Cloaks Quotes
174 Cloaks quotes by 147 unique authors
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Ambition is all very well, my lad, but you must cloak it.
— Jonathan Stroud
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Aragorn threw back his cloak. The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as he…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.
— Alan Moore
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Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the…
— Richard Francis Burton
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Oh my God, can you see me? I thought I was wearing my invisibility cloak.
— Cate Tiernan
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He was tall, thin, and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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God’s grace will cover us like a cloak-enough to provide for survival but too thin to keep out all the cold.
— Neal A. Maxwell
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Ned was clad in a white linen doublet with the direwolf of Stark on the breast; his black wool cloak was fastened at the collar…
— George R. R. Martin
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The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make…
— George R. R. Martin
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It is obvious enough for the reader to conclude, "She loves young Emerson." A reader in Lucy's place would not find it obvious. Life is…
— E. M. Forster
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The reward is in the risk. You can’t stay hidden inside Grandpa’s overprotective cloak forever. You’ve seemed like you needed to grow out of that…
— Rachel Cohn
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It was that white cloak that soiled me, not the other way around.
— George R. R. Martin
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Every individual needs revolution, inner division, overthrow of the existing order, and renewal, but not by forcing them upon his neighbors under the hypocritical cloak…
— Carl Jung
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He was decisive and wholehearted in everything he did, so intent non the task at hand that he never looked over his shoulder, even if…
— Karen Armstrong
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Cheerfulness is a sign of a generous and mortified person who forgetting all things, even herself, tries to please her God in all she does…
— Mother Teresa
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Simon,” said a voice at his shoulder, and he turned to see Izzy, her face a pale smudge between dark hair and dark cloak, looking…
— Cassandra Clare
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He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since…
— Albert Einstein
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Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
— William Proxmire
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My mother and father are the only people on the whole planet for whom I will never begrudge a thing. Should I achieve great things,…
— Anton Chekhov
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Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.
— Unknown Author
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One of the most persistent misconceptions about blindness is that it is a curse from God for misdeeds perpetrated in a past life, which cloaks…
— Rosemary Mahoney
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Yes, I do still have a teddy bear that I sleep with and talk to. Yes, I do still have a favorite blanket that I…
— Andrew James
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A saint is a sinner, a sinner is a saint. It's all just the cloaks we hide behind, a cartoon in the brain.
— Live (Band)
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Their red cloaks wrapped tight to the bone
— Denise Levertov
Who Wrote These Cloaks Quotes
147 authors contributed a total of 174 Cloaks Quotes, led by these top contributors: