Constellations Quotes

106 quotes by 93 authors

Ideas are to objects as constellations are to stars [translated from Trauerspiel, 1928]. — Walter Benjamin
[A]t bottom, and just in the deepest and most important things, we are unutterably alone, and for one person to be able to advise or… — Rainer Maria Rilke
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are… — Anais Nin
Astraeus,' Aven called out. 'God of the four winds and friend to sailors. Say a little prayer when you look at him, so he will… — James A. Owen
Your beloved and your friends were once strangers. Somehow at a particular time, they came from the distance toward your life. Their arrival seemed so… — John O'Donohue
To him the stars seemed like so many musical notes affixed to the sky, just waiting for somebody to unfasten them. Someday the sky would… — Machado de Assis
Through this feeling of helplessness suddenly burst a piercing nostalgia for the lost world of childhood. The way it came right up against the heart,… — Denis Johnson
He insisted that stars were people so well loved, they were traced in constellations, to live forever — Jodi Picoult
The stars we are given. The constellations we make. That is to say, stars exist in the cosmos, but constellations are the imaginary lines we… — Rebecca Solnit
Looking up in the sky, I saw the stars were brighter now. They made a pattern I had never noticed before- a gleaming constellation that… — Rick Riordan
Tell me, was I the sort of person who took your elbow when cars passed on the street, touched your cheek while you talked, combed… — Nicole Krauss
You're quite right there," he said. "I have practiced abstinence myself for years, and had my time of fasting, too, but now I find myself… — Hermann Hesse
You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together. — Kate DiCamillo
Even from the abyss of horror in which we try to feel our way today, half-blind, our hearts distraught and shattered, I look up again… — Stefan Zweig
Constellations shine with light that was emitted aeons ago, and I wait for something to come to me, words that a poet might use to… — Nicholas Sparks
It was always easier for me to show love than to say it. The word reminded me of pralines: small, precious, almost unbearable sweet. I… — Jodi Picoult
During the night, while Bull and Lucy slept, Edward, with ever-open eyes, stared up at the constellations. He said their names, and then he said… — Kate DiCamillo
We all live in our own world. But if you look up at the starry sky - you'll see that all the different worlds up… — Paulo Coelho
I carry thoughts of you like my own personal constellation. How far away you are, my dearest friend, but no farther than those fixed stars… — Lisa Kleypas
At teenage parties he was always wandering into the garden, sitting on a bench in the dark . . . staring up at the constellations… — Mark Haddon

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