Shade Quotes - Page 27

• The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch eventually turns all the shades of the rainbow and stops aching. We forget about it. We even forget we have hearts until the next time. And then we wonder how we ever could have forgotten. We think this one is better, because, in fact, we cannot fully remember the time before.

  Erica Jong

  Heart, Thinking, Rainbow

  erica jong “fear of flying”

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• cruelty and benevolence are but shades of the same colour.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Cruelty, Benevolence, Colour

  Khaled Hosseini (2013). “And the Mountains Echoed”, p.12, A&C Black

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• I know that no matter how lonely I get, I'll never be truly alone again. Our loved ones don't leave us. They just move out of sight for a while, and wait...in the shades.

  Darren Shan

  Lonely, Moving, Sight

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• There is something disorderly about the death of a young person. In a universe disturbed by so much over which we have no control, an untimely tragedy rattles the teeth of our already shaken confidence. We want to domesticate death, fight it on our own turf, in familiar rooms with shades drawn evenly, top sheets turned back, and a circle of hushed voices closing in.

  Faye Moskowitz

  Death, Fighting, Circles

  Faye Moskowitz (1985). “A Leak in the Heart: Tales from a Woman's Life”, David R Godine Pub

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• That's the van? It looks like a rotting banana." This was undeniable - Eric had painted the van a neon shade of yellow, and it was blotched with dings and rust like splotches of decay.

  Cassandra Clare

  Yellow, Eric, Looks

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.324, Simon and Schuster

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• From MARS Volume 3 by Fuyumi Soryo: Kira: “Why do you go through all that just to race? I guess asking that is the same thing as asking why I draw….probably because I’m alive….that’s all there is to it. I sense colors in you. They’re strong and beautiful….and sad. I wondered what your colors were for a long time. They’re the colors of the sunset…the blazing shades of a sunset that burn just before the darkness sets in. You said it was nothing, but there’s no one as alive as you.

  Fuyumi Soryo

  Beautiful, Strong, Sunset

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• Katniss?" Peeta says. I meet his eyes, knowing my face must be some shade of green. He mouths the words. "How about that kiss?

  Suzanne Collins

  Eye, Kissing, Katniss

  Suzanne Collins (2013). “The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy”, p.181, Scholastic UK

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• Fairies, black, grey, green, and white,
  You moonshine revellers, and shades of night,
  You orphan heirs of fixed destiny,
  Attend your office and your quality.

  William Shakespeare

  Night, Destiny, White

  William Shakespeare (1998). “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, p.211, Oxford University Press, USA

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• A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials. Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

  Warren Buffett

  Long, Tree, Today

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• What's a Sun-Dial in the shade?

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sun, Awe Inspiring, Awe

  Benjamin Franklin, Edmund Sears Morgan (2007). “Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin”, p.142, Yale University Press

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• Most eyes have more than one color, but usually they're related. Blue eyes may have two shades of blue, or blue and gray, or blue and green, or even a fleck or two of brown. Most people don't notice that. When I first went to get my state ID card, the form asked for eye color. I tried to write in all the colors in my own eyes, but the space wasnt big enough. They told me to put 'brown'. I put 'brown', but that is not the only color in my eyes. It is just the color that people see because they do not really look atr other people's eyes.

  Elizabeth Moon

  Writing, Eye, Blue

  Elizabeth Moon (2004). “The Speed of Dark: A Novel”, p.70, Ballantine Books

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• Oh," the girl said, shaking her head. "Don't be so simple. People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them. You know what a monster is, young shade? Power. Power and choice. Monsters make choices. Monsters shape the world. Monsters force us to become stronger, smarter, better. They sift the weak from the strong and provide a forge for the steeling of souls. Even as we curse monsters, we admire them. Seek to become them, in some ways." Her eyes became distant. "There are far, far worse things to be than a monster.

  Jim Butcher

  Girl, Song, Strong

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• Whatever you are physically,' he said, 'Male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy -- all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. Whatever the color, the shape, the design of the shade that conceals it, the flame inside the lamp remains the same. You are the flame.

  Cassandra Clare

  Strong, Heart, Warrior

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.283, Simon and Schuster

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• Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.

  John Steinbeck

  Moving, Wind, Rabbits

  John Steinbeck (2016). “Of Mice and Men”, p.2, Hamilton Books

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• The most interesting thing about being alive is that there is no black and white; there are many shades of gray.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Black And White, Interesting, Alive

  "Tom Hiddleston Talks "The Avengers" Aftermath, the Darker Tone, His Ownership of the Character, and More on the Set of "Thor: The Dark World"". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 1, 2013.

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• A whole big, giant world full of men. Men with blue eyes. Brown eyes. Green eyes. And indescribable shades in between. Tall men. Short men. Skinny men. Built men. And all combinations thereof. Nice men (so I've heard, but never really seen). Mean men. Decent men, indecent. And who knows which is the best kind to have, to hold, to love? I'd say, with so many men in the world, it would pay to sample a few. Scratch that. More than a few. Lots and lots. And then a few more. And maybe, after years of research, you might find one worth not throwing back. But hey, the fun is in the fishing.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Fun, Nice, Eye

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• It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn't about finding someone perfect to marry. Love was about seeing through to the truth of a person, and accepting all their shades of light and dark. Love was an ability.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Dark, Light, Perfect

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Tempt Me At Twilight: Number 3 in series”, p.201, Hachette UK

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• Let us go over, and sit in the shade of the trees.

  Stonewall Jackson

  Tree, Last Words

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• I have never really lived with anyone in my adult years. I just read my sports ticker. And 50 Shades of Grey.

  Matthew Perry

  Sports, Years, Adults

  "Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon on The Odd Couple, 50 Shades of Grey, and Manimal". Interview with Jenna Marotta, www.esquire.com. February 26, 2015.

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• I have a sofa on which I never nap, big windows with an ocean view that I rarely see because I keep the pleated shades down at all times while working. I know I'm a potential slacker, so I don't tempt myself.

  Dean Koontz

  Ocean, Naps, Views

  "Interview with the Master of Suspense, Dean Koontz (part 1)". Interview with Trisha Sugarek, www.writeratplay.com. June 28, 2014.

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• ...the whole universe is through and through the playing of love in every shade of the word's use, from animal lust to divine charity.

  Alan Watts

  Animal, Lust, Use

  Alan Watts (1973). “This is It, and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience”, Vintage

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• When you get to a certain level of recognizability, celebrity, you can't go out of the house without someone going, "Can I just have one photo?" I don't mind, by the way, if anyone wants one we can take some photos. But sometimes you just wanna stay in the house or in the hotel room with the shades closed.

  Jack Black

  House, Mind, Levels

  "Jack Black Talks Playing R.L. Stine, Slappy, and More on the Set of GOOSEBUMPS". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. July 21, 2015.

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• I gave him a smile. I was aiming for sweet, but he turned a shade paler and scooted a bit farther from me. Note to self: work more on sweet and less on psycho-killer.

  Ilona Andrews

  Sweet, Self, Killers

  Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.96, Penguin

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• MAC allowed me to have complete freedom on the collaborations—from the shades, the look-and-feel, to the campaign visuals. I have to admit that the visual aspect of the collection excites me most. For designers, we care about the photographs much more than a Ferrari.

  Philip Treacy

  Ferrari, Collaboration, Campaigns

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• When we speak of the perfection of art, we must recollect what the materials are with which a painter contends with nature. For the light of the sun he has but patent yellow and white lead - for the darkest shade, umber or soot.

  John Constable

  Art, Light, Yellow

  John Constable (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of John Constable (Illustrated)”, p.587, Delphi Classics

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