Top 88 Excerpt Quotes
#1. Don't be so focused on the past or future situations that you overlook the beauty of the present moment that is NOW.
Excerpt from "Living in Light, Love & Truth". (Page 29).
Kasi Kaye Iliopoulos
#2. She must not look too proud nor yet too humble, lest people say she is proud of her humility."
Excerpt From: "Catherine, Called Birdy.
Karen Cushman
#3. The Angel of Death took the woman's frail hand. "Don't be afraid." she said. "Life is your past. Death, on the other hand, is your soul preparing for a new beginning. A brand new adventure, if you like." An excerpt from Paradox - Equilibrium. Book 4 in the Paradox series (release date 2013)
Patti Roberts
#4. People say, 'Time heals all wounds.' That may be true, but relocating to an alternate reality can sure help too. -Excerpt from the journal of Dr. Harold Quickly, 1941
Nathan Van Coops
#5. When I thought I felt better, grief shot its silver tip arrow at my heart to remind me that it was still there."
Excerpt From: Holster, S.G. "Thirty Seconds to Die." iBooks.
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S.G. Holster
#6. He knew that 'fine.' It was another one of those female 'fine' that meant he was in the doghouse. That kind of 'fine' that meant 'I'm gonna shut up now, but I might stab you in your sleep'."
Brick
Excerpt From: Lina, Andersson. "Arrow of Time.
Lina Andersson
#7. Sometimes you have to stop and ask yourself who's really stupid, the guys who stop and pick you up, or you, for being out here in the first place? - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#8. Excerpt from Magel's Daughter:
"I think we're all like the lutefisk, steeped in poison, and then we try to clean it up for Christmas.
Nancy Baker
#9. Don't step on shits, don't be part of shits, don't shit on others as you escape from other bullshits." ~ Angelica Hopes, an excerpt from If I Could Tell You
Angelica Hopes
#10. This town of churches and dreams; this town I thought I would lose myself in, with its backward ways and winding roads leading to nowhere; but, I found myself instead. -Magic in the Backyard (excerpt from American Honey)
Kellie Elmore
#11. Excerpt from "The Strength in Knowing"
Doubt is the archenemy of the purity of thought and it inhibits the
essence of all that is
I. Alan Appt
#12. I stayed at 'Cosmo' well beyond my internship, moving up the ranks over some 15 years to become books editor, then brand director, then editor-at-large - editing everything from an excerpt of Gore Vidal's memoir to writing some of those juicy cover lines myself.
John Searles
#13. If ever I was meant to love, my heart would beat for you,"
Need not the Raven say to Crow beneath the winter's howl.
Excerpt from "The Raven and The Crow
Angela B. Chrysler
#14. And the silence, it cuts me. The silence, it gores me,
Spilling my blood as the rain falls on me.
Excerpt from "Silence
Angela B. Chrysler
#15. What excites the media is that someone has a great idea or vision and makes millions as a result. The reality is that rarely happens. It is competency that unlocks a person's potential.
Tim Clark excerpt from DO! the pursuit of xceptional execution
Kevin Kelly
#16. You don't have to make any decisions right now," Colleen says. "But I'll tell you this. There's life after marriage."
~Excerpt from "Mad Dog Justice
Mark Rubinstein
#17. The power of faith is the fear of the unknown. The power of love is the fear of dying alone. - EXCERPT FROM "THE POWER OF FEAR" BY HALBER TOD
Michael R. Fletcher
#18. Chapter Twenty-Four Excerpt from President Compton's Speech Emergency Declaration My
Jay Allan
#19. Men are mere mortals but their quest for knowledge leads them to the brink of immortality."
Excerpt from novel You Can't Escape Love by Grace Willows
Grace Willows
#20. Civilization - a word that simply means "living in cities ... "
Excerpt From: Standage, Tom. "A History of the World In 6 Glasses.
Tom Standage
#21. How would I feel about hearing that the plague killed another nearby village a month later? Didn't I tell you stupidity is the eighth sin?
Excerpt From: Cameron Jace. .
Cameron Jace
#22. You never know what you're gonna find under those covers - Grandma or the wolf." Little Red, excerpt from Tales From the Hood
Betsy Schow
#23. Look, then, into thine heart, and write!
Yes, into Life's deep stream!
All forms of sorrow and delight,
All solemn Voices of the Night,
That can soothe thee, or affright, -
Be these henceforth thy theme.
(excerpt from "Voices of the Night")
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
#24. [Beneatha Younger:] ... He said everybody ought to learn how to sit down and hate each other with good Chrisitan fellowship.
[excerpt from Act II, Scene 3]
Lorraine Hansberry
#25. What's the use of saying anything, when you're not even listening? - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#26. Life on the street is simple. You eat. You don't eat. You sleep. You don't sleep. You're alive. You're dead. It's that simple! - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#27. I don't want to be without you anymore. Somewhere in the middle of this fantasy world you created, I fell in love with you, Aria said. - Excerpt from Camp Jameson.
Wendy Lea Thomas
#28. A castaway adrift on my own little island - rich and with my family along with thousands of beautiful, drunken tourists to keep me company." - excerpt from Confessions of an Internet Pornographer.
Luis Mario
#29. To err is human; to forgive divine.
Alexander Pope"
Excerpt From: Moriarty, Liane. "The Husband's Secret.
Alexander Pope
#30. Today's Quote of the Day is an excerpt from 'The Religion of God (Divine Love)' by His Divine Eminence RA Gohar Shahi
'Had all humanity called upon God by one name, all would have been united inwardly despite different religions.
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
#31. When we live in alignment - in accordance with our higher selves, our Spirit - that's when we are truly connected to our Soul.
Excerpt from "Living in Light, Love & Truth". (Page 26).
Kasi Kaye Iliopoulos
#32. Sometimes you just have to be there to understand, even if being there makes no sense at all. - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#33. Sometimes you wonder why you're out here. And the stupid thing about it, is you haven't got an answer. - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#34. I will become my undoing if I become my obsession -excerpt from Abnegation manifesto
Veronica Roth
#35. True understanding involves sincere honesty and holistic, deep listening without the political corruption of evil power players. ~ Angelica Hopes, an excerpt from my book K.H. trilogy
Angelica Hopes
#36. literature and opera are full of
characters who die for love:
i stay alive for her.
- Excerpt from "No Longer A Teenager
Gerald Locklin
#37. Life's just another blowjob. And just because I let you cum in my mouth, doesn't mean I'm going to swallow it! - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#38. (Excerpt from Leaving Things Alone)
You train your eye and your vision lusts after colour. You train your ear, and you long for delightful sound. You delight in doing good, and your natural kindness is blown out of shape. You delight in righteousness, and you become righteous beyond all reason.
Thomas Merton
#39. If one observes a rainbow, they may see the road through time. -Excerpt, Dragon Knight's Sword
Mary Morgan
#40. For the gifts I have given Man, I have never desired admiration. But I hope for forgiveness. -Atlas Journal Excerpt, 2023 A.D.
Craig Gehring
#41. Maybe I'll leave you hard and aching for days, months, years. That's how long I've been hard for you. Turn about's fair play, dontcha think, Paul Guy? (from Finding Eden Excerpt)
Kele Moon
#42. This excerpt includes both a cautionary tale of being caught en flagrante and a stirring defense of getting fucked.
Redeeming social value, indeed.
Simon Sheppard
#43. Excerpt:
Here are some thoughts from Charlene the Star:
"I'll bet that's why Mama put the word "Star" in my
name. I have a feeling I'm going to be a star as a jumper.
Deanie Humphrys-Dunne
#44. I know. It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore."
Excerpt From: Haruki Murakami. "Kafka on the Shore." iBooks.
Haruki Murakami
#45. I must be really ugly or something, because nobody wants me. Not even God wants me. That's why he makes me stand out here in the cold. - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#46. Whether it was a song, a person, or a story, there was a lot you couldn't know from just an excerpt, a glance, or part of a chorus.
Sarah Dessen
#47. Today I'm going to pretend I'm dead. I wonder if anyone will notice. - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#48. He really did do something to me, and I was too busy falling for it to realize what it was. Good job on a beautiful web, spider.
Excerpt from Rise Above Twilight
Kayla Krantz
#49. I know the difference between right and wrong. Right is when I do everything he tells me to. Wrong is when I question why. But every now and then a simple slap across the side of the head is a good way to remind me. - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#50. Out here everybody abuses everybody. It's just the way it is. So you'd better get used to it. - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#51. Mists may blur vision,
Doubts to lies are heavy mists,
Truth clears for all ways."
~ Angelica Hopes, Haiku
an excerpt from If I Could Tell You
Angelica Hopes
#52. You know she's a liar if she says she's never done it for ten bucks. We've all done it. Practically giving it away. But sometimes you can't even give it away. - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#53. And Death it calls as the stone crow breaks. Streaks of blood malform its face.
Death becomes its withered eyes and the shadows whisper, "Lies."
Excerpt from "Lies
Angela B. Chrysler
#54. On the street there is no tomorrow. There is only here and now and nothing else. And yesterday is just another day you're trying to forget. - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#55. The sun rarely shines in history, what with the dust and confusion; and when we meet with any cheering fact which implies the presence of this luminary, we excerpt and modernize it.
Henry David Thoreau
#56. Every thing's for sale out here. Anything you want. About the only thing you can't buy is my dignity and self-respect, cause those were the first to go. And I gave them away for free. - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#57. Confucious and the Madman (excerpt)
The cinnamon tree is edible: so it is cut down!
The lacquer tree is profitable: they maim it.
Every man knows how useful it is to be useful.
No one seems to know
How useful it is to be useless.
Thomas Merton
#58. Sometimes you get so tired of each day, you wish it was over. But it just goes on and on, like the silent prayers that forever go unanswered. - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#59. As women, we'd be exponentially lighter if we'd sort through some of our emotional clutter... We need to dispose of the crud that we no longer need. Excerpt from essay #3 "What's in my Purse?
Dianne Bright
#60. Excerpt From the Poem-" Prayer"
Such a pleasant,
And heartfelt task.
To him implore,
And mercies ask.
Kari L. Greenaway
#61. There are thousands of ways to get yourself killed time traveling. Being in a hurry is the fastest way to find a new one. -Excerpt from the journal of Dr. Harold Quickly, 1912 On
Nathan Van Coops
#62. Some people think it's a jungle out here. It's not ... It's a fucking zoo! - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#63. Love is a funny thing. It's not at all what you expect it to be. But if you have to stand out on the corner to prove it, then maybe it's better not to be in love at all. - excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#64. President Gerald R. Ford was never one for second-guessing, but for many years after leaving office in 1977, he carried in his wallet a scrap of a 1915 Supreme Court ruling. 'A pardon,' the excerpt said, 'carries an imputation of guilt,' and acceptance of a pardon is 'a confession of it.'
Scott Shane
#65. Be content, Be grateful, Be loving, Be happy, and this lifestyle will not only change YOUR life, it will change OUR world. I finally grasped the true meaning of let go- let God. (An excerpt from Finding Inner Peace)
Alice Hocker
#66. When Knowledge Went North (excerpt)
As for us,
We came nowhere near being right,
Since we have the answers.
"For he who knows does not speak
He who speaks does not know"
And "The Wise Man gives instruction
Without the use of speech.
Thomas Merton
#67. If you see oppression, violence, injustice and evil deeds, unzip your silence and uncaring indifference, do something and act against all these unethical instances." ~ Angelica Hopes, an excerpt from my novel, If I Could Tell You
Angelica Hopes
#68. Taking the 'desert island challenge' which leads Christians to submit their family life to Sola Scriptura inevitably leads them to desire to submit their corporate worship to Sola Scriptura.
(Excerpt from the forward of "How God Wants Us to Worship Him" by Joseph C. Morecraft)
Douglas W. Phillips
#69. Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are.
Come, my friend, and remember
that the rich have butlers and no friends,
And we have friends and no butlers.
(excerpt from 'The Garrett')
Ezra Pound
#70. Lo, thou, my Love, art fair;
Myself have made thee so;
Yea, thou art fair indeed,
Wherefore thou shalt not need
In beauty to despair;
For I accept thee so,
For fair.
[excerpt from "Christ to His Spouse"]
William Baldwin
#71. If you're going to give me something, give me something I'll miss.
excerpt from: freefalling
Darlenne Susan Girard
#73. ...a very costly simplicity, one can notice, but not the elegance of a woman who gives much thought to her clothes; rather that of one who knows she can make any rag attractive and does it unconsciously."
Excerpt From: Ayn Rand. "Night of January 16th.
Ayn Rand
#74. I am going to bed. i will have nightmares involving huge monsters in academic robes carrying long bloody butcher knives labeled Excerpt, Selection, Passage, and Abridged.
Helene Hanff
#75. ... the river sliding along its banks, darker now than the sky descending a last time to scatter its diamonds into these black waters that contain the day that passed, the night to come.
- Excerpt from the poem The Mercy
Philip Levine
#76. People mourn the loss of a friend or loved one in many different ways, some turn to the bottle, others to something stronger just to get some warped sense of feeling something.
Adam Steven Page
#78. I used to arch my back for boys who couldn't even remember the color of my bedsheets.
But you, however, made me turnover the arch on my mouth.
Sade Andria Zabala
#80. The mind-is not the heart.
I may yet live, as I know others live,
To wish in vain to let go with the mind-
Of cares, at night, to sleep; but nothing tells me
That I need learn to let go with the heart.
Robert Frost
#81. I am the girl
you fool around with,
before you meet
the love of your life.
Sade Andria Zabala
#82. Sin Fever, Wraith chimed in with a little too much enjoyment.
Sin Fever? They'd named the fucking disease after her? Bastards.
Larissa Ione
#84. the song of the dead
heavy as rain
on the wide banana leaves
hard as drums
Antonio Cisneros
#85. His vision blurred to haze, the sounds of feasting stilled, and from every dark corner, shadows streamed toward him until they reached the dais and formed a pulsing darkness before him. From its murky heart, his dead brother's face, eyes glowing and malignant, stared into his.
Patricia Bracewell
#86. There was no reason for Elizabeth Knoebel to suspect that this was going to be the last day of her life.
L.T. Graham
#87. Blonde tangles flying everywhere and her diamond-laden hand wrapped around Jess's strong, bare torso. She looked happy and so did Jess.-From Siddy Creek
Lara Lee Sweety
#88. There's something about uncertainty...when things can go either way that make you secretly hope for the whole thing to self-destruct.
Justine Erler
