Quotes of: Almost Keyword

Almost overnight, Albert Pinkham had gone from being barely able to keep his head above water to walking on the stuff.

Once Upon a Time on the Banks

Almost as soon as it was lit it began to sound as though it were running down, but in fact it would continue to run down for a long time. He knew the feeling.

Little, Big

This little girl's grown up by now," she said. Almost. Not quite. I wish you all a long and happy life.

The Lovely Bones

Indeed a lie is often more plausible than the truth. "Almost" always. The truth, of course, is never very plausible.

Little Demon (Literary Monuments) / Melkiy Bes

The atmosphere felt unexpectedly intense and the music was frantic. The beat made it both difficult to think straight and pleasant to move – like swimming almost.

London Calling

I almost never respect men. They're like flowers -- all show, a lot of color and lust. You pick them and throw them on the ground.

The Lacuna

Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves.

The Love Dare

He sensed Death with a depth and clarity of which only small children or great philosophers are capable, philosophers who are themselves almost childlike in the power and simplicity of their thinking.

Life and Fate

So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

Lay Morals

People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

A defeatist attitude kills almost as many marriages as do affairs.

A Lifelong Love: What If Marriage Is about More Than Just Staying Together?

It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.

Lolly Willowes

If those we love visit us when we dream, those who torment us almost always visit us when we're still awake.

The Lost Wife

I'm secure enough in myself to wear panties with bows on them. Besides, they are comfy and soft." "I bet." He almost purred. I gulped.

Magic Burns

To bite off your shadow is neither easy nor painless. It demands a single-mindedness that is almost unknown in this day.

The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives

I once loved a girl who almost loved me, but not as much as she loved John Cusack.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

I was amazed at how routine, how mechanically this most powerful intellect was created. It was no burst of inspiration, but almost physical labor instead. I asked myself: was it the same way for God?

Semmant

I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did.

The Sportswriter

What was our life like? I almost don't remember now. Though I remember , the space of time it occupied. And I remember it fondly.

The Sportswriter

I would far prefer to be told simply to go and die. It's straightforward. But people almost never say, "Die!" Paltry, prudent hypocrites!

The Setting Sun

She almost wished she smoked, so she could lie on the car’s hood, flick a lighter, and make up names for the constellations while nicotine burned her lungs.

Storm