Quotes of: Mattered Keyword

They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question. What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear, a word spoken to a dying man, could have value in itself

1984

It is not what you leave to your children that matters, but what you leave in them.

300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late

Does it matter how long they were together that night? To lovers, an hour can last a century. But even for lovers, every hour ends.

American Vampire, Vol. 1

Have you ever tried to find the words to say something, but no matter what you think of saying, you know it might come out wrong?

All Over Again

My favourite food is cake. What kind of cake? It doesn't matter. All cake.

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.

Anarchy and Christianity

But in the areas that matter most, a burst of energy and activity cannot reverse the consequences that accompany a season of neglect.

Ask It: The Question That Will Revolutionize How You Make Decisions

Or is identity a matter of fragments held together by convenient or useful narrative, that in ordinary circumstances never reveals itself as a fiction? Or is it really a fiction?

Ancillary Justice

And all of the scientific data, statistical facts and empirical evidence can't compete with the indefinable heart's desire. For if in the end, she loves you, and she chooses you…none of the rest of this will matter.

Animate Me

Forget happiness. You were called to a throne. How will you prepare for it? That is the question of virtue, Christian style.

After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters

What Paul understands by holiness or sanctification (is) the learning in the present of the habits which anticipate the ultimate future.

After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters

Human" is a kind of midway creature, reflecting God into the world, and reflecting the world back to God.

After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters

Live all you can: it's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?

The Ambassadors

In the mind of the public, she seemed endowed with an almost supernatural power to commit heinous acts, no matter the time or place.

Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis

In the mind of the public, she seemed endowed with an almost supernatural power to commit heinous acts, now matter the time or place.

Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis

No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.

The Autobiography of My Mother

This is laid down with a groove funkier and blacker than anything Prince of Michael Jackson--or any other black artist of the recent years for that matter--has come up with.

American Psycho

No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. -Komura

after the quake

We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.

The Amber Spyglass

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance.

The Heart of the Matter

Of two hearts one is always warm and one is always cold: the cold heart is more precious than diamonds: the warm heart has no value and is thrown away.

The Heart of the Matter