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Quotes About Stealthy

Philanthropy was rediscovered in America. There is a particular relationship with charity that is unlike the stealthy, apologetic palming of donations from the Old World,
~ A.A. Gill
He stops in his tracks, face expressing major disappointment. "Wait - seriously? That's it? We don't get to do a stealthy tiptoe as we slip around back? No sneaking through a cracked window, or arguing over who gets to crawl through the dogie door to let the other one in?
~ Alyson Noel
One of them, at least. Look at it." I look. "That is one straight-up, upstanding, powerful word. Unique, original, and kind of stealthy because it doesn't really sound like what it is. It's a word that surprises you and makes you think, Oh. All right then. It commands respect, but it's also modest. Not like 'monument' or 'tower.' Ã¢â'¬Â He shakes his head. "Pretentious bastards.
~ Jennifer Niven
Stealthy approaches were hard to make through thigh-high drifts.
~ Lee Child
inconspicuous left-hand turn off a
~ Lee Child
surreptitious
~ Aldous Huxley
What makes a dangerous woman, however, was not always so apparent, for what is unnoticeable to the human eye is often the most deadly attribute.
~ Alice Hoffman
Did you ever feel a creeping, That awoke you from your sleeping, That made your pulses flutter and bristled all your hair; While a horrid stealthy crawling Prevented you from calling, And something seemed to tell you that a ghost was coming there?
~ Amelia B. Edwards
The strategy of the Germans and their French police cohort was stealthy, predictable, and almost successful. Until mid-1942, when anti-Jewish operations became more violent and the rumors of a Nazi Final Solution had finally reached Paris, most well meaning and generous Parisians were aware in general of the laws restricting the lives of their Jewish co-habitants, but had convinced themselves that the government was only trying to control immigration and terrorism.
~ Ronald C. Rosbottom
She wasn't as destructive as Bee. She had never been as dramatic. Rather, she'd slipped carefully, stealthily away from her ghosts.
~ Ann Brashares
Awake and listen, you that are lonely! From the future come winds with stealthy wings, and to subtle ears good tidings are proclaimed.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
There's a legion that never was 'listed,That carries no colors or crest.
~ Rudyard Kipling
And here I thought I was being stealthy." – Ren "With that girly caw you let out? Did a frog crawl down your throat and die, or what?" – Sundown
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
~ Elizabeth Bowen
While small might not be sexy, it is successful and sustainable. When it comes to most life changes that people want to make, big bold moves actually don't work as well as small stealthy ones. Applying go big or go home to everything you do is a recipe for self-criticism and disappointment.
~ B.J. Fogg
The girl was about as stealthy as a semi hauling a wide load.
~ Marisha Pessl
I'm a cat burglar.
~ Sarah Monette
Love is stealthy hiding under ribs.
~ Veda Hille
surreptitiously watching
~ Julia London
Consanguinity has never seemed to be one of your prerequisites for plain speaking." "Touché," she returned, giving him a single nod of approval. "I was merely pointing out that you are quite stealthy in your good humor. This I applaud wholeheartedly." "I am aquiver with glee.
~ Julia Quinn
Apparently Mayella's recital had given her confidence, but it was not her father's brash kind: there was something stealthy about hers, like a steady-eyed cat with a twitchy tail.
~ Harper Lee
Time came slowly and passed slowly, so leisurely that at times he could swear it had stealthily doubled back on itself.
~ Haruki Murakami
On the other hand, even a big, '80s love van was less noticeable than six flying kids and their talking dog. So there you go.
~ James Patterson
They looked so dangerous, like alligators. Really fast alligators wearing black. Ninja alligators.
~ Brandon Sanderson