Drum Quotes

289 quotes by 234 authors

But you who walk facing the sun, what images drawn on the earth can hold you? You who travel with the wind, what weathervane shall… — Khalil Gibran
Peter was not quite like other boys; but he was afraid at last. A tremour ran through him, like a shudder passing over the sea;… — James M. Barrie
Self-assertion may deceive the ignorant for a time; but when the noise dies away, we cut open the drum, and find it was emptiness that… — Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Eat of my deep earth, drink of my living streams, for I am your Mother. Your heart is my wild drum, your breath my eternal… — Juliet Marillier
I loved to be alone in the woods, especially in the late fall when everything is crisp and golden, the leaves the color of fire,… — Lauren Oliver
you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing? — Khalil Gibran
Next moment he was standing erect on the rock again, with that smile on his face and a drum beating within him. It was saying,… — James M. Barrie
Often the losing of a battle leads to the winning of progress. Less glory but greater liberty: the drum is silent and the voices of… — Victor Hugo
On horseback you feel as if you're moving in time to classical music; a camel seems to progress to the beat of a drum played… — Walter Moers
Romance isn't just about roses or killing dragons or sailing a kayak around the world. It's also about chocolate chip cookies and sharing The Grateful… — Steve Kluger
Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body… — Tad Williams
I see nothing. We may sink and settle on the waves. The sea will drum in my ears. The white petals will be darkened with… — Virginia Woolf
Tell me my heart beats a war drum that my eyes are not just armies but my spine is a harpoon. — Buddy Wakefield
To put is still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to… — Alan Watts
Live by your own rules Move to your rhythm, instead of dancing to the beat of someone elseâ€™s drum Decide how you want to be… — Sherry Argov
It is a natural stronghold for themâ€”they can infest this maze of iron and water like a horde of starving cockroaches, and theyâ€™ll be just… — Rachel Caine
Then the musical instruments appeared. Dadâ€™s snare drum from the house, Henryâ€™s guitar from his car, Adamâ€™s spare guitar from my room. Everyone was jamming… — Gayle Forman
Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks. — Albert Pike
You have been walking the ocean's edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under and deeper under, a thousand… — Unknown Author
The stillness of the calm is awful. His voice begins to grow strange and portentous. He feels it in him like something swallowed too big… — Herman Melville

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