Descent Quotes

156 quotes by 140 authors

Miracles occur, If you dare to call those spasmodic Tricks of radiance miracles. The wait's begun again, The long wait for the angel, For that… — Sylvia Plath
Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. — Franz Kafka
Kings built tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
There are, above all, times in which the human reality, always mobile, accelerates, and bursts into vertiginous speeds. Our time is such a one, for… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
I don't like coming home. It keeps me from being nostalgic, which by nature I am. Even before the plane begins its descent, I find… — Stewart O'Nan
(on grief) And you do come out of it, thatâ€™s true. After a year, after five. But you donâ€™t come out of it like a… — Julian Barnes
Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent. — Theodore Roosevelt
Even as the nineteenth century had to come to grips with the notion of human descent from apes, we must now come to terms with… — Terence McKenna
That's how we slide, and while we slide we blame the world's problems on colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, corporatism, stupid white men, and America, but there's… — Steve Toltz
I'm so alive. As I stand facing the beauty of the never-ending Pacific Ocean, a late afternoon breeze blows down from the hills behind. As… — Dave Pelzer
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon… — James Joyce
And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money doesn't matter. That… — Bret Easton Ellis
Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as you were at your core. And… — J R Ward
I have made a long enough descent into the void to speak with certainty. There is nothing but beauty--and beauty has only one perfect expression,… — Stephane Mallarme
In this tradition a story is 'holy,' and it is used as medicine," she told Radiance magazine. "The story is not told to lift you… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night, Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend... — John Milton
The descent beckons as the ascent beckoned — William Carlos Williams
His descent was like nightfall. — Homer
And sure enough, in seeking to become superhuman this foolhardy young man renders himself inhuman. The heart that he has locked away slowly shrivels and… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
They were tower stairs, a tight corkscrew down. The spiraling descent made Karou dizzy: down, around, down, around, hypnotic, until it seemed as if she… — Laini Taylor

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