Lament Quotes

106 quotes by 95 authors

The world turns and the world spins, the tide runs in and the tide runs out, and there is nothing in the world more beautiful… — Gary D. Schmidt
Alas, where is there still a sea in which one could drown: thus our lament resounds â€“ across shallow swamps. — Friedrich Nietzsche
When you are young, you think that the old lament the deterioration of life because this makes it easier for them to die without regret.… — Julian Barnes
Somewhere out in the darkness, a phoenix was singing in a way Harry had never heard before: a stricken lament of terrible beauty. And Harry… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
and over your unconsecrated head you'll hear the howling wolves lament their fate and yours the livelong year; — Charles Baudelaire
Night of Sleepless Love The night above. We two. Full moon. I started to weep, you laughed. Your scorn was a god, my laments moments… — Federico Garcia Lorca
A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility — Tom Brokaw
...all of our laments could not add a single second to her life, not one additional beat of the heart, nor a breath. — Audrey Niffenegger
And when he had put his hand on mine with a cheerful look, wherefrom I took courage, he brought me within to the secret things.… — Dante Alighieri
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does… — Epictetus
No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand. — Baruch Spinoza
Thery're both iron, isn't that funny?" "Funny haha or funny strange?" James handed them back to me "Funny 'occult'" "Ah. Funny strange" James looked at… — Maggie Stiefvater
She passed these years in a distant corner of her mind. A dry, barren field, out beyond wish and lament, beyond dream and disillusionment. There,… — Khaled Hosseini
I didn't want normal until I didn't have it anymore — Maggie Stiefvater
Laments of an Icarus The paramours of courtesans Are well and satisfied, content. But as for me my limbs are rent Because I clasped the… — Charles Baudelaire
Everyone performs bad actions... A bad person is someone who does not lament his bad actions. — Jonathan Safran Foer
Lament is a cry of belief in a good God, a God who has His ear to our hearts, a God who transfigures the ugly… — Ann Voskamp
As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. What were these instructions? The instructions were never to lament casually. And if… — Leonard Cohen
Is yours an honest lament? ... Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere… — R A Salvatore
Gradually, the night stumbled as if stunned and wandering aimlessly into an overcast day -- limped through the wilderland of transition as though there were… — Stephen R. Donaldson

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