Colossal Quotes

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One of the Age of Enlightenment's most hypnotic images is Ledoux's rendering of his neoclassical theater of 1775 - 1784 in Besancon, surreally reflected in… — Martin Filler
There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but because of the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life. I can't be satisfied with… — Sylvia Plath
If it wasnâ€™t for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns at… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Will a day come when the race will detect the funniness of these juvenilities and laugh at themâ€”and by laughing at them destroy them? For… — Mark Twain
The colossal might of wickedness: how we love to locate it massively elsewhere. But so much of it comes down to what each one of… — Gregory Maguire
But under it all they were men, penetrating the land of desolation and mockery and silence, puny adventurers bent on colossal adventure, pitting themselves against… — Jack London
And yet every so often, the heart of America, shuddering with indignation, sends a nervous spasm through the gentle back of the Andes, and tumultuous… — Che Guevara
One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn't merely that of a pygmy blocking… — Novalis
And on the pedestal these words appear:â€¨ 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:â€¨ Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' â€¨Nothing beside remains.… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
(World War I) was the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery that has ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise lied, So the… — Ernest Hemingway
There is no such sense of solitude as that which we experience upon the silent and vast elevations of great mountains. Lifted high above the… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy offers this definition of the word "Infinite". Infinite: Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some. Much… — Douglas Adams
But I got a great deal else from the experience. I learned to pitch a tent and sleep beneath the stars. For a brief, proud… — Bill Bryson
...Nameless, unknown to me as you were, I couldn't forget your voice!' 'For how long?' 'O - ever so long. Days and days.' 'Days and… — Thomas Hardy
It's such a colossal effort not to be haunted by what's lost, but to be enchanted by what was. — Jandy Nelson
Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however artful. No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot — Albert Einstein
Possibly it had occurred to him the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. [...] It had seemed as close as a star… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perhaps the way to succeed is to think of life on Earth as a colossal joke, a creation of such immense stupidity that the only… — Meg Rosoff
The heavy eyelids snapped open. Jack froze. A huge gold-and-amber eye, as big as a dinner plater, stared at him. The dark pupil shrank, focusing.… — Ilona Andrews

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