Castle Quotes
296 quotes by 229 authors
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To live his life in his own way, to call his house his castle, to enjoy the fruits of his own labour, to educate his…
— C.S. Lewis
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.... Anon from the castle walls The crescent banner falls, And the crowd beholds instead, Like a portent in the sky, Iskander's banner fly, The…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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The crumbling castle, looming among the mists, exhaled the season, and every cold stone breathed it out. The tortured trees by the dark lake burned…
— Mervyn Peake
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The first thing that Shaytan (Satan) will try to do is get you to stop praying. You know why? Because he has to kill the…
— Nouman Ali Khan
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[V]ariety of climate should always go with stability of abode.... an Englishman’s house is not only his castle; it is his fairy castle. Clouds and…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in the house, whether cottage or castle; it stands for permanence and separation from the world.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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A man's head is his castle.
— Joseph Heller
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You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want…
— Martha Reeves
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Castle Rock and New Line each have their strengths, but the great thing about New Line is that they are a real focused-market, niche-market player…
— Fred Seibert
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Your existence is passing before you. Grains of sand in the hourglass. The Wicked Witch of the West has you in her castle and she's…
— Frederick Lenz
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When you meditate you feel joy, harmony, peace, stillness, ecstasy, laughter, certainty, courage, strength, awareness and immortality. In the beginning you will feel these things…
— Frederick Lenz
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A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.
— William Rounseville Alger
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True, I used to see a lot of hope. I saw men tear down the veils behind which the truth had been hidden. But then…
— Ayi Kwei Armah
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Goldfish have no memory, I guess their lives are much like mine. And the little plastic castle is a surprise everytime.
— Ani DiFranco
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Most sailing ships take what they call trainees, who pay to be part of the crew. The Picton Castle takes people who are absolutely raw…
— Billy Campbell
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How many years will you crawl through this castle, so satisfied and still wanting more?
— Roger McGuinn
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I will build you a castle with a tower so high it reaches the moon.
— Smokey Robinson
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My father said, ‘When in doubt, castle.’
— Kurt Vonnegut
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Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in us. Hope is pushed down…
— Jack Gilbert
Who Wrote These Castle Quotes
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