"Inaction" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... one or other of these circumstances has already taken place, and the consequence of my detainer until orders are received from France will most probably be, that a second year will be cut out of my life and devoted to the same listless inaction as the last, to the destruction of my health and happiness, and the probable ruin of all my further prospects. I cannot expect, however, that my private misfortunes should have any influence upon Your Excellency's public ...
— The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders • Ernest Scott
... never thought you'd have managed that, sir"; but, like all men of inaction, Shelton after action ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
... translations and imitations. Moons versifies some hundreds of fables. A half-sentimental, sickly style, consisting only of praises, of self-abnegation, of pious ejaculations, prevails. It is the worst of reactions;—the country, after its first outburst, had sunk into quietude, the lethargy of inaction. ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI.,October, 1860.--No. XXXVI. - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various
... growing upon me, a sickness that would not be fought down), guiding my course by touch rather than sight, until, finding myself at fault, I stopped again, staring about me beneath my hand. Yet, feeling the faintness increase with inaction, I started forward, groping before me as I went; I had gone but a few paces, however, when I tripped over some obstacle, and fell heavily. It wanted but this to complete my misery, and I lay where I was, overcome by ...
— The Broad Highway • Jeffery Farnol
... first disappointment. He had fancied himself on board early in the day. The prospect of a long morning's inaction seemed already ...
— The Cinema Murder • E. Phillips Oppenheim
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