Quotes of: Seemed Keyword

God may seem sometimes to forget for a while, whilst his justice reposes, but there always comes a moment when he remembers.

The Count of Monte Cristo

Couples tended to be of roughly equivalent personal attractiveness, though of course factors such as money often seemed to secure a partner of significantly better looks than oneself.

The Cuckoo's Calling

He could take on anything and everything, it seemed, rather than leave himself time to reflect on his dissatisfaction with his life and what he might do about it.

Charles Dickens

In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.

Crown of Earth

I often think how unadventurous my life must seem from the outside, though I do like my job.

City of Flowers

It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it.

Change of Heart

What can you do when you're condemned to a place where every choice seems wrong - even the one you promised your lover you'd make?

The Choice

He was himself a case in point, and perhaps not a rare one, for his spirit, it seemed, had been burned out of him but he was yet walking.

Cold Mountain

Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.

Candide

Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could never have him.

Crescendo

She was in control of her life, even though it seemed she wasn’t. All she had to do was take the steering wheel and start driving.

Cowboys Don't Sing

The thing that seemed like silence must have been the endless cry of all the crickets and locusts in the world, rising and falling. ("The Wide Net")

The Collected Stories

A double bed can seem awfully small if your'e sharing it with someone you don't love." -Misia ― Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

It seemed harmless enough until she misplaced her "Dildo" and started calling the neighbors to ask if she could borrow one of theirs!

Confessions of a Military Wife

(The psuedoscience of planning seems almost neurotic in its determination to imitate empiric failure and ignore empiric success.)

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

And as always seems to happen when I have reached the point where I am ready to take decisive action, everything began to happen at once.

Dexter By Design

I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest.

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

We all know so goddamn well what's best for other people that it seems unnecessary we get to know them before imposing our will on them.

The Death of Edwin Hubble

Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child.

Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

I knew I wasn't making sence, but I couldn't seem to connect my thoughts to my tongue. That feeling... How did you tell someone that?

The Darkest Minds

It seemed to us that all people to a greater or lesser degree belong to one of these two types, that almost every one of us resembles either Don Quixote or Hamlet.

Don Quixote