Fled Quotes

142 quotes by 124 authors

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all fled my mind; and it didn't seem to matter. — Christopher Morley
I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was… — Gary Oldman
Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of Europe just ahead of the Holocaust. — Gene Tierney
All fledâ€”all done, so lift me on the pyreâ€” The Feast is over, and the lamps expire. — Robert E. Howard
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. — Stephen King
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from. — Cormac McCarthy
Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. At home I dream that at Naples, at Rome, I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
From moment then to moment their desire Gained strength, and wisdom fled before love's fire; Passion engulfed them, and these lovers lay Entwined together till… — Abolqasem Ferdowsi
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy… — Jack London
When You Are Old" WHEN you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly… — William Butler Yeats
And so I began to read,' Sorkar said. 'And at first the complete works were like a jungle, the language was quicksand. Metaphors turned beneath… — Vikram Chandra
Thus I die. Thus, thus, thus. Now I am dead, Now I am fled, My soul is in the sky. Tongue, lose thy light. Moon… — William Shakespeare
Gentle, soft dream, nestling in my arms now, you will fly, too, as your sisters have all fled before you: but kiss me before you… — Charlotte Bronte
Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouraged As Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirling Flames -- a king,… — Burton Raffel
So it ends as I guessed it would,' his thoughts said, even as it fluttered away; and it laughed a little within him ere it… — J.R.R. Tolkien
And what have I done?" What? WHAT?...You've stolen them." With that, Cornelia fled, but Buttercup understood; she knew who "them" was. The boys. The beef-witted… — William Goldman
The Nothing is spreading," groaned the first. "It's growing and growing, there's more of it every day, if it's possible to speak of more nothing.… — Michael Ende
When danger reared its ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled. — Graham Chapman

Who Wrote These Fled Quotes

124 authors contributed a total of 142 Fled Quotes, led by these top contributors: