Glittering Quotes

135 Glittering quotes by 121 unique authors

The theatre is certainly a place for learning about the brevity of human glory: oh all those wonderful glittering absolutely vanished pantomime! Now I shall… — Iris Murdoch
She dealt her pretty words like Blades -- How glittering they shone -- And every One unbared a Nerve Or wantoned with a Bone --… — Emily Dickinson
Oh, that river of wishes, the slippery crocodile dream of it, how it might have carried my body down through all the glittering sand bars… — Barbara Kingsolver
In the pathway of the sun, In the footsteps of the breeze, Where the world and sky are one, He shall ride the silver seas,… — Dorothy Parker
We create the illusions we need to go on. And one day, when they no longer dazzle or comfort, we tear them down, brick by… — Libba Bray
So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link,… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
On nights like this when the air is so clear, you end up saying things you ordinarily wouldnâ€™t. Without even noticing what youâ€™re doing, you… — Banana Yoshimoto
I tried to avoid looking at the dress full on, lest it burn out my retinas with its glittering hideousness. — Katie MacAlister
Annie turned away, her eyes glittering. 'Here's what no one tells you,' she said. 'When you deliver a fetus, you get a death certificate, but… — Jodi Picoult
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with… — Michael Parenti
And I vaguely remember her smiling at me from the door way the glittering ambiguity of a girls smile, which seems to promise an answer… — John Green
The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That… — John Steinbeck
She collapsed at the bottom of the trail, at the edge of the ghost town. Dekka sat on Edilio and pressed down on the wound.… — Michael Grant
For the moment I can only cry out that I have lost my splendid mirage. Come back, come back, O glittering and white! — F. Scott Fitzgerald
As she lifted the glittering strand of diamonds from the box, a small slip of paper fell out. She caught it as it wafted toward… — Karen Marie Moning
Looking from the window at the fantastic light and colour of my glittering fairy-world of fact that holds no tenderness, no quietude, I long suddenly… — Daphne du Maurier
I realised, of course, that other people used these roads; but that night, it seemed to me these dark byways of the country existed just… — Kazuo Ishiguro
I've missed you, Sebastian." "Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the light eyes glittering with heat as her skin was revealed.… — Lisa Kleypas
My days I devote to reading and experiments in chemistry, and I spend many of the clear nights in the study of astronomy. There is,… — H.G. Wells
It was heaven. Forget angels, forget St. Peter and glittering harpsichords. Heaven was a dance in the arms of one's true love. — Julia Quinn

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121 authors contributed a total of 135 Glittering Quotes, led by these top contributors: