Coin Quotes

322 quotes by 276 authors

Words are coin. Words alienate. Language is no medium for desire. Desire is rapture, not exchange. — J M Coetzee
Faith and science, I have learned, are two sides of the same coin, separated by an expanse so small, but wide enough that one side… — Mary E. Pearson
People simplify 'Apollonian' into 'mild', and 'calm', and 'cool'. But 'Apollonian' and 'Dionysian' are two sides of one coin--a nun kneeling in her cell, holding… — Robert A. Heinlein
Good and evil are merely opposite sides of a coin. Get tossed in the air enough, it's easy to come down on the wrong side. — Karen Marie Moning
The Stars. Jared slept beneath them, uneasy in the rustling leaves. From the battlements Finn gazed up at them, seeing the impossible distances between galaxies… — Catherine Fisher
For her I changed pebbles into diamonds, shoes into mirrors, I changed glass into water, I gave her wings and pulled birds from her ears… — Nicole Krauss
For him , life was a coin that had disaster on one side and waiting for disaster on the other — J R Ward
Don't you think it's strange that life, described as so rich and full, a camel-trail of adventure, should shrink to this coin-sized world? A head… — Jeanette Winterson
Well...he's back in an exam room. Should I get out a quarter?" Everybody groaned. There was only one He out of the legions of male… — J R Ward
What is a child?" he asks her. The diamond gaze does not flinch. "Creatures that are sold on the street by their parents, to get… — C.S. Friedman
Life is a value to be bought and thinking is the only coin noble enough to buy it. — Ayn Rand
After I got shot, you want to know the very first thing that entered my mind? The U.S. Mint. I am coin in the U.S.… — Nicholas Sparks
Your husband this morning! Mine tonight! What do you take him for?' 'A man' smiled Cynthia. 'And therefore, if you won't let me call him… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Sometimes a piece of sun burned like a coin in my hand. — Pablo Neruda
Vlad twisted his wrist, pinching his fingers together, spinning the bronze coin on the table. When it fell, he picked it up and did it… — Heather Brewer
Our standard rate. A doubloon a day." It was generous. More than generous--some families would put him up for a week for a single coin.… — Ilona Andrews
Here lies a she sun, and a he moon there; She gives the best light to his sphere; Or each is both, and all, and… — John Donne
Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not… — George R. R. Martin
We two remake our world by naming it / Together, knowing what words mean for us / And for the other for whom current coin… — A. S. Byatt
I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common coin… — Andrei Tarkovsky

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