Shining Quotes - Page 25

• Why are all reflections lovelier than what we call reality? -- not so grand or so strong, it may be, but always lovelier? Fair as is the gliding sloop on the shining sea, the wavering, trembling, unresting sail below is fairer still...All mirrors are magic mirrors. The commonest room is a room in a poem when I turn to the glass...There must be a truth involved in it, though we may but in part lay hold of the meaning.

  George MacDonald

  Strong, Reflection, Reality

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• Don’t make a sound I’ll be your voice You don’t need to be afraid Anymore I’ll shine a light out in the dark Guide you here no matter how far

  David Archuleta

  Dark, Light, Voice

  Song: Don't Run Away, Album: No Matter How Far, 2013

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• In one afternoon, my entire life shattered and then all of a sudden this great guy comes along like some mythical knight in shining armor. He's gorgeous, loaded, and says all the right things to me. He makes me feel like I can fly, and every time he shows up, he makes everything better. I'm not used to this, okay? And I'm not used to being with a guy who is so incredibly sexy that he makes me feel like the booby prize." - Bride

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Sexy, Knights, Guy

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Night Play”, p.130, Macmillan

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• Women do not need a knight in shining armor or a Prince Charming to come to their rescue.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Knights, Needs, Armor

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• The sun shines through the window And the sun shines through your hair It seems like you're beside me But I know that you're not there. You would sit beside this window Run your fingers through my hair You were always there beside me But I know that you're not there Oh, to be by your side once again Oh, to hold your hand in mine again Oh, to be by your side once again Oh, to hold your hand in mine again-

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Running, Hair, Hands

  Maggie Stiefvater (2010). “Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception”, p.24, North Star Editions, Inc.

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• And in addition to its practical uses, it would seem to work for cosmetic purposes. This powder would make my very skin glimmer for eternity." Henry frowned. "Not eternity," he said, but then he brightened. "But I could make you up another batch whenever you please!" "I could shine at will!" Magnus grinned at Henry.

  Cassandra Clare

  Skins, Purpose, Use

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.281, Simon and Schuster

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• Being a child is such a shining gift, yet we don't know how precious it is until it's worn out and gone away.

  Storm Constantine

  Children, Gone Away, Worn

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• It was like a dam of musical critique had broken. Imasu turned on him with eyes that flashed instead of shining. "It is worse than you can possibly imagine! When you play, all of my mother's flowers lose the will to live and expire on the instant. The quinoa has no flavour now. The llamas are migrating because of your music, and llamas are not a migratory animal. The children now believe there is a sickly monster, half horse and half large mournful chicken, that lives in tha lake and calls out to the world to grant it the sweet release of death.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mother, Sweet, Horse

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “What Really Happened in Peru”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• Let your inner DORK shine through.

  Rachel Renée Russell

  Dork

  Rachel Renée Russell (2011). “The Dork Diaries Collection: Dork Diaries; Dork Diaries 2; Dork Diaries 3”, p.279, Simon and Schuster

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• He found himself looking into many faces for potentional love, and seeing many people as shining vessels of possibility. Perhaps this time there would be that indefinable something that sent hungry hearts roving, longing and searching for something, they knew not what, and yet could not give up the quest.

  Cassandra Clare

  Giving Up, Heart, People

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “Clockwork Angel”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• Eleanor's hair caught fire at dawn. Her eyes were dark and shining, and his arms were sure of her. The first time he touched her hand, he'd known.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Eye, Dark, Hair

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.271, St. Martin's Griffin

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• My stars shine darkly over me

  William Shakespeare

  Stars

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.262

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• She [Pansy] pushed in next to Poppy so that she could see him around the guard's elbow. She was as tall as Poppy, with shining dark-brown hair and blue eyes. An utterly lovely girl, as all the princesses were, yet Oliver thought Petunia was far more beautiful.

  Jessica Day George

  Beautiful, Girl, Princess

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• Lily slumped, putting her shaking hands on his shoulders. "But you will, won't you?" Pansy's voice broke into a sob. "Yes, Pan," Galen said quietly. "I don't like that," Pansy said. Galen stood and put his arms around the fine-boned girl, while Rose continued to comfort Lily. Oliver looked away. It was such a private moment; he hated to intrude on it. Galen was beloved by all of the sisters, but the love between him and Rose was so clear and shining that it hurt to look at them, spending their last hours together caring for the other girls.

  Jessica Day George

  Girl, Hurt, Caring

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• The boy was standing alone as though the broken glass all around him were a shining sea and he were an island.

  Cassandra Clare

  Boys, Islands, Glasses

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “The Midnight Heir”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• I cut myself because you wouldn't let me cry. I cried because you wouldn't let me speak. I spoke because you wouldn't let me shine. I shone because I thought you loved me.

  Emilie Autumn

  Cutting, Speak, Cry

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• The living can't quit living because the world has turned terrible and people they love and need are killed. They can't because they don't. The light that shines into darkness and never goes out calls them on into life. It calls them back again into the great room. It calls them into their bodies and into the world, into whatever the world will require. It calls them into work and pleasure, goodness and beauty, and the company of other loved ones.

  Wendell Berry

  Light, People, Darkness

  Wendell Berry (2005). “Hannah Coulter: A Novel”, p.57, Counterpoint Press

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• Promise me this, that you'll stand by me forever. But if God forbid Fate should step in and force us into a goodbye. If you have children someday, when they point to the pictures please tell them my name. Tell them how the crowd went wild, tell them how I hope they shine.

  Taylor Swift

  Goodbye, Children, Fate

  Song: Long Live, Album: Speak Now, 2010

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• I began to understand that there were certain talkers - certain girls - whom people liked to listen to, not because of what they, the girls, had to say, but because of the delight they took in saying it. A delight in themselves, a shine on their faces, a conviction that whatever they were telling about was remarkable and that they themselves could not help but give pleasure. There might be other people - people like me - who didn't concede this, but that was their loss. And people like me would never be the audience these girls were after, anyway.

  Alice Munro

  Girl, Loss, Shine On

  "Some Women" by Alice Munro, www.newyorker.com. December 22, 2008.

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• She wished she could visit Mariam's grave, to sit with her awhile, leave a flower or two. But she sees now that it doesn't matter. Mariam is never very far.... Mariam is in her own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand suns.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Flower, Heart, Two

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• Each of us is born to follow a star, be it bright and shining or dark and fated. Sometimes the path of these stars will cross, bringing love or hatred. However, if you look up at the skies on a clear night, out of all the countless lights that twinkle and shine, there will come one. That star will be seen in a blaze, burning a path of light across the roof of the earth, a great comet.

  Brian Jacques

  Stars, Dark, Night

  Brian Jacques (2004). “Outcast of Redwall: A Tale from Redwall”, p.12, Penguin

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• Never think I have abandoned you. When the sun shines on you, it is my smile. When you hear the breeze stir through the apple blossoms, it is my whisper that I love you. My love is yours forever.

  Robert Jordan

  Love You, Love Is, Thinking

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• It's a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part!

  William Carlos Williams

  Stars, Giving, Sunrise

  William Carlos Williams, Edith Heal (1978). “I Wanted to Write a Poem: The Autobiography of the Works of a Poet”, p.23, New Directions Publishing

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• I think that everyone's life is controlled by a series of events. They choose what they want and if it is in their control they can reach it. Sometimes luck shines on them and sometimes it doesn't. I also think accidents happen and we are placed in situations where we have to do things for those we love that we don't want to do.

  Abbi Glines

  Thinking, Shine On, Luck

  Abbi Glines (2013). “Simple Perfection: A Rosemary Beach Novel”, p.240, Simon and Schuster

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• No matter how you are feeling, get up every morning and prepare to let your light shine forth.

  Paulo Coelho

  Morning, Light, Feelings

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