Impassable Quotes

22 quotes by 22 authors

He constructed a vast labyrinthine of periods, made impassable by the piling-up of clauses upon clauses-clauses in which oversight and bad grammar seemed manifestations of… — Jorge Luis Borges
Children understand that 'once upon a time' refers not only--not even primarily--to the past, but to the impalpable regions of the present, the deeper places… — Stephen Mitchell
We were once told that the aeroplane had "abolished frontiers"; actually it is only since the aeroplane became a serious weapon that frontiers have become… — George Orwell
The heart's seasons seldom coincide with the calendar. Who among us has not been made desolate beyond all words upon some golden day when the… — Myrtle Reed
The intelligent and good man holds in his affections the good and true of every land -- the boundaries of countries are not the limitations… — Robert Green Ingersoll
For which reason the sea in those parts is impassable and impenetrable, because there is a shoal of mud in the way; and this was… — Critias
It is necessary to recover the primeval force of the shock taking place at the moment when opposite a man (the viewer) there stood for… — Tadeusz Kantor
It is not enough to know the Son of God in the Father's nature only, unless we acknowledge Him in what is ours without withdrawal… — Pope Leo I
I was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and the People formed… — Benjamin Disraeli
A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
You begin your journey not knowing where it will take you. You have plans, you have dreams, but every now and again you have to… — Lee Kuan Yew
What a position of transcendent horror must that be, where the perpetrator of a great crime, till then a stranger to positive guilt, finds himself… — Christian Nestell Bovee
When you are young, you think it's going to be solved by love. But it never is. Being close -- as close as you can… — Nicole Krauss
As I descended into impassable rivers I no longer felt guided by the ferrymen. — Arthur Rimbaud
Often you shall think your road impassable, sombre and companionless. Have will and plod along; and round each curve you shall find a new companion. — Mikhail Naimy
There seemed a gulf impassable between them. — Jane Austen
I think I am beginning to understand why grief feels like suspense. It comes from the frustration of so many impulses that had become habitual.… — C.S. Lewis
Being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protection against having nothing to say...but writing with simplicity requires courage, for there is a danger that one will be overlooked,… — Alain de Botton
There is no more sagacious animal than the Icelandic horse. He is stopped by neither snow, nor storm, nor impassable roads, nor rocks, glaciers, or… — Jules Verne
Mountains and oceans do not furnish any impassable barrier to the extension of trade. — Henry J. Heinz

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