Quotes About Lightly

She picked up her glove and hit his cheek with it, but so lightly he did not even blink. "I despise you," she said. "Quite," said Mr. Mackenzie. Jean Rhys, After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie

As though in a dream Edward opened the door, and she sprang lightly in beside him. Her furs swept his check, and an elusive scent, like that of violets after rain, assailed his nostrils.

Paris practices its sins as lightly as it does its religion, while London practices both very seriously.

XVII Lady, i will touch you with my mind. Touch you and touch and touch until you give me suddenly a smile,shyly obscene (lady i will touch you with my mind.)Touch you,that is all, lightly and you utterly will become with infinite care the poem which i do not write.

Don't say that!" Thom drew a deep breath; everybody stared at him now. "That is dangerous talk, stupid talk. The dead can be reborn, or take a living body, and it is not something to speak of lightly.

Exaltation? Well, bliss. An obscure sensation, it touched me lightly, the ghost, perhaps, of some former bliss. There is certainly nothing in this room to account for it, so it must have been something outside it, but visible from it.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

Rockefeller didn't issue such glowing testimonials lightly.

Their hands, swinging, touched lightly now and then; their nearness was as natural as the June day.

Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . .

I will take a serious approach to a subject usually treated lightly, which is a nerdy thing to do.

Graystripe's kit would not make such a decision lightly," Sandstorm put in.

Yes. Knock and it shall be opened to you. The gift of wisdom can be found, if one wishes to search for it, and is willing to be altered by it. It is not a gift given without cost or transformation, nor one to be used lightly.

And I will love you; for such as I am, I do not give my love lightly, but once given it is sure. Only remember this, if ever you make an enemy of me, your life shall be as dust or sand in the wind. For what a demon loves and loses he will destroy, and my power is the mightiest you are ever likely to know.

Most empires of conquest in history have imposed their own civilisation on the conquered... By comparison the Mongols trod lightly on the world they conquered.

Reality is too much to take in heapfuls, but sprinkle it sparingly upon life's path and most can tread it lightly.

Zamore may say within his tomb, as says the Greek dancer in her epitaph: "Earth, rest lightly on me, for I rested lightly on thee.

Leadership is a role and a task that should never be aspired to lightly. Neither should loyalty be given without reason.

A good coffee should be roasted gently, in small batches, and lightly.

But you're worried?" Arturo asked. I attempted a smile. "No." "You're worried about something." I stared at him and shook my head lightly. "Yes, you are. You worry about everything. You're a true mexicana. A fatalist.

Hold the question in your mind, but lightly, like it was something alive.

The skies were overcast. As the carriage rumbled along, Rafe watched the shadows weave in and out, dance over and around her as she gazed out the window. And blast it all if he didn't envy their ability to touch her so lightly.

Why should a man fear since chance is all in all for him and he can clearly fore-know nothing? Best to live lightly as one can unthinking.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.