Quotes of: Kept Keyword

Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.

The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

We were all of us alone, kept wrapped up tight by our sins.

Irregular Verbs and Other Stories

Sophara scrawled orders on a slate and handed it to one of the libationarians, whose encyclopedic knowledge of the contents and locations of all the bottles kept the bar running.

Rogues

Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim. (I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.) (Gilraen's linnod)

The Return of the King

Living in Hell kept him aware of the possibility of Heaven, and he’d never felt more alive.

The Scarlet Gospels

The milk of human kindness was kept often in the larder, and the tea served with lemon.

The Life of Jane Austen

Time You were the one I wanted most to stay. But time could not be kept at bay. The more it goes, the more it's gone— the more it takes away.

Lullabies

She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.

Soul Music

As far as the Council is concerned, the U.S. Wardens are a bunch of mushrooms." "Eh?" "Kept in the dark and fed on bullshit.

Turn Coat

Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.

Pope Joan

You could have all the crazy thoughts you wanted, as long as you smiled and kept them to yourself.

Past Midnight

Impending doom, it was a familiar sweater, we all wore it and as scratchy as it felt against our skin, we kept it on.

Prison of Paradise

At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated.

Pretties

His strength kept me moving forward, and it was also tearing me apart.

Reason to Breathe

In Russia, meanwhile, dedicated young people kept trying to kill the tsar.

Travels in Siberia

I had to close the door on our friendship, because he kept climbing in through my window.

This Book Has No Title

Such an Ibisian scene: both their faces were formal masks, their posture correct, pain kept inside where it cut deeper.

Voice of the Lost

Orlando said it was important for scientists to have minds kept open by literature, and souls touched by the creativity of art.

The Water Castle

Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

If she'd just kept her mouth shut, she would have been perfect, but no...

What the Lady Wants

It was never easy, but I always tried my best and kept complaints out of my heart by holding tightly onto the hope that one day, I would read and write.

Ger Duany