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Devoured Quotes

Levi’s smile broke free and devoured his whole face. It started to devour her face, too. Cath had to look away Picture Quote #1

A frail gift is beauty, which grows less as time draws on, and is devoured by its own years Picture Quote #1

He remembered that right after that, he had stolen a loaf of bread from a delicatessen counter and had taken it home and devoured it, feeling that the world owed a loaf of bread to him, and more Picture Quote #1

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps Picture Quote #1

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow from, so must it be with a government Picture Quote #1

It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms Picture Quote #1

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Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives Picture Quote #1

Crowds are somewhat like the sphinx of ancient fable: It is necessary to arrive at a solution of the problems offered by their psychology or to resign ourselves to being devoured by them Picture Quote #1

I discovered I scream the same way whether I’m about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot Picture Quote #1

Land! An island! We devoured it greedily with our eyes and woke the others, who tumbled out drowsily and stared in all directions as if they thought our bow was about to run on to a beach. Screaming seabirds formed a bridge across the sky in the direction of the distant island, which stood out sharper against the horizon as the red background widened and turned gold with the approach of the sun and the full daylight Picture Quote #1

There are some viviparous flies, which bring forth 2,000 young. These in a little time would fill the air, and like clouds intercept the rays of the sun, unless they were devoured by birds, spiders, and many other animals Picture Quote #1

There is no reader so parochial as the one who reads none but this morning’s books. Books are not rolls, to be devoured only when they are hot and fresh. A good book retains its interior heat and will warm a generation yet unborn Picture Quote #1

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Life is a struggle, from the agonies of birth to the railing against death. Devour or be devoured. The law of the wild Picture Quote #1

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless Picture Quote #1

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow Picture Quote #1

It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive Picture Quote #1

I’m not creating an enigma or leaving mystery, I’m just respecting myself enough as an artist to give myself room to grow and not to be devoured all in one go Picture Quote #1

The world that is a book is devoured bya reader who is a letter in the world’s text; thus a circular metaphor is created for the endlessness of reading; We are what we read Picture Quote #1

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I have been devoured all my life by an incurable and burning impatience: and to this day find all oratory, biography, operas, films, plays, books, and persons, too long Picture Quote #1

While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light Picture Quote #1

I devoured books like a person taking vitamins, afraid that otherwise I would remain this gelatinous narcissist, with no possibility of ever becoming thoughtful, of ever being taken seriously Picture Quote #1

Family was a fertile breeding ground for the kind of psychological bacteria that warped minds and devoured hope Picture Quote #1

For though he had very little Latin beyond Cave canem, he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty leather binding) Picture Quote #1

The raw tomato, devoured in the garden when freshly picked, is a horn of abundance of simple sensations, a radiating rush in one’s mouth that brings with it every pleasure.... a tomato, an adventure Picture Quote #1

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As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book Picture Quote #1

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Levi’s smile broke free and devoured his whole face. It started to devour her face, too. Cath had to look away. (Devoured Quotes) A frail gift is beauty, which grows less as time draws on, and is devoured by its own years (Devoured Quotes) He remembered that right after that, he had stolen a loaf of bread from a delicatessen counter and had taken it home and devoured it, feeling that the world owed a loaf of bread to him, and more (Devoured Quotes) Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps (Devoured Quotes) As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow from, so must it be with a government (Devoured Quotes) It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms (Devoured Quotes) Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives (Devoured Quotes) Crowds are somewhat like the sphinx of ancient fable: It is necessary to arrive at a solution of the problems offered by their psychology or to resign ourselves to being devoured by them (Devoured Quotes) I discovered I scream the same way whether I’m about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot (Devoured Quotes) Land! An island! We devoured it greedily with our eyes and woke the others, who tumbled out drowsily and stared in all directions as if they thought our bow was about to run on to a beach. Screaming seabirds formed a bridge across the sky in the direction of the distant island, which stood out sharper against the horizon as the red background widened and turned gold with the approach of the sun and the full daylight (Devoured Quotes) There are some viviparous flies, which bring forth 2,000 young. These in a little time would fill the air, and like clouds intercept the rays of the sun, unless they were devoured by birds, spiders, and many other animals (Devoured Quotes) There is no reader so parochial as the one who reads none but this morning’s books. Books are not rolls, to be devoured only when they are hot and fresh. A good book retains its interior heat and will warm a generation yet unborn (Devoured Quotes) Life is a struggle, from the agonies of birth to the railing against death. Devour or be devoured. The law of the wild (Devoured Quotes) I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless (Devoured Quotes) I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow (Devoured Quotes) It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other case while alive (Devoured Quotes) I’m not creating an enigma or leaving mystery, I’m just respecting myself enough as an artist to give myself room to grow and not to be devoured all in one go (Devoured Quotes) The world that is a book is devoured bya reader who is a letter in the world’s text; thus a circular metaphor is created for the endlessness of reading; We are what we read (Devoured Quotes) I have been devoured all my life by an incurable and burning impatience: and to this day find all oratory, biography, operas, films, plays, books, and persons, too long (Devoured Quotes) While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light (Devoured Quotes) I devoured books like a person taking vitamins, afraid that otherwise I would remain this gelatinous narcissist, with no possibility of ever becoming thoughtful, of ever being taken seriously (Devoured Quotes) Family was a fertile breeding ground for the kind of psychological bacteria that warped minds and devoured hope (Devoured Quotes) For though he had very little Latin beyond Cave canem, he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty leather binding) (Devoured Quotes) The raw tomato, devoured in the garden when freshly picked, is a horn of abundance of simple sensations, a radiating rush in one’s mouth that brings with it every pleasure.... a tomato, an adventure (Devoured Quotes) As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book (Devoured Quotes)

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