Afar Quotes

138 quotes by 126 authors

Comfort me from wherever you areâ€“alone, we are quickly worn out; if I place my head on the road, let it seem softened by you.… — Rainer Maria Rilke
it may not always be so; and i say that if your lips, which i have loved, should touch another's, and your dear strong fingers… — E E Cummings
hither,hither, from thy home,airy sprite, i bid thee come! born of roses, fed on dew, charms and potions canst thow brew? bring me here, with… — Louisa May Alcott
Everything in the world is beautiful, but Man only recognizes beauty if he sees it either seldom or from afar. Listen, today we are gods!… — Vladimir Nabokov
...the figure near at hand suffers on such occasions, because it shows up its sorriness without shade; while vague figures afar off are honored, in… — Thomas Hardy
They say that Hope is happiness But genuine Love must prize the past; And Mem'ry wakes the thoughts that bless: They rose first -- they… — Lord Byron
The internet was supposed to liberate knowledge, but in fact it buried it, first under a vast sewer of ignorance, laziness, bigotry, superstition and filth… — Ben Elton
Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea. His… — J.R.R. Tolkien
For great are you, Lord, and you look kindly on what is humble, but the lofty-minded you regard from afar. Only to those whose hearts… — Saint Augustine
I had taken the photograph from afar (distance being the basic glitch in our relationship), using my Nikon and zoom lens while hiding behind a… — Joan Bauer
Vlad decided that teachers' ideas were a lot like bunches of garlic-intriguing from afar, but up close sadly sickening and, if you weren't careful, DEADLY. — Heather Brewer
The Master said, â€œTo study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learnedâ€”is this not satisfying? To have companions arrive from… — Confucius
Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it. — Ben Elton
If youâ€™re reading these words, perhaps itâ€™s because something has kicked open the door for you, and youâ€™re ready to embrace change. It isnâ€™t enough… — Sharon Salzberg
While he was watching the ships, Buttercup shoved him with all her strength remaining. Down went the man in black. "You can die too for… — William Goldman
Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar. — Confucius
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over… — J.R.R. Tolkien
One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdain'd For thee to disdain it. One hope too like… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I like to be admired from afar, and then complimented up close. — Gena Showalter
An increasing number of people who lead mental lives of great intensity, people who are sensitive by nature, notice the steadily more frequent appearance in… — Knut Hamsun

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