a gentle hand on Abbadon's feathered extensions, feeling the majestic power underneath their silky weight. She had been frightened once, to see him in this light, but now that she saw his terrifying face, she found it beautiful.

  Melissa de la Cruz

  Beautiful, Light, Hands

  Melissa de la Cruz (2010). “Misguided Angel: Number 5 in series”, p.50, Hachette UK

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• He's waiting for yu, young queen.' Shocked, I stared at Seoras. 'Heath?' The Warrior's look was wise and understanding - his voice gentle. 'Aye, yur Heath probably does await you somewhere in the future, but it is of your Guardian I speak.

  P. C. Cast

  Wise, Queens, Warrior

  P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2011). “Awakened: A House of Night Novel”, p.20, Macmillan

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• The words, when they came to my heart, were so gentle, and familiar -- and so very sad: What is this you have done?

  Tosca Lee

  Heart, Done, Very Sad

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• He's like a drug for you, Bella." His voice was still gentle, not at all critical. "I see that you can't live without him now. It's too late. but I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun." The corner of my mouth turned up in a wistful half-smile. "I used to think of you that way, you know. Like the sun. My personal sun. You balanced out the clouds nicely for me." He sighed. "The clouds I can handle. But I can't fight with an eclipse.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Fighting, Thinking, Clouds

  Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

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• I nudged myself closer to the ledge and closed my eyes and thought 'Oh what a life this is, why do we have to be born in the first place, and only so we can have our poor gentle flesh laid out to such impossible horrors as huge mountains and rock and empty space,' and with horror I remembered the famous Zen saying, 'When you get to the top of a mountain, keep climbing.' The saying made my hair stand on end; it had been such cute poetry sitting on Alvah's straw mats.

  Jack Kerouac

  Cute, Eye, Hair

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• You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil.

  Honore de Balzac

  Girl, Men, Devil

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• He’s speaking in the tone of voice that everyone uses when they’re about to break you apart. Gentle—kind, even—like they can make the news sound better just by speaking in a lullaby voice.

  Lauren Oliver

  Voice, Sound, News

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• Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.

  Lydia M. Child

  Family, Fathers Day, Children

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• If Nightcloud were a gentle, loving cat like Leafpool, or feisty and warmhearted like Squirrelflight, it would be easier to feel sorry for her. After all, Crowfeather took her as a mate to prove he was loyal to WindClan in spite of everything of trying to run off with the ThunderClan medicine cat. But she's a difficult she-cat to like, with her short temper and her possessivness over Crowfeather and her son, Breezepaw.

  Erin Hunter

  Running, Sorry, Cat

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• Peter Rabbit, for all its gentle tininess, loudly proclaims that no story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it is not a work of imagination.

  Maurice Sendak

  Writing, Imagination, Rabbits

  Maurice Sendak, William Knowlton Zinsser (1998). “Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children”, p.183, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I am very happy, Jane; and when you hear that I am dead, you must be sure and not grieve: there is nothing to grieve about. We all must die one day, and the illness which is removing me is not painful; it is gentle and gradual: my mind is at rest. I leave no one to regret me much: I have only a father; and he is lately married, and will not miss me. By dying young, I shall escape great sufferings. I had not qualities or talents to make my way very well in the world: I should have been continually at fault.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Regret, Father, Grieving

  Charlotte Bronte, Leo Tolstoy (2012). “Stop What You’re Doing and Read…To Your Partner: Jane Eyre & Anna Karenina”, p.50, Random House

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• I'm not a gentle pony... I promise you, you will have to work to keep your seat.

  Julia Quinn

  Promise, Ponies, Seats

  Julia Quinn (2004). “When he was wicked”

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• THE CORRECTION, when it finally came, was not an overnight bursting of a bubble but a much more gentle letdown, a year-long leakage of value from key financial markets, a contraction too gradual to generate headlines and too predictable to seriously hurt anybody but fools and the working poor.

  Jonathan Franzen

  Hurt, Years, Keys

  Jonathan Franzen (2001). “The Corrections: A Novel”, p.563, Macmillan

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• It was a drowsy summer afternoon, and the Forest was full of gentle sounds, which all seemed to be saying to Pooh, 'Don't listen to Rabbit, listen to me.' So he got in a comfortable position for not listening to Rabbit.

  A. A. Milne

  Summer, Listening, Sound

  A. A. Milne (2011). “The House at Pooh Corner”, p.87, Egmont UK

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• A comma . . . catches the gentle drift of the mind in thought, turning in on itself and back on itself, reversing, redoubling, and returning along the course of its own sweet river music; while the semicolon brings clauses and thoughts together with all the silent discretion of a hostess arranging guests around her dinner table.

  Pico Iyer

  Sweet, Rivers, Mind

  Pico Iyer (2011). “Tropical Classical: Essays from Several Directions”, p.431, Vintage

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• The voice of the Spirit is as gentle as a zephyr, so gentle that unless you are living in perfect communion with God, you never hear it.

  Oswald Chambers

  Voice, Perfect, Zephyr

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.461, Discovery House

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• Who is he when he isn't Dauntless, isn't an instructor, isn't Four, isn't anything in particular? Whoever he is, I like him. It's easier to admit that to myself now, in the dark, after all that just happened. He is not sweet or gentle or particularly kind. But he is smart and brave, and even though he saved me, he treated me like I was strong. That is all I need to know.

  Veronica Roth

  Sweet, Strong, Smart

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• But with the increase of serious and just ground of complaint, a new kind of patience had sprung up in her Mother's mind. She was gentle and quiet in intense bodily suffering, almost in proportion as she had been restless and depressed when there had been no real cause for grief.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Mother, Real, Grief

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.1439, BookCaps Study Guides

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• It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea.

  Richard Bach

  Morning, Sea, Gold

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The New Complete Edition”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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