Falling Quotes

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Other sound than the owl's voice there was none, save the falling of a fountain into its stone basin; for, it was one of those… — Charles Dickens
the lesson of the falling leaves the leaves believe such letting go is love such love is faith such faith is grace such grace is… — Lucille Clifton
The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when… — Bertolt Brecht
In Brueghelâ€™s Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away Quite leisurely from the disaster, the ploughman may Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry, But… — Wystan Hugh Auden
And she understood, all by herself, without reading it in a novel or hearing it on a radio program, that falling passionately in love with… — Paulette Jiles
I wish I was a despot that I might save the noble, the beautiful trees that are daily falling sacrifice to the cupidity of their… — Thomas Jefferson
Does it hurt?" The childish question had escaped Harry's lips before he could stop it. "Dying? Not at all," said Sirius. "Quicker and easier than… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And… — Mitch Albom
There must still be room for the falling note, of course. Even in an undying world there are times when beauty passes from sight, or… — Clive Barker
No young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared, it must be very improper that a young lady… — Jane Austen
I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what… — Paul Auster
The world is being run by people my age, men my age, with falling-out hair and health worries, and it frightens me. When the leaders… — Margaret Atwood
...But they had, perversely, been living among people who were peering into the wrong end of the telescope, or something, and who had convinced themselves… — Neal Stephenson
And I ran after that voice through the streets so as not to lose sight of the splendid wreath of bodies gliding over the city,… — Milan Kundera
Without opium, plans, marriages and journeys appear to me just as foolish as if someone falling out of a window were to hope to make… — Jean Cocteau
She had fallen in love so many times that she began to suspect she was not falling in love at all, but doing something much… — Jonathan Safran Foer
And when the universe has finished exploding all the stars will slow down, like a ball that has been thrown into the air, and they… — Mark Haddon
And I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time.… — Nicholas Sparks
Except for the sound of the rain, on the road, on the roofs, on the umbrella, there was absolute silence: only the dying moan of… — Graham Greene
We slept in the same bed. There was never a right time to say it. It was always unnecessary. The books in my father's shed… — Jonathan Safran Foer

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