Behold Quotes

448 Behold quotes by 288 unique authors

Let my worship be within the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. Therefore, let there be beauty… — Doreen Valiente
It sometimes happened that you might be familiar with a man for several years thinking he was a wild animal, and you would regard him… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to… — William Shakespeare
Past one o’clock. You must have gone to bed. The Milky Way streams silver through the night. I’m in no hurry; with lightning telegrams I… — Vladimir Mayakovsky
And still the brain continues to yearn, continues to burn, foolishly, with desire. My old man's brain is mocked by a body that still longs… — Meg Rosoff
Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and… — Mark Twain
Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy! Oh, Satan! one and unique God of my soul,… — Marquis de Sade
Whereupon a strange euphoria came over me. Not only was I exiled, paralyzed, mute, half deaf, deprived of all pleasures, and reduced to the existence… — Jean-Dominique Bauby
Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do. — Toni Morrison
Wherein lies happiness? In that which becks Our ready minds to fellowship divine, A fellowship with essence; till we shine, Full alchemiz’d, and free of… — John Keats
Then Morgoth stretching out his long arm towards Dor-lomin cursed Hurin and Morwen and their offspring, saying: 'Behold! The shadow of my thought shall lie… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man's heart than to behold the love of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Behold the male beast roaring in the jungle for his mate," said Elphaba. "See how the female beast giggles behind a shrub while she organizes… — Gregory Maguire
Behold your new mistress, my wife," he pronounced, "and know that when she bids you, I have bidden you. What service you render her, you… — Judith McNaught
Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile; he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to… — George R. R. Martin
My soul is wrapped in harsh repose, Midnight descends in raven-colored clothes, But soft... behold! A sunlight beam Butting a swath of glimmering gleam. My… — Joss Whedon
Dark house, by which once more I stand Here in the long unlovely street, Doors, where my heart was used to beat So quickly, waiting… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The happiness of man is: I will. The happiness of woman is: he wills. ‘Behold, just now the world became perfect!’—thus thinks every woman when… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives! Fight on; death is better than defeat! Fight on brave knights! for bright eyes behold your… — Walter Scott
He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony;… — William Shakespeare
If there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it, Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a… — William Shakespeare
That's right," he said. "I created a a bunch of Forsaken Warriors, had them attack the Institute and kill Madeleine and nearly kill the rest… — Cassandra Clare
And lo and behold, my diabolical plan is working. — Cassandra Clare
Behold the Drojim Palace," King Urgit said extravagantly to Sadi, "the hereditary home of the House of Urga." "A most unusual structure, You Majesty," Sadi… — David Eddings
All that glitters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life has sold But my outside to behold: Gilded… — William Shakespeare

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