Abyss Quotes

356 Abyss quotes by 266 unique authors

The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude. — Kate Chopin
I could not help feeling that they were evil things -- mountains of madness whose farther slopes looked out over some accursed ultimate abyss. — H P Lovecraft
I watched our friends' wary, intelligent faces droop at our tale. Their shock was a mere shadow of our own, resembling more the goodwilled imitation… — Ian Mcewan
I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss, and, in their struggles to be truly free, in their triumphs and… — Charles Dickens
Man is something that shall be overcome.... Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman -- a rope over an abyss... What is great… — Friedrich Nietzsche
But you canâ€™t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger… — Anne Lamott
It is neither easy nor agreeable to dredge this abyss of viciousness, and yet I think it must be done, because what could be perpetrated… — Primo Levi
Now from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his… — Homer
And I, infinitesimaÂl being, drunk with the great starry void, likeness, image of mystery, I felt myself a pure part of the abyss, I wheeled… — Pablo Neruda
Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all.… — Marcus Aurelius
For these beings, fall is ever the normal season, the only weather, there be no choice beyond. Where do they come from? The dust. Where… — Ray Bradbury
There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Dark Lord has Nine. But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through the fire and the abyss, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien
In their choice of lovers both the male and the female reveal their essential nature. The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Poetry is perhaps this: an Atemwende, a turning of our breath. Who knows, perhaps poetry goes its wayâ€”the way of artâ€”for the sake of just… — Paul Celan
It was a sunny day, I was carrying a child in a white dress to be christened. The path to the church led up a… — Sophie Scholl
Again and Again, however, we know the language of love, and the little churchyard with its lamenting names and the staggeringly secret abyss in which… — Maggie Stiefvater
Even from the abyss of horror in which we try to feel our way today, half-blind, our hearts distraught and shattered, I look up again… — Stefan Zweig
In the end things must be as they are and have always been--the great things remain for the great, the abysses for the profound, the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest. — Antonio Porchia

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