Arrows Quotes

325 quotes by 255 authors

War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. — William Shakespeare
Thatâ€™s one of the reasons I never wanted to get married. The last thing I wanted was infinite security and to be the place an… — Sylvia Plath
Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit, And, in strong proff of chastity well armed,… — William Shakespeare
With the arrival of electric technology, man has extended, or set outside himself, a live model of the central nervous system itself. To the degree… — Marshall McLuhan
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black And the dark street winds and bends. Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow… — Shel Silverstein
...the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings which could take… — Italo Calvino
A dragon has just flown over the tree-tops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I am afraid it is between us and the ship. And… — C.S. Lewis
It's true: Everyone needs a reason to stay alive -- someone who justifies your existence. Someone who loves you. Not beyond all reason. Just loves… — Geraldine McCaughrean
I must hold in balance the sense of the futility of effort and the sense of the necessity to struggle; the conviction of the inevitability… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The real point is that you cannot harbor malice toward others and then cry foul when someone displays intolerance against you. Prejudice tolerated is intolerance… — Harvey Fierstein
Patience is more than endurance. A saint's life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer.… — Oswald Chambers
Come, Friend, you too must die. Why moan about it so? Even Patroclus died, a far, far better man than you. And look, you see… — Homer
I am alone on this road strewn with bones and bordered by ruins! Angels have their brothers, and demons have their infernal companions. Yet I… — Gustave Flaubert
His blue-black hair fell over his face when he moved, like tiny arrows pointing to pronounced cheeckbones. "Starting to think you were going to bail… — Melissa Marr
Arrow! Black arrow! I have saved you to the last. You have never failed me and I have always recovered you. I had you from… — J.R.R. Tolkien
These weren't encouraged in the city, since the heft and throw of a longbow's arrow could send it through an innocent bystander a hundred yards… — Terry Pratchett
If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in its true sense,… — Shunryu Suzuki
let's be honest: ignoring is acting, and nothing more - acting as though the words, or actions of your oppresors don't hurt. you hear the… — Frank Peretti
Each arrow you shoot off carries its own target into the decidedly secret tangle — Paul Celan

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