Bells Quotes

516 Bells quotes by 406 unique authors

I am passionate about everything in my life--first and foremost, passionate about ideas. And that's a dangerous person to be in this society, not just… — Bell Hooks
I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the… — Emily Bronte
My sister, Swede, who often sees to the nub, offered this: People fear miracles because they fear being changed--though ignoring them will change you also.… — Leif Enger
After dinner, I become afraid despite myself. I know I should be joyous, for this reunion is the proof that love can still be ours,… — Nicholas Sparks
The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and… — Anne Ursu
February. Get ink, shed tears. Write of it, sob your heart out, sing, While torrential slush that roars Burns in the blackness of the spring.… — Boris Pasternak
Oxford, in those days, was still a city of aquatint. In her spacious and quiet streets men walked and spoke as they had done in… — Evelyn Waugh
Talk—half-talk, phrases that had no need to be finished, abstractions, Chinese bells played on with cotton-tipped sticks, mock orange blossoms painted on porcelain. The muffled,… — Anais Nin
Most schools have a loud system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing… — Daniel Handler
People have stars, but they aren't the same. For travelers, the stars are guides. For other people, they're nothing but tiny lights. And for still… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
...Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled Upon the wharves of sorrow, and… — William Butler Yeats
Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-" said Percy "Percy... Chiron's collection! — Rick Riordan
- he's finished with that; it's like an old clock that won't tell time but won't stop neither, with the hands bent out of shape… — Ken Kesey
Under the Mountain dark and tall The King has come unto his hall! His foe is dead, the Worm of Dread, And ever so his… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false,… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name. — Peter S. Beagle
The bell that measures time is ringing — Margaret Atwood
When I'm with you, bells go off in my head like a moving truck that's backing up. — Jodi Picoult
The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse. — Charles Williams
They heard somewhere in that tenantless night a bell that tolled and ceased where no bell was and they rode out on the round dais… — Cormac McCarthy
East of the sun and west of the moon.' As unfathomable as the words were, I realized I must figure them out, reason it through.… — Edith Pattou
For me the noise of Time is not sad: I love bells, clocks, watches — and I recall that at first photographic implements were related… — Roland Barthes
I had a question. "Why does the name Pearl Harbor sound so familiar?" The lieutenant colonel's eyes narrowed. "Pearl Harbor is the most famous U.S.… — James Patterson
To harden the earth the rocks took charge: instantly they grew wings: the rocks that soared: the survivors flew up the lightning bolt, screamed in… — Pablo Neruda

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