Height Quotes

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To annihilate the world by annihilation of oneself is the deluded height of desperate egoism. — Sylvia Plath
And the great spirit of darkness spread a shroud over me...everything was silent-everything. But upon the heights soughed the everlasting song, the voice of the… — Knut Hamsun
A true Vor, Miles told himself severely, does not bury his face in his liegewoman's breasts and cry--even if he is at a convenient height… — Lois McMaster Bujold
I'm not afraid of heights, but the idea of falling from them, well, that I'm afraid of. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Yet again, the more you strive for some kind of perfection or masteryâ€”in morals, in art or in spiritualityâ€”the more you see that you are… — Alan Watts
Far over the Misty Mountains cold, To dungeons deep and caverns old, We must away, ere break of day, To seek our pale enchanted gold.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
There are those who do not hold that there is any innate goodness to mankind. To them I say, had you lived my life, you… — Jacqueline Carey
Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Heathcliff. The "hero" of Wuthering Heights. Although no one knows why. He's mean, moody, and possibly a bit on the pongy side. Cathy loves him,… — Louise Rennison
You're afraid of heights,'I say. 'How do you survive in the Dauntless compound?' 'I ignore my fear,' he (Four) says. 'When I make decisions, I… — Veronica Roth
-there was something in her, something that was...pure horror. Everything you were supposed to watch out for. Heights, fire, shards of glass, snakes, Everything that… — John Ajvide Lindqvist
Sleeping is the height of genius — Soren Kierkegaard
Why are tall guys always attracted to short women? Not just moderately short women, either... Tiny women. Polly Pockets. The tallest guys always-always-always go for… — Rainbow Rowell
When you sit in a chair, you are not actually sitting there, but levitating above it at a height of one angstrom (a hundred millionth… — Bill Bryson
I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners. — Michelle Sagara
Perhaps everything lies in knowing what words to speak, what actions to perform, and in what order and rhythm; or else someone's gaze, answer, gesture… — Italo Calvino
There is such a thing as looking through a person's eyes into the heart, and learning more of the height, and breadth, and depth of… — Anne Bronte
As I stepped out to face myself in the mirror, reaching a hand to smooth away the steam, I saw myself differently. It was as… — Sarah Dessen
In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb. — Dennis Lehane
In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. — Elie Wiesel

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