Eaves Quotes

15 quotes by 15 authors

The brawling of a sparrow in the eaves The brilliant moon and all the milky sky And all that famous harmony of leaves Had blotted… — William Butler Yeats
The message from the hedge-leaves, Heed it, whoso thou art; Under lowly eaves Lives the happy heart. — John Vance Cheney
Well do I remember that dark hot little office in the hospital at Begumpett, with the necessary gleam of light coming in from under the… — Ronald Ross
They passed out of the shade beneath the eaves and flew into sunglare and silence and it was an action she only partly saw, elusive… — Don DeLillo
He found that he had this sudden desperate longing for the fuming, smoky streets of Ankh-Morpork, which was always at its best in the spring,… — Terry Pratchett
I would call back at least for literature this world of shadows we are losing. In the mansion called literature I would have the eaves… — Junichiro Tanizaki
Hush! Still as death, The tempest holds his breath As from a sudden will; The rain stops short, but from the eaves You see it… — James Russell Lowell
I have often been reminded of the wild duck that came down on migration into a barnyard and liked it so well that he stayed… — Vance Havner
There are two types of people, you see. One type keep their heads straight, and look around as they walk. The others look up -… — Peter Ackroyd
There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
she had long accepted the fact that happiness is like swallows in Spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not.… — Elizabeth Goudge
Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories. — James M. Barrie
Gandalf: Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee. Have you been eavesdropping? Sam: I ain't been droppin' no eaves sir, honest. I was just cutting the grass… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I was at that time like a fledgling swallow living high up in a niche in the eaves, who from time to time peeps out… — Pierre Loti
The sugar maple is remarkable for its clean ankle. The groves of these trees looked like vast forest sheds, their branches stoppingshort at a uniform… — Henry David Thoreau

Who Wrote These Eaves Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 15 Eaves Quotes as follows: