The figure of my father looms large in my imagination.
— Jonathan Franzen
The spirit of Jane Eyre looms over Once Upon a Day. Lisa Tucker keeps the plot of this gothic novel bubbling with tons of juicy family secrets.
— Stewart O'Nan
And we need a full affront on an energy crisis that is real in California and looms for other parts of our country if we don't move quickly.
— George W. Bush
Beyond this place of wrath and tearsLooms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. — William Ernest Henley
My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a superstar for me.
— Said Sayrafiezadeh
It is strange how long we rebel against a platitude until suddenly in a different lingo it looms up again as the only verity.
— Ruth Benedict
Whatever happens to the art world, art will go on regardless. As for obscurity, it looms just over the horizon beckoning us all. Why worry. — Michael Craig-Martin
When the mundane looms larger than eternal life, we forget who God is, who we are, and who our children are. — Gloria Furman
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it. — Henry Ward Beecher
Africa has become the big game of the nation hunters. Today, Africa looms as the greatest commercial, industrial and political prize in the world. — Marcus Garvey
Our tainted world looms within us, every one. — Chang-rae Lee
When the looms spin by themselves, we'll have no need for slaves. — Aristotle.
The good man's only singularity lies in his approving welcome to every experience the looms of fate may weave for him, — Diana Gabaldon
Appreciated. In any case, Satan, the Archdevil and ruler of Hell, looms — Thomas Cahill
A perfect method of adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large. — Alyce Cornyn-Selby
Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest. — Henry Vaughan
Welcome every experience the looms of fate may weave for you ... — Marcus Aurelius
and I'm thrown backward. I land on my left elbow, hear it crack. Pain splinters through me. A Scavenger looms over me. Impossible to say whether — Lauren Oliver
Money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art. — Joe Bradley
He thinks of the all steps that gathered this party and marvels at the weaverless looms of fortune. — David Mitchell
Booger looms large in my legend, so I want to get something clear before we go any further: I hated him on sight. — Curtis Armstrong
We stand at a crossroads. Idolatry looms. Traditional values in jeopardy. Truth under siege and virtue abandoned. — Gregory Maguire
Certainly the attrition rate of Hollywood couples looms large. — Brad Pitt
By night the skyscraper looms in the smoke and the stars and has a soul. — Carl Sandburg
I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often. — Dave Eggers
It looms before us, an impenetrable wall, trying to crush us, but not yet able to. — Anne Frank
It's one thing to face great odds, but even the smallest struggle, if undertaken without hope, looms and swells with the fatal poisons of despair. — K.W. Jeter
Boredom looms over the liveliest lessons, seeking to destroy. — Marina Leigh Duff
Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms. — Bill Frist
Old enemies must be friends when a greater evil looms. — Raymond E. Feist
The older one becomes the quicker the present fades into sepia and the past looms up in glorious technicolour — Beryl Bainbridge
The signs of the zodiac are karmic patterns; the planets are the looms; the will is the weaver. — Edgar Cayce
A peculiar sort of chaos looms beneath the pretense of peace. — Margo Kelly
God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? — Friedrich Nietzsche
Trouble looms when monogamy is no longer a free expression of loyalty but a form of enforced compliance. — Esther Perel
