Quotes of: Could Keyword

Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.

The Scarlet Letter

I would never dream of killing an excellent tailor, not even to keep a secret that could endanger my life.

Sleepless

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

Meditations

He honestly expected her to believe that she could make a bad offering and her ancestors wouldn't mind.

Mr. Fox

Poetry had always seemed something I could turn to in need - an emergency exit, a lifebuoy, as well as a justification.

The Magus

I wondered how my heart could be both light with happiness and heavy with love at the same time.

Mile High

How could he try to get Sandi to reveal her true colors when she was a rainbow?

The Mona Lucy

It's a house. No more and no less. There isn't a structure on earth that could last forever. But a family goes on." -Leo

Married By Morning

I met his eyes because I could not refuse them... they were the color of a storm clashing with a setting sun.

Maplecroft

My whole world started to tilt. I could feel it, sliding ever so slightly off center.

A Marked Past

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury?

Mercy

If an angel could admit she was wrong about a vampire, maybe there was hope for the werepanthers in East Hampton after all.

Mourning Sun

The contest of world's tallest skyscraper is a childish thing. Whereas with similar budget, they could construct flying building.

Master of Stupidity

Do you still insist on telling the truth even though you know that it could destroy this world?

Master of Stupidity

Sometimes, some lies that spoken with high confidence could be more receptive than facts that spoken with doubt.

Master of Stupidity

Be careful with your faith ! It could make you see the good side of hell on earth.

Master of Stupidity

its size, the House was an environment in which, as one observer put it, members “could be dealt with only in bodies and droves.

Master of the Senate

He could follow someone’s mind around, and get where it was going before the other fellow knew where it was going.

Master of the Senate

It's easy to be humble when your life's prosper. Nothing could be denigrated when life's so poor.

Master of Stupidity

He was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35)

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

The door could not be heard slamming; they had probably left it open, as is the custom in homes where a great misfortune has occurred.

The Metamorphosis