Quotes of: Meaning-of Keyword

Erase the parts that make me unhappy. I guess that means emphasizing the parts that do.

How to Date a Nerd

You sort of don't find me attractive? That can also mean you sort of do find me attractive.

Hopeless

Ron gave a tiny jerk of the head that Harry understood to mean, Well - if you must.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

It was not the brutality of what occurred next that changed my mind and brought home to me the full meaning of fear. It was the brilliance of it.

The Historian

Don’t focus on outward means of satisfaction if you want to be happy.

A Horse Named Sorrow

I don't mean to mock the gods, but Freyja seems to me a bitch. - Hjalti Skjeggjason

The Hammer And The Cross: A New History Of The Vikings

I woke up, smiling to myself at this dream with its allegorical aspects but with no real meaning.

The Image/The Whip Angels

English is a beautiful language, a remarkably precise language with a million words to choose from to deliver your exact shade of meaning.

An Italian Affair

Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter.

Ink Exchange

The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.

Ignorance

The map of what we call reality is an ever-shifting mosaic of ideas.

The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning

One, you moved here with your father, which means your a daddy's girl. No girl leaves their mother unless they are.

Ink

Adrian's face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was about to happen.

The Indigo Spell

Good communication is less about saying what you mean, and more about defining what you say.

ISO

You are not mine to command. But the choice to kill always means closing the mind to the chance of a living alternative.

Initiate's Trial

The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.

Kushiel's Chosen

I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess." "Maybe that's all they have in common.

Rubyfruit Jungle

It is through the filter of our ego that we give meaning to everything we see, touch, hear, taste and feel.

The Restful Mind

Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.

Reaper Man

Relationships are supposed to mature. This maturing means growth and improvement, not the constant buzz of the initial rush.

Reforming Marriage

They don't know the meaning of danger or fear or pain. It's only their pride that can be truly hurt.

Red Queen