Heaved Quotes
21 quotes by 20 authors
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And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring…
— H. L. Mencken
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Toads are conservative animals, I think, and not much given to expecting the best from fortune. Some weeks ago, well before the end of October,…
— Henry Mitchell
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Do you dislike your role in the story, your place in the shadow? What complaints do you have that the hobbits could not have heaved…
— N.D. Wilson
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I met a solid rowing friend and asked about the Race. "How fared it with the wind," I said, "When stroke increased the pace? You…
— R. C. Lehmann
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The liberation of the human mind has never been furthered by dunderheads; it has been furthered by gay fellows who heaved dead cats into sanctuaries…
— H. L. Mencken
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The death of Jesus was the opening and the emptying of the full heart of God; it was the outgushing of that ocean of infinite…
— Octavius Winslow
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Whence had they come The hand and lash that beat down frigid Rome? What sacred drama through her body heaved When world-transforming Charlemagne was conceived?
— William Butler Yeats
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Far off in the red mangroves an alligator has heaved himself onto a hummock of grass and lies there, studying his poems.
— Mary Oliver
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Mariam lay on the couch, hands tucked between her knees, watched the whirlpool of snow twisting and spinning outside the window. She remembered Nana saying…
— Khaled Hosseini
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The surface of Earth heaved and seethed in fecund restlessness. Earth was most fertile where the most death was.
— Kurt Vonnegut
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He smoked a cigarette, standing in the dark and listening to her undress. She made sea sounds; something flapped like a sail; there was the…
— Nathanael West
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The woman dashed up the staircase toward the library's main doors. Arriving at the top of the stairs, she grabbed the handle and tried desperately…
— Dan Brown
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Eternity with Artemis?" He heaved a big sigh. Thalia rolled her eyes. "You satyrs. You're all in love with Artemis. Don't you get that she'll…
— Rick Riordan
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King-sized? It would take up all my space. I need wide-open spaces." She glanced at Kane for help, but he was rolling around on a…
— Christine Feehan
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The boy heaved a sigh. "I would ask to go with you," he said, " but I have to finish my lessons. I so look…
— Lisa Kleypas
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This doesn't mean you're getting a discount." Audrey heaved a mock sigh. "Oh well. I guess I'll have to ply you with sexual favors, then."…
— Ilona Andrews
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For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes…
— Lord Byron
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The ship's boards were still sticky with new resin. We leaned over the railing to wave our last farewell, the sun-warm wood pressed against our…
— Madeline Miller
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Sunrise offered a very beautiful spectacle; the water was quite unruffled, but the motion communicated by the tides was so great that, although there was…
— George Grey
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All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At…
— John Hersey
Who Wrote These Heaved Quotes
20 authors contributed a total of 21 Heaved Quotes as follows: