Crossing Quotes

263 quotes by 238 authors

He had the vague sense of standing on a threshold, the crossing of which would change everything. — Kate Morton
Dear Angel Juan, You used to guard my sleep like a panther biting back my pain with the edge of your teeth. You carried me… — Francesca Lia Block
It was anyway all a long time ago; the world, we know now, is as it is and not different; if there was ever a… — John Crowley
This commonplace cycle of falling asleep and waking, in darkness, under private cover, with another creature, a pale soft tender mammal, putting faces together in… — Ian Mcewan
and in that recurring dream, I found myself trapped in some sort of gigantic game of which I was unfamiliar with the rules; lost in… — Franz Kafka
Izzy," said Jace, as they neared the pond, and she jumped up and spun around. Her smile was dazzling. "Jace!" She flew at him and… — Cassandra Clare
To say that a writer's hold on reality is tenuous is an understatement-it's like saying the Titanic had a rough crossing. Writer's build their own… — David Gerrold
The sun is not ridiculous, quite the contrary. On everything I like, on the rust of the construction girders, on the rotten boards of the… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Tie your heart at night to mine, love, and both will defeat the darkness like twin drums beating in the forest against the heavy wall… — Pablo Neruda
And yet, over the years I've met so many people like Jared who seem to be more at home, happier, living in a country on… — Eric Weiner
Individuals are not stable things, they are fleeting. Chromosomes too are shuffled into oblivion, like hands of cards soon after they are dealt. But the… — Richard Dawkins
Luxury cruises were designed to make something unbearable (a two week transatlantic crossing) seem bearable. There's no need to do it now, there are planes.… — Tina Fey
I left the library. Crossing the street, I was hit head-on by a brutal loneliness. I felt dark and hollow. Abandoned, unnoticed, forgotten, I stood… — Nicole Krauss
I cannot remember my past, my nose, or the colour of my eyes, or what my general opinion of myself is. Only in moments of… — Virginia Woolf
Nuns? They'd take one look at Barrons and decide the devil himself had come knockng. He not only looked dangerous, he emanated something that made… — Karen Marie Moning
Your breathing should flow gracefully, like a river, like a watersnake crossing the water, and not like a chain of rugged mountains or the gallop… — Nhat Hanh
This was charming, no doubt; but they shortly found out That the Captain they trusted so well Had only one notion for crossing the ocean,… — Lewis Carroll
There are people in our lives whom we love, and lose, and unfailingly long for. They orbit our hearts like Halleyâ€™s Comet, crossing into our… — Jamie Ford
Beware, my body and my soul, beware above all of crossing your arms and assuming the sterile attitude of the spectator, for life is not… — Aime Cesaire
If there were a god of New York, it would be the Greek's Hermes, the Roman's Mercury. He embodies New York qualities: the quick exchange,… — James Hillman

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