Beckoned Quotes
16 quotes by 14 authors
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Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times. Princes and potentates, political or industrial, equally with men…
— George Ellery Hale
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For me, the promised land, always seeming just beyond my reach, is the poetic masterpiece, that perfect union of words in cadence, each beckoned and…
— James Emanuel
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The contemplation of this world beckoned as a liberation (...)The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring as the road to the…
— Albert Einstein
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Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times...
— George Ellery Hale
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But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer...
— Ruskin Bond
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We are beckoned to see the world through a one-way mirror, as if we are threatened and innocent and the rest of humanity is threatening,…
— John Pilger
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The end he had been born to serve yet did not see had led him to escape by an unseen path and now it beckoned…
— James Joyce
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There's a very generous donation in the parish's future if you make this fast. Ten minutes, at the most." Frowning, the man fumbled open his…
— Tessa Dare
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Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved by his appetites, whispered to by fears, beckoned by hopes. Small wonder that…
— Eric Hoffer
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But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other small trees and…
— Ruskin Bond
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Nestor beckoned to me and I dismounted with care.I handed the reins to the boy with thanks. I do not wish to see that hard-charging…
— Tamora Pierce
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The descent beckons as the ascent beckoned
— William Carlos Williams
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The Lady Amalthea beckoned, and the cat wriggled all over, like a dog, but he would not come near... She was offering her open palm…
— Peter S. Beagle
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At first she beckoned and lured one into her world; then, she blurred the passageways, confused all the images, as if to elude detection.
— Anais Nin
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Up in the distance the whistle of the wind sang to her from the mountain. From Lucian’s mountain. It beckoned and taunted and she wanted…
— Melina Marchetta
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He took up his pen, which seemed to parch like a martyrin his hand. He began to write, nevertheless, addressing the nine-and-ninety lies of the…
— Alexander Theroux
Who Wrote These Beckoned Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 16 Beckoned Quotes as follows: