Hush Quotes

121 quotes by 117 authors

I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and… — James Cameron
When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man. — Don Williams
Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair. And the green freedom of a cockatoo Upon a rug mingle to… — Wallace Stevens
And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a saraband. And crickets… — Clinton Scollard
O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my… — William Shakespeare
Mounting toward the upland again, I pause reverently, as the hush and stillness of twilight come upon the woods. It is the sweetest, ripest hour… — John Burroughs
Hush little baby, Dont you cry, Dont cut your arms, Dont say goodbye. Put down that razor, Put down that light, It maybe hard but,… — Emily Giffin
Nature, like a loving mother, is ever trying to keep land and sea, mountain and valley, each in its place, to hush the angry winds… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand… — Toni Morrison
Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high. Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin', So… — Ira Gershwin
The days are cold, the nights are long, The North wind sings a doleful song; Then hush again upon my breast; All merry things are… — Dorothy Wordsworth
I felt all the ways in which this world seemed so, so enormous--the height of the trees, the hush and tick of the forest, the… — Emily M. Danforth
In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, How do you feel about love, Sophocles? are you still… — Plato
We have fried catfish, country fried steak and cinnamon-roasted pork. We have collard greens, black-eyed peas, hush puppies, biscuits, sweet potato pie and lots of… — Mark Farner
Time says hush: by the gong of time you live. Listen and you hear time saying you were silent long before you came to life… — Carl Sandburg
He began to search among the infinite series of impressions which time had laid down, leaf upon leaf, fold upon fold softly, incessantly upon his… — Virginia Woolf
This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affectations glow and valor is reborn, when the shadows deepen along the… — Bernard DeVoto
O magic sleep! O comfortable bird, That broodest o'er the troubled sea of the mind Till it is hush'd and smooth! — John Keats
Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day. — Walter Scott
I wish I could take language And fold it like cool, moist rags. I would lay words on your forehead. I would wrap words on… — Julia Margaret Cameron

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