Quotes of: Seemed Keyword

..but it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune.

The Age of Innocence

That one must either explain life to oneself so that it does not seem to be an evil mockery by some sort of devil, or one must shoot oneself.

Anna Karenina

The more we accept the imperfections of life, the more perfect life seems to become.

Awakened Living: A Practical Guide to the Spiritual Life

The night seemed suddenly defiled by the absence of music, as if the silence itself was injecting a sickness that only another song could cure.

The Accidental Siren

I have been using polka dots since I was a very young child. Only after that, it seems, have they been used throughout the rest of the art world.

Yayoi Kusama

Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her life.

The House of Mirth

Why is it that drama always starts late? Whereas comedy always seems to have started already.

How I Became a Nun

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Nobody seems to understand that in such matters the tact and sympathy should come from the one who is about to die, not the poor bugger who has to take the news.

The Hippopotamus

You ‘accidentally’ touched his bottom? Didn’t that happen when you last saw him as well? Surprising how often that seems to be a problem.

Husbands for Peace

The villains were always ugly in books and movies. Necessarily so, it seemed. Because if they were attractive—if their looks matched their charm and their cunning—they wouldn't only be dangerous. They would be .

Horrorscape

He had been a demon for just two days, but the time when he knew what it was like to be loved seemed to exist in a hazily recalled past, to have been left behind long ago.

Horns

There wasn't in the beginning. It wasn't until your kind discovered what was happening that any resistance started. That seems to be the key—knowing what’s going to happen.

The Host

Walking’s a great way to create. The ideas seem to fall from the sky sometimes, and the fresh air is great too.

HOA Wire

And unbidden, floating into consciousness came the truth of his utter wretchedness. Even the very earth seemed to cry out in pain. Hodburn Wood

Hodburn Wood

Trials for lawyers are like bills. It seems that you finish paying one, and feel that feeling of relief, then it’s time to pay it again.

HOA Wire

Rose doesn’t like the flat country, but I always did – flat country seems to give the sky such a chance.

I Capture the Castle

There always seem to be very rich people, no matter how poor the country,” Thenoclon said.

The Invisible Hands - Part 2: Castling

It is hard to believe that something that seems so permanent was once so different. Change. I guess that really is one thing you can count on...

Impulse

All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don't ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is.

I Am the Messenger

The pity of it was that this discovery, if such it was, now seemed so stale, so profitless to me. What good was it? What good did thinking ever do?

The Interpretation of Murder