Quotes of: Far-and-wide Keyword

I think he was worried about pushing things too far for the time being since I was obviously rocking a first-class ticket to certifiable insanity.

Sentinel

My experiences thus far had me planning to throttle the first Tudor historian I met upon my return for gross dereliction of duty.

Shadow of Night

Self-awareness of one’s faults, far from being the first step to growth, is very often the second foot in the mud.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

How could a soulmate not hear the heart beats, not smell the tears of a lover, however far he is from her?

Some Mistakes Have No Pardon

Remember how far you’ve come, and you won’t have to rely on a destiny for your future. It will come on your own.

Seconds Before Sunrise

As fallible humans, we usually slip too far over one edge or the other - all wrath and judgment or all grace and love.

A Shred of Truth

But I've strayed so far from normal now, I'll never find my way back. And the truth is, I no longer want to.

Saving Zoë

His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.

The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1

Life was still sprouting in him—over the sharp rocks and right on the nose of a cliff, he was yet far from death.

Tomris: October 1942

You see, my mind takes me far, but my heart dreams of return.

Pierce the Skin: Selected Poems, 1982-2007

It often seems to me that art conceals the artist far more completely than it ever reveals him.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

War doesn’t start with an explosion….It bears far more subtlety. A simmer beneath the surface, as if bringing broth to a boil.

The Pieces We Keep

Immortality was overrated, as far as he was concerned. Hardy had enough problems as it was; living forever sounded like a death sentence for someone with his practical sensibilities.

Posthumous

The machines men are so intent on making have carried them very far from the old sweet things.

Poor White

Does your love reach this far, God? And if it extends to heaven and beyond… why can’t it seem to find me?

There You'll Find Me

Virtue is excellence, something uncommonly great and beautiful, which rises far above what is vulgar and ordinary.

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

I live there... Far above the song-filled clouds, where the dewdrops touch my skin so bare I live there.

A touch, a tear, a tempest

It’s not true I think all politicians are morons. Morons are far too intelligent to be politicians.

This Book Has No Title

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.

This Simian World

when life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.

Twilight

Love, far from being blind, is the very emotion that allows us to see.

A Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance for the Twenty-first Century