“It is so incredibly easy to take risks with the lives of other people.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Writing is like trying to escape quicksand. The harder you try the faster you sink.” — Alane Adams Copy Share Image
Am I your possession? Am I in demand? Oh, when you turn to me, I'm in the quicksand. — La Roux Copy Share Image
“Sadness was like quicksand, catching you unaware and pulling you in the more you fought it.” — Martin Kee Copy Share Image
At last you kissed me, I could die in waves again, and one good lick of quicksand took… — Heather McHugh Copy Share Image
“I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man Just a mortal with potential of a superman I'm living on. - Quicksand ” — David Bowie Copy Share Image
“Dusty, if you ever see any "Quicksand"---you can know that there is OIL somewhere very close to it.” — John Everett Bass (Maternal Grandfather of Marsha Carol Watson Gandy Copy Share Image
In the godforsaken, obscene quicksand of life, there is a deafening alleluia rising from the souls of those who weep, and of… — Ann Weems Copy Share Image
If someone keeps bringing you down when you know you have tried your best to make them happy, let them GO because… — Chee Vai Tang Copy Share Image
Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Let us not remain anchored in the quicksand of a waning past, and lose the war on obliviousness, but let us listen… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“Facing up to cancer is a battle conducted on many fronts. The important thing is not to waste too much strength fighting… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“At a certain point, we have to stop ‘play time,’ start ‘construction time’ and get things going, instead of getting mired down… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
It's interesting that the worse things get, the more we believe the next technological fix is going to get us out of… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ...… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the library—subway maps, bus maps, and regular… — Deborah Feldman Copy Share Image
“Islanzadi sighed, and suddenly appeared tired. “Ormomis may have been your proper teacher, but you have proved yourself to be Brom’s heir,… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
The genius of poetry must work out its own salvation in a man; it cannot be matured by law and precept, but… — John Keats Copy Share Image
I think about some of the novels I love - The Stranger, Disgrace, Quicksand and Passing, Giovanni's Room, The Talented Mr. Ripley.… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
“I admit that I have been surprised during recent times. People I thought might well flee into the shadows have proved to… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
You should climb around inside my brain, Dan. It's like this dark room surrounded by quicksand." "I know what you mean," her… — Peter Lerangis Copy Share Image
I think I'm still just as conflicted about the war as I always was. On the one hand, I was a soldier… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
“The Trenches of Comprehension by Stewart Stafford Drowning at quicksand's smothering pace, A lonely disappearance that leaves no trace. As I struggle… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“The choices a human being has to make also involve deciding where one stands in an unjust society: we are all political… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“I was a very nervous kid, I was anxious all the time when I was younger, but what's nice is that some… — John Mulvaney Copy Share Image
“Endless numbers of people surround you as you travel through life. Some you notice briefly, then forget. With others you make eye… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“Just as everything in my life has changed, every new morning brings with it a fresh challenge. I have to think about… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“In my life I have met people who have committed horrendous and barbaric acts. I have met child soldiers who have murdered… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Most days I feel like the sole survivor of a shipwreck, rowing my paddleboat across a sea of people on waves made… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image