Iron Quotes

789 Iron quotes by 608 unique authors

Respectability, regularity, and routine - the whole cast-iron discipline of a modern industrial society - have atrophied the artistic impulse, and imprisoned love so that… — Bertrand Russell
Big lots,' I said, seeing the eighty-year-old oaks and shady lawns. The houses were set way back and had iron fences and stone drives. The… — Kim Harrison
Will you believe me when I tell you there was kindness in his heart? His left hand didn't know what his right hand was doing.… — Denis Johnson
We are all dying, every moment that passes of every day. That is the inescapable truth of this existence. It is a truth that can… — R A Salvatore
If gold rusts, what then can iron do? — Geoffrey Chaucer
This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high… — J.R.R. Tolkien
But I am greedy for life. I do too much of everything all the time. Suddenly one day my heart will fail. The Iron Crab… — Ian Fleming
I could have clasped the red walls to my bosom as a garment of eternal peace. "Death," I said, "any death but that of the… — Edgar Allan Poe
And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his… — John Steinbeck
Some say an army of horsemen some an army on foot others say ships laden for war are the fairest things on earth. But I… — Alison Croggon
I dont hate it he thought, panting in the cold air, the iron New England dark; I dont. I dont! I dont hate it! I… — William Faulkner
To be thoroughly conversant with Man’s heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of Despair — Edgar Allan Poe
Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days? I expect he's delighted his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?" "Speaking of dogs," said Snape softly,… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet. — Swami Vivekananda
... It's perfect! Locke would appreciate it." "Bug," Calo said, "Locke is our brother and our love for him knows no bounds. But the four… — Scott Lynch
The only reason I don't kill him," he remember the woman saying, her voice sounding like the scrape of iron against iron, a corrosion of… — Frank Beddor
When the Dark comes rising six shall turn it back; Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; Water, fire, stone; Five… — Susan Cooper
Stronger than iron crueler than death sweeter than springtime it lives beyond breath — Juliet Marillier
You took a walk on a Sunday afternoon and came to a nice neighborhood, very refined. You saw a small one of these trees through… — Betty Smith
Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a… — Henry David Thoreau
With an iron-clad fist, I wake up and French-kiss the morning. — Jon Bon Jovi
Her imagination painted Georgie twenty years later, sitting in leg irons before some Broken psychiatrist. "Well, you see, it all started with bubbles... — Ilona Andrews
Nico strode forward. The enemy army fell back before him like he radiated death, which of course he did. Through the face guard of his… — Rick Riordan
At the top of the iron staircase leading to the stage, the good, dry, dusty warmth wraps me round like a comfortable dirty cloak. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
I do give them to you," he announced. "Of my free will. Because this is my sword." He laid a hand on Arisa's shoulder. "And… — Hilari Bell

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