Cliffs Quotes

300 quotes by 251 authors

And I will now rock the brown basin from side to side so that my ships may ride the waves. Some will founder. Some will… — Virginia Woolf
I was unfair to him, of course, but where would I have been without unfairness? In thrall, in harness. Young women need unfairness, it's one… — Margaret Atwood
There was a tale he had read once, long ago, as a small boy: the story of a traveler who had slipped down a cliff,… — Neil Gaiman
Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know, is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't know. Acting without… — Ray Bradbury
And I felt a sudden whirl in my head, knowing this leap was inevitable, that I wasn't just standing on the cliff, toes poking over,… — Sarah Dessen
Some people think love is the end of the road, and if you're lucky enough to find it, you stay there. Other people say it… — Colum McCann
Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life? See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest. Write a book.… — Ray Bradbury
The idea of my future simultaneously thrilled and terrified me, like standing at the lip of a very sheer cliff- I could fly, or fall.… — Marya Hornbacher
Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I… — Scott O'Dell
Peter stood, cleared his throat, and began to hum softly, then sing, slowly building up the song as his voice cleared. He found the old… — Brom
Taken as a whole, the story of Ruth is one of those signs. It was written to give us encouragement and hope that all the… — John Piper
We are about to change history, said Saphira. Weâ€™re throwing ourselves off a cliff without knowing how deep the water below is. Ah, but what… — Christopher Paolini
It was one of the few places where someone remembered his name. Yeah, okay, so he felt like Sam Malone on Cheers, but there was… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
But sometimes, maybe most times, it isn't that clear. It is dark and you are near the edge of a cliff, but you're moving slowly,… — Harlan Coben
Emerson,' I said, choosing my words with care, 'it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you… — Barbara Mertz
I had forgotten: this is what it feels like to live in time. The lurching forward, the sensation of falling of a cliff into darkness,… — Charles Yu
She remembered timidly standing atop the Luthadel city wall, afraid to use her Allomancy to jump off, despite Kelsier's coaxing. Now she could step off… — Brandon Sanderson
But we do need a breather. We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to jump off. The… — Ray Bradbury
Fiordland, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the south-west corner of South Island, New Zealand, is one of the most astounding pieces of… — Douglas Adams
July 24, 6:03 A.M. The laundry was warm and the rafters were firm, and Michael Holzapfel jumped from the chair as if it were a… — Markus Zusak

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