Hum Quotes

170 quotes by 147 authors

Embrace the faff. Stare out of the window. Bend paperclips. Stand in the middle of the room trying to remember what you came downstairs for.… — Tom Hodgkinson
I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of. — Taylor Momsen
You can't even imagine how it felt to have a cassette that you could take with you with a microphone so you could put down… — Robert Plant
My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When the railroad trains moaned, and river-winds blew, bringing echoes through the vale, it was as if a wild hum of voices, the dear voices… — Jack Kerouac
I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me: and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of… — Lord Byron
There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a… — Edgar Allan Poe
Loafe with me on the grassâ€”loose the stop from your throat; Not words, not music or rhyme I wantâ€”not custom or lecture, not even the… — Walt Whitman
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will… — William Shakespeare
Lay down the song you strum, And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings No voice can hope to hum. — Bob Dylan
It was a joy! Words weren't dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the… — Charles Bukowski
She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again. Edna heard her father's voice and her sister… — Kate Chopin
Its funny how certain objects convey a message -- my washer and dryer, for example. They can't speak, of course, but whenever I pass them… — David Sedaris
May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month. The days are long and humid. The river shrinks and black crows gorge on bright mangoes in… — Arundhati Roy
I hum some secret place into being, thinking of this other me, the one that only I can see, a girl called She, who is… — Lori Lansens
She wished there was some place where she could go to hum it out loud. Some kind of music was too private to sing in… — Carson McCullers
You lay your hand against his skin and just rib his back. Blow into his ear. Press that baby up against your own skin and… — Joyce Maynard
God sings, we hum along, and there are many melodies, but it's all one song - one same, wonderful, human song. — Mitch Albom
He slouched back in his seat, looking tired, and leaned his face on his shoulder to look at me while he played with my hair.… — Maggie Stiefvater
It can be exhausting eating a meal cooked by a man. With a woman, it's, Ho hum, pass the beans. A guy, you have to… — Deb Caletti

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