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[Napoleon] swept away everywhere the establishments of feudality ... [He was] Caesar himself. — Karl Marx

I am grieved that these continuing stories are everyday matters swept away, — Sheila Nevins

Just rolled out of bed."
"I can see that." His eyes swept over me. "You should roll around in your bed more often. — Veronica Blade

You can't order me away, you pissant human--"
"I just did." Kas swept past him... — Susan Scott

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores. — George Herbert

The besom of reform hath swept him out of office, and a worthier successor wears his dignity and pockets his emoluments. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

In small moment of time, the climax of their lives, a culmination of glory, not of fear, were swept away from us. — Thucydides

I was in college in the '60s, and the whole feminist movement had swept me up. — Laura Schlessinger

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

We couldn't go on indefinitely being swept off our feet. — Zelda Fitzgerald

Was Tara still standing? Or was Tara also gone with the wind which had swept through Georgia? — Margaret Mitchell

Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob. — Jim Rogers

And nostalgia swept through Jimmy like a sudden hunger. — Margaret Atwood

Drag me to the moon, to catch a star and seize its brilliance as I'm swept up in amorphous dust. — Bradley Chicho

I think we were all initially swept along with the Obama win, but he's proven to be simply a set of teeth, and useless in every other regard. — Morrissey

So let them pass, small people of no great significance, caught up and swept together like dead leaves in the great whirlwind of the war. — Nevil Shute

That's how he'd thought of most people - appearing in your life like foundlings on the doorstep, only to be swept away later as if by flood . — Adam Johnson

I unlocked the door and, on impulse, swept Sydney into my arms and carried her inside. — Richelle Mead

T'was Spring, t'was Summer, all was gay Now Autumn bears a cloud brow The flowers of Spring are swept way And Summer fruits desert the bough — Thomas Gray

Cold wind swept around her and when she looked down, her feet stood on rocks. The night sky was filled with stars. — T.L. Brown

Then I swept my hand across the length of the kitchen windows, sending salt spraying all over the kitchen floor.
It's time to let the ghosts in. — Kami Garcia

The relief it swept his face like pushing off a cloud shadow. I — Peter Heller

It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to end. A candle burned on the table; A candle burned. — Boris Pasternak

E were always taught, instead of waiting to be swept off our feet, to 'expect little, forgive much'. — Helen Fielding

So I pulled out my Kindle and got swept away in a book. — Laurelin Paige

A chill swept through the air, the sort of graveyard kiss promising bad news to follow. — Katherine McIntyre

She was drunk on the magic of the night, giddy with glamour, swept away by beauties she had dreamt of all her life and never dared hope to know. — George R R Martin

Black, scorched scars crossed the battlefield as if a god's claws had swept down to join the slaughter. — Steven Erikson

Fearlessness requires attention and receptivity-it takes focus to stand in the still eye of a tornado and not be swept away by it. — Susan Piver

Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. — Lin-Manuel Miranda

Then she sighed. Just the faintest, softest release of breath. The sound swept through his chest like a hurricane, with the force to topple trees. — Tessa Dare

Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy. — M.J. Ryan

I see stars before my eyes, and my thoughts are swept up into a hurricane of light. — Knut Hamsun

by the light of Gypsy fires, my sister and I came of age way too soon

our childhoods were swept away — Roo Bardookie

His agonized scream rode the cascading waves of power as they swept across the terrace. — Steven Erikson

Loneliness swept over me, and I became aware of the vast uninhabited spaces. — Claire Fejes

Remembering who God is can mean the difference between standing firm and being swept away. — Kathy Howard

In the rain-swept afternoon
my heart discovers
the tragedy of autumn
raining from the trees. — Martin Sorrell

Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. — Lupita Nyong'o

Year's end, all
corners of this
floating world, swept. — Matsuo Basho

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia. — Dave Grohl

He's swept with the broom of contempt and the rooms have an empty ring. — Joni Mitchell

Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person. — Diana Wynne Jones

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. — Anne Bronte

Peacekeepers, in pristine white uniforms, march on the cleanly swept cobblestones. Along the rooftops, more of them occupy nests of machine guns. — Suzanne Collins

It's too easy to get swept up; doing things because the opportunities are there, not because we're burning to do them. — Sam Sheppard

Sometimes she is struck by how much she goes through life almost unconsciously. She is being swept along. She is a pale ghost. — Kate Zambreno

Those who can not adjust to change will be swept aside by it. Those who recognize change and react accordingly will benefit. — Jim Rogers

And all the good you've done will soon be swept away, You've begun to matter more than the things you say. — Tim Rice

For me this is not something that can be swept under the rug and forgotten in the interest of forced Sunday togetherness. — Potter Stewart

Abe swept in, resplendent in a gray and yellow suit that coordinated bafflingly well with Adrian's paint job. — Richelle Mead

As P. J. O'Rourke once observed, no woman daydreams about being swept off her feet by a liberal. — Greg Gutfeld

On June 10, the worst storm in the series swept across the middle of the Indian Ocean and Wild Eyes was directly in its path. — Abby Sunderland

People had never dwelt here, people would never come; never could they find home in this vast, wind-swept void. — O.E. Rolvaag

You can get swept away by a musical, but real tears are rare. — Eric Fellner

But the wind always swept my words away like cloud shadows, as if it mattered more that I said them, than who heard them. — Lauren Wolk

Here lie your hopes and dreams, shattered and swept aside ... — Dean Koontz

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty. — James Anthony Froude

When life attains a crisis, man's focus narrows. [ ... ] The world becomes a stage of immediate concern, swept free of illusion. — Jim Thompson

Oh, I don't care! I don't care what they say! she whispered, as a sweet madness swept over her. — Margaret Mitchell

a kaleidoscopic, fragmented rush of images that exploded out of memory. They careened into her like an avalanche and swept her away, — Terry Brooks

You [Scots] come of a race of men the very wind of whose name has swept to the ultimate seas. — James M. Barrie

Echo." Too late. Brainless swept into the foyer. — Katie McGarry

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me. — Joseph Epstein

As the ocean tugged me at my feet, i realized that Early Auden, that strangest of boys, had saved me from being swept away. — Clare Vanderpool

What's happened to marriage? The wedding-industrial complex. Brides get swept up in this world of obsession - it has to be your perfect day. — Dave Barry

The Red Army ... swept the native population clean in a manner that has no parallel since the days of the Asiatic hordes. — George F. Kennan

When Peter walked into a room he always swept it until he found Clara. And then he relaxed. — Louise Penny

He had realised that most vital of humanities. he had touched lives.
And he had raised three boys that no one had wanted into men. — Nora Roberts

I turn to see Ansel leaning against the door frame. His eyes swept over the room.
Whoa, Hurricane Naomi strikes, leaving no survivers. — Andrea Cremer

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich. — Honore De Balzac

Whilst child abuse may be committed behind closed doors, it should never be swept under the carpet. — Constance Briscoe

Who cares about tomorrow?
What more is tomorrow,
than another day?
(-The Avett Brothers, "Swept Away") — Colleen Hoover

Korean feminism has been swept away by popular culture. It became a sort of old-fashioned trend or a joke. — Kim Hyesoon

There's such an energy bounding around New York, I can't help but get swept along in it. — Hayley Mills

The sky was a fresh-swept blue, with only a trace of white cloud clinging to the dome of heaven like a thin streak of test paint — Haruki Murakami

Ty swept his arms around, encompassing everything around them, the vast campus above. "All this. The fucking shark that eats the world. — Dave Eggers

If I were trying to sweep you off your feet, you'd be swept. Period. - Adam from Moonlight — Lisa Kessler

Bill de Blasio was swept to the New York mayoralty on the promise of getting Gracie Mansion out from under the thumb of corporate elites. — Rick Perlstein

And oh, the oh my nape of the neck. The up-swept oh my nape of the neck. I could walk behind anyone and fall in love. Don't stop. Don't turn around. — Dorianne Laux

A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet. — Confucius

It's not because I've -what is the phrase? -'swept you off your feet' by my -er- ardor? — Margaret Mitchell

As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera. — William H. Macy

Civilization itself ... can easily be swept aside when mob passions are aroused. — Steve Allen

The raw food wave has swept through, and now it is the superfoods wave. The next thing to happen will be super herbalism. — David Wolfe

Peter swept aside Yogi Tea and Harmony Herbal Blend, though he hesitated a second over the chamomile ... But no. Violent death demanded Earl Grey. — Louise Penny

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun. — Tim Robbins

Life just swept you along and never took you back to where you had been. — Terry Brooks

Buddhas also have to be swept away, because the door can become a hindrance if you cling to it. — Osho

Swept yer chimney!" D howled. "Aw shit, that is fuckin' rich! — Jane Seville

Stud," D repeated, growly and low. Jack snorted. "You got a better word for a guy who's swept my chimney five times in one night? — Jane Seville

It had swept him, he said, "into a dream from which I did not recover for months. — Erik Larson

We'd all be scared if we knew what was swept under the carpet of each other's minds — Stephen King

Because it was frightening, they swept it quickly from their minds. — Stephen King

You're worth fucking all that." I stared at him as that warmth swept through me again but I replied, "It's foolish." "You're worth bein' that too. — Kristen Ashley

That had been an all-consuming love that had swept me up in a torrent of emotion that had been unimaginable until I'd experienced it. — Monica Alexander

You are reduced / To the after-sorrow / That will last my lifetime. The hair-tearing / Grief of the mother / Whose child has been swept away. — Mary Jo Bang

Women's words are as light as the doomed leaves whirling in autumn, Easily swept by the wind, easily drowned by the wave. — Ovid

My eyes swept down to his soft black t-shirt that read: "don't do school, eat your drugs, stay in vegetables". — R.S. Grey