Sigh'd Quotes

#1. Had sigh'd to many, though he loved but one.

Lord Byron

#2. I fled, and cry'd out, Death; Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sigh'd From all her caves, and back resounded, Death.

John Milton

#3. She'd looked at herself with a sigh, having hoped her reflection would show something more than the road-weary waif who sighed back at her, bright curls disheveled and darkened by dust, pale eyes reddened and circled by shadows of sleeplessness.

Susanna Kearsley

#4. That long sigh again, above us. This time I saw it, moving through the branches. Like the trees were listening; like they would've been sad about us, sad for us, only they'd heard it all so many thousand times before.

Tana French

#5. As in the old Irish blessing, may God give you, for every storm, a rainbow; for every tear, a smile. For every care, a promise; a blessing for every trial. For every problem life sends, a faithful friend to share; for every sigh, a sweet song, and an answer for every prayer.

Sandra D. Bricker

#6. He adores you, you know. You're very lucky to have a brother like that."
I fall into step with her. "Yeah, right, I'm the luckiest guy in the universe." I heave a sigh. "But in my next life I'd prefer a puppy, okay?

Bart Yates

#7. I'd be very happy if someone remembered that there are no capitals in my name. (Sigh)
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C.J. Petterson

#8. I sigh. "But if you'd talked to Jules - if she could hear you ... " My voice trails off.
"Then you wouldn't feel quite so crazy?" Oliver asks gently. "Can't you believe in me, if I believe in you?

Jodi Picoult

#9. Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.

William Shenstone

#10. Here are lips of flame eager to be extinguished by love's liquid sigh.

Aberjhani

#11. made the final turn off the highway, Rachel took a deep breath, held it, and let out a loud sigh.

Emma Knight

#12. She shook her head with a sigh. "You talk like a drunk man walks: in every direction but where he be headed." She

Terry Goodkind

#13. Every tear is answered by a blossom, Every sigh with songs and laughter blent, April-blooms upon the breezes toss them. April knows her own, and is content.

Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

#14. Come in here and take notes for me." Solara didn't move.
A rustling of blankets sounded from the other room, followed by a heavy sigh. "Stay there," he grumbled. "I'll get dressed and come to you. But for future reference, anyone who stinks like a toolshed is safe from my advances.

Melissa Landers

#15. Children," Lady Bridgerton said with a sigh as she retook her seat. "I am never quite certain if I'm glad I had them.

Julia Quinn

#16. Sometimes, a sigh was all the fight you had left.

Sarah Ockler

#17. The drama of the sky dance is enacted nightly on hundreds of farms, the owners of which sigh for entertainment, but harbor the illusion that it is to be sought in theaters. They live on the land, but not by the land.

Aldo Leopold

#18. I put all my sighs in a lockbox

Al Gore

#19. You're very handsome when you are chastising me," I say with a sigh.
He sits back, a grin spreading across his face. "Then you will find me handsome quite often, I suppose.

Sherry D. Ficklin

#20. Christ and His cross are not separable in this life, howbeit Christ and His cross part at heaven's door, for there is no house-room for crosses in heaven. One tear, one sigh, one sad heart, one fear, one loss, one thought of trouble cannot find lodging there.

Samuel Rutherford

#21. Some for the Glories of the World, and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come;

Steven Weinberg

#22. Franz said with a resigned sigh. 'Normally I am enjoying the whole shooting and exploding and nearly dying thing as much as anyone, but I am wondering perhaps if there is any chance that I might be being allowed to sit this one out for once?

Mark Walden

#23. Bev Pettersen writes with flair and a down-to-earth warmth that will make you smile and sigh with contentment.

Julianne MacLean

#24. I feel as if I could be any thing or every thing, as if I could rant and storm, or sigh, or cut capers in any tragedy or comedy in the English language.

Jane Austen

#25. You see, this is the problem with conversation," Solon said with a sigh, and looked at Ander. "All we ever do is talk about ourselves. Let us stop before we bore each other, well, to tears.

Lauren Kate

#26. I'm thinking about how you sighed this little sigh when you sank into the feeling of us together. We both sank into that feeling together - I'll never forget that.

Carolyn Crane

#27. I'd never been one to break rules. But they seemed to matter less and less with every kiss. Every thrust into her softness. Every sigh she moaned into my ear. Of course, that wasn't the case. I knew there'd be serious repercussions if the truth came out, but I couldn't stay away from her.

Sha Renee

#28. I'd slept with Ranger! Not sexually, of course. But I'd been in his bed. And then there was the evil shower gel. "It was all because of the shower gel," I said. Morelli's eyes narrowed. "Shower gel?" I made a major effort not to sigh. "Long story. You probably don't want to hear it.

Janet Evanovich

#29. You don't need to like me to let me fuck you but since I like you, I'd prefer it that way.

Kristen Ashley

#30. Brooke?"
I puff out a sigh. "For chrissake, Reid, who do you think it is? And haven't you put me into your contacts yet?"
"Yeah ... It just says Satan, though, and I forgot I'd assigned that title to you.

Tammara Webber

#31. The voice was low and tinged with a hint of Scotland. It would have caused Alexia to shiver and think primal monkey thoughts about moons and running far and fast, if she'd had a soul. Instead it caused her to sigh in exasperation and sit up.

Gail Carriger

#32. And even if I'd wanted to mourn, four or five million were too many to shed tears over. Tears are more personal than that. We don;t read a news story about twenty thousand dead in an earthquake and weep. at best, we sigh and tell the wife. More often, we shrug and go check our Facebook messages.

Adrian Barnes

#33. Was that day. He heaved a heavy sigh of relief. Two more weeks and he'd be on his way, but until then, he'd better watch his words a

Carolyn Brown

#34. He missed two people: a) the girl she was; b) the person she'd made him feel he might have been. A deep sigh escaped him.

Ken Bruen

#35. Too oft is a smile
But the hypocrite's wile,
To mask detestation or fear;
Give me a soft sigh,
Whilst the soultelling eye
Is dimm'd, for a time, with a Tear

George Gordon Byron

#36. Wistfully, she says, "I wish I'd been in love more than once. I think you should fall in love at least twice in high school." Then she lets out a little sigh and falls asleep. Margot falls asleep like that
one dream sigh and she's off to never-never land, just like that.

Jenny Han

#37. But even knowing it, her feelings didn't change. Her skin didn't cool. The fantasy of being tucked in his arms didn't fade. She'd wanted him to kiss her. She still did. She let out a sigh and,

Marissa Meyer

#38. And though the shadow of a sigh
May tremble through the story,
For "happy summer days" gone by,
And vanish'd summer glory
It shall not touch with breath of bale,
The pleasance of our fairy-tale.

Lewis Carroll

#39. Seth let out a heavy sigh and ran his fingers through his hair. She had a point. Constant stops would put them at greater risk, especially when it came to Natti being seen. And obviously, it wasn't likely she'd stay in the car, even if he did ask. Maybe if he tied her up in the backseat?

Kelsey Ketch

#40. In quiet we had learn'd to dwell-
Myvery chains and I grew friends,
So much a long communion tends-
To make us what we are:-even I
Regain'd my freedom with a sigh.

George Gordon Byron

#41. Her deep sigh was the best compliment he'd ever been paid.

J.R. Ward

#42. Mr.D got up with a huge sigh. Yes,I suppose I'd better say hello to all you brats.

Rick Riordan

#43. She'd sighed the kind of long-suffering sigh he knew women gave when men were too thick-headed to understand the mysteries women were born understanding.

Sandra Marton

#44. I can't tell you how many times in the '90s I'd meet somebody, we'd be having a nice time, and they'd sigh and go, 'This is exactly like Before Sunrise.' And I'd have to get up and leave.

Ethan Hawke

#45. There was a shared sigh as the boys ran off behind Radley, thanking God for not killing them, and telling him how they'd be better people and do their homework from now on.

Joseph Eastwood

#46. It forced me to realise that I'd been blaming you for not being flawless. And none of us is flawless.' Another sigh. 'I was so angry with myself for what happened to Michael and Lucy that I had to turn my anger somewhere else and you were the easiest target.

Val McDermid

#47. She shook her head then took off again, and I found myself struggling to keep up with her in my bunny slippers. With a sigh, I realized I was getting way too much exercise. I'd just have to counteract it later with cake.

Darynda Jones

#48. The long, heavy, seriously annoyed sigh that she was unfortunately all too familiar with, let her know that she not only didn't have a choice in the matter, but she'd just given the man that she was in love with another reason to hate her.

R.L. Mathewson

#49. I played back every empty sigh, every night I slept alone, and saw what I never wanted to see before - a lost girl crying out to me for help. I just noticed too late.

Ashley D. Wallis

#50. But with a sigh he had released her hand, while she was so lost in the fantasy that she hadn't felt it go away, as if he'd known the best moment to let go.

Thomas Pynchon

#51. Well?" he asked, smiling devilishly. "I promise, I won't hurt you, Nikki. In fact, I imagine you'll enjoy my company, tremendously."
I let out a ragged sigh and nodded.
He stared at my mouth. "I'd like to hear you say it."
I cleared my throat. "Come in, Ethan.

Kristen Middleton

#52. You know how we sometimes sigh, "Well, that was a waste of time."? Or we snap at somebody: "You're wasting my time!" What does that even mean in the age of texts and tweets, TV and video games?

Ron Brackin

#53. I let out a sigh, hoping it releases some of the bad karma I just incurred from being so heinous. (Sean Griswold's Head)

Lindsey Leavitt

#54. Sometimes when we hear a song we breathe deeply and sigh. This reminds the prophet that the soul arises from heavenly harmony. In thinking about this, he was aware that the soul itself has something in itself of this music ...

Hildegard Of Bingen

#55. God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

Jean Paul

#56. Give me a funeral over a wedding any day,.' said Uncle Montague with a sigh. 'The conversation is almost always superior.

Chris Priestley

#57. Angel?" he whispered in the dark. "Yes?" "What does it feel like to love someone?" A lump caught in my throat and I lightly ran my fingers down his bare arm. "It feels like this." "That's what I thought." -Erin McCarthy/The Coming Dark

Erin McCarthy

#58. Sometimes,
I doubt the courage
My bones are made of

And then,
A breath finds her way in
And her way out

The half-way-almost-full moon
Smiles down;

My heart sighs
And quietly whispers:
I remember.

Bryonie Wise

#59. If you begin the day with a laugh, you may, nevertheless, end it with a sob and a sigh.

Herman Melville

#60. Life is like a roller-coaster with thrills, chills, and a sigh of relief.

Susan Bennett

#61. Katelyn steps closer, her hand moving up my chest. I sigh when she touches my face. She holds me to her, like I belong. I've been waiting for this moment since I met her and now that I finally have her, I don't think I'll be able to let her go.

Heidi McLaughlin

#62. The flyers lift and sigh in unison, like a thousand people waving white handkerchiefs, a thousand people waving good-bye.

Lauren Oliver

#63. Hey, do you wanna go out for ... " His words melted with a sigh when he noticed Tod, but then he rallied with a smile. "Hi, Tod, I didn't realise you were here. In my daughter's bedroom. With the door closed."
"Happy to be here," Tod said, and I groaned out loud.

Rachel Vincent

#64. There is one thing that beauty craves ... an appreciative sigh tossed into the winds.

Erik S. Lehman

#65. God gets it. When you reach out to him, he's not looking for fancy words that would impress your English teacher. He sees your heart. A groan, a look, a sigh - he speaks every language. He understands.

Max Lucado

#66. Work-worn, on a gingham towel draped over the cupboard. "All of them stillborn." I smother a sigh with a smile, weak and resigned. He takes it regardless. "Yeah ... " He too smiles soft, a hand letting

Ann Voskamp

#67. We have fallen in the dreams the ever-living
Breathe on the tarnished mirror of the world,
And then smooth out with ivory hands and sigh.

W.B.Yeats

#68. Up and down the lanes, the last unevacuated townspeople wake, groan, sigh. Spinsters, prostitutes, men over sixty. Procrastinators, collaborators, disbelievers, drunks. Nuns of every order. The poor. The stubborn. The blind.

Anthony Doerr

#69. When the universe was young, it took a breath, then sighed with a longing so deep, so ancient, that it stole God's attention for a moment. The sigh brushed God's cheek and He recognized it as the breath of love. In that moment God wished for another. The yearning had begun.

Kate Belle

#70. Shalvis makes me laugh, makes me cry, makes me sigh with pure pleasure.

Susan Andersen

#71. How does Love speak? In the faint flush upon the telltale cheek, And in the pallor that succeeds it; by The quivering lid of an averted eye
The smile that proves the parent to a sigh Thus doth Love speak.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#72. His eye focused on her face. His lips curved up ever so slightly at the corners. "You shouldn't have come." She forced her face into a scowl. "A fine thing to say to me when I just saved your life." A sigh escaped his lips.

Melanie Dickerson

#73. Sigh. These were my people now that I was a writer, people who didn't understand anything. I mean, they understood perfectly the thing I cared most about - books - but basically were moron-level elsewhere.

Claire Dederer

#74. Sigh for me, night-wind, in the noisy leaves of the oak. / I am tired. Sleep for me, heaven over the hill. / Shout for me, loudly and loudly, joyful sun, when you rise.

Wallace Stevens

#75. Her sigh felt dragged from the depths of her soul. Great. Working for Bump again.

Stacia Kane

#76. And I mean to hear ye groan like that again. And to moan and sob, even though you dinna wish to, for ye canna help it. I mean to make you sigh as though your heart would break, and scream with the wanting, and at last to cry out in my arms, and I shall know that I've served ye well.

Diana Gabaldon

#77. Who can say it's not what we see with our eyes open that is distorted, and that what's described here isn't the true essence of things?" He slowed down outside a door. "Haven't you ever heard old men sigh that life's a dream?

Ismail Kadare

#78. These people need a hero, Slade thought, with a sigh. And I'm running out of Twinkie.

Sara King

#79. Behind the corpse in the reservoir, behind the ghost on the links, Behind the lady who dances and the man who madly drinks, Under the look of fatigue, the attack of migraine and the sigh There is always another story, there is more than meets the eye.

W. H. Auden

#80. In a shadowy place something white flew up. It was a heron, and it went away over the dark treetops. William Wallace followed it with his eyes and Brucie clapped his hands, but Virgil gave a sigh, as if he knew that when you go looking for what is lost, everything is a sign.
("The Wide Net")

Eudora Welty

#81. ... it struck me that maybe the young girl had just been a prostitute. I felt a momentary sigh of gratitude, and then the awareness stopped me cold, the walls pulsed in on me. How cheap was I?

Colum McCann

#82. Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue; Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.

Walter Scott

#83. When trouble haunts me, need I sigh?No, rather smile away despair

John Clare

#84. A grief without a pang, void, dark and drear,
A drowsy, stifled, unimpassioned grief,
Which finds no natural outlet or relief,
In word, or sigh, or tear.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#85. A little noiseless noise among the leaves, Born of the very sigh that silence heaves.

John Keats

#86. She'd visited the Continent five times on vacation and twice on business trips with Alfred, so about a dozen times altogether, and to friends planning tours of Spain or France she now liked to say, with a sigh, that she'd had her fill of the place.

Jonathan Franzen

#87. Raisins again. I like raisins, but I have a habit of losing one or two on the floor every time I eat them. I always find them later and think they are: a) a mouse turd or b) a cockroach. Then I figure out it's a raisin and sigh with relief. This pretty much happens every time I find a lost raisin.

Julie Halpern

#88. Sounds like you've got it all planned out."
"Honey, I've got more plans than Wes has ugly shoes."
"And that's a lot." I laugh.
"It sure is," she says with a sigh.

Laurie Faria Stolarz

#89. Raven sighed and looked up the tree. "Maybe it's asleep," he murmured.

Myche grinned. "Want me to take a look?"

Raven blinked. "What?"

His friend gave a mock-suffering sigh. "I'm a squirrel. I know trees.

Mari Evers

#90. But in that moment, I felt it happen. My heart slowed, took a deep breath, and let out a giant sigh. Just like that, it gave in, unable to fight it anymore. I had no idea how long we had or how things were going to play out, but I knew without a doubt that I was in love with Carter. ***

Penelope Ward

#91. Sometimes when I lie on your warm chest
And hear your every happy sigh
I gaze into your two kind eyes
And wonder, 'Who is that?

Francesco Marciuliano

#92. The fundamentalists of every faith remain blind to the truth that the "sigh within the prayer is the same in the heart of the Christian, the Muslim, and the Jew." I have seen this unity with my eyes, heard it with my ears, felt it with all my being.

David James Duncan

#93. Are you going to spend what might be your last your last few days together in Franklen Grove sulking and sighing? Or are you are you going to make the most of them?" "Im a profetional sulker," Ivy replied "And I have a very dramatic sigh,"Olivia said and sighed dramaticly.

Sienna Mercer

#94. So, the MacGregors."
"Yeah." Jane nodded with a long sigh. "The MacGregors."
"I don't get what the big deal is with them," Charlotte said.
"If you saw under their kilts, you would get what the big deal
" Annabelle tried to break in.

Michelle M. Pillow

#95. Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.

Alexander Pope

#96. A library is a physical equivalent of a sigh.

Deb Caletti

#97. The boy was very cute. But the uncle is delicious. So much so that even my vagina wanted to sigh. Imagine a Gap model with a dash of rock star. E:

Mia Asher

#98. Can I ask one more question?"
Cateline repressed a sigh. "One more. Then you need to eat your supper."
"If Davillon has so many gods, how come not one of them got off his butt and saved my mommy and daddy?!

Ari Marmell

#99. And this man, who during three long decades had not once remembered that the world contains lilac bushes - and pansies, sandy garden paths, little carts with containers of fizzy water - this man gave a deep sigh, convinced now that life had gone on in his absence, that life had continued. (pg8)

Vasily Grossman

#100. With a small sigh he squeezed my hand tighter. "I wish you were like me.

Amber L. Johnson