Quotes of: Seemed Keyword

His work seems to confirm my old axiom: it is useless to try to keep the whole body alive.

The Invention of Morel

I want to write my own eulogy, and I want to write it in Latin. It seems only fitting to read a dead language at my funeral.

I Want

The sadness of the world has different ways of getting to people, but it seems to succeed almost every time.

Journey to the End of the Night

In societies where coolness and being cool is a top priority, the religious replace the word 'religious' with 'spiritual' to make their faiths seem less extreme.

Killosophy

They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep. Good night.

To Kill a Mockingbird

If you think you know what your purpose is, but can never seem to gain satisfaction from it, then it’s probably not the purpose you’re destined for.

Rise of the Morningstar

What seems like a flaw is merely our higher consciousness telling us we're not looking at it in the right light yet.

Rise of the Morningstar

All things are possible; if something seems like it’s not, it’s only because enough people aren't being deceived into the possibilities yet.

Rise of the Morningstar

Do little things every day that no one else seems to want to do, be patient, and success will find you.

Remains To Be Seen

It’s a beautiful way to put it: Leave the poetry in what you make. When something becomes too polished, it loses its soul. It seems robotic.

Rework

. . . Most falls aren't free -- there is always the tension, it seems to me, between what you are falling from and what you are falling to.

Rules for Old Men Waiting

He'd gone to church for forty years and was only getting worse. It seemed like this should tell God something.

The Secret Life of Bees

Perhaps it’s my natural pessimism, but it seems that an awfully large part of travel these days is to see things while you still can.

In a Sunburned Country

His head was on one side, listening to me, and that was such sweeness to me, that he listened intently. No one, it seemed, has ever listened like he does.

The Secret Cure

On a cloudy night, when nothing seems above, still, there is love. Always love. For something, from someone. It's never done. Never.

Sky Beyond the Clouds

He spoke in a trembling voice that didn’t seem to be entirely in sync with the movement of his lips. That’s because sound travels slower in halitosis.

The Scriptlings

Just when it seems like life is getting good, something always has to come along and ruin it.

So Much Closer

And I kind of like the Teen Rebels; they seem to be better than the Bullying Trio. Still, watch your backs, rebels!

The Summer of Our Discontent

The whole world seems tilted, my inner ear displaced by a hole where my spouse used to be.

Split: A Memoir of Divorce

The beginning seems bitter to you, but the end is sweeter for you. However, you can’t get through to the end without having a beginning. You must begin by all means.

Shaping the dream

It seems impossible that you could get something from nothing, but the fact that once there was nothing and now there is a universe is evident proof that you can.

A Short History of Nearly Everything