Luminous Quotes

173 quotes by 134 authors

Certein bodies... become luminous when heated. Their luminosity disappears after some time, but the capacity of becoming luminous afresh through heat is restored to them… — Marie Curie
I'm not prepared for Rue's family. Her parents, whose faces are still fresh with sorrow. Her fiver younger siblings, who resemble her so closely. The… — Suzanne Collins
Billy Pilgrim says that the Universe does not look like a lot of bright little dots to the creatures from Tralfamadore. The creatures can see… — Kurt Vonnegut
At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love… — Norman Maclean
Bless you, daugher of man," Carter said, his eyes luminous and almost silver now. He leaned down and kissed my forehead. I closed my eyes… — Richelle Mead
I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds. I slept… — Mary Oliver
Prowling the meanings of a word, prowling the history of a person, no use expecting a flood of light. Human words have no main switch.… — Anne Carson
At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. — Norman Maclean
Never forget your real identity. You are a luminous conscious stardust being forged in the crucible of cosmic fire. — Deepak Chopra
Beth,â€ he said simply, his flawless face lit up with anticipation. â€œThere is no doubt in my mind that we belong together, but to spend… — Alexandra Adornetto
and her skin shone luminous and impossibly pale, as if it drank light from the moon. — Madeline Miller
Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts… — Arthur Conan Doyle
He was the most ordinary man in all the world, and yet in her memory he'd become luminous, like the prince in a fairy tale. — Cheryl Strayed
Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. — George Lucas
Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go of the need for approval. Let go of old judgments… — Surya Das
You look at a star for two reasons, because it is luminous, and because it is impenetrable. You have beside you a sweeter radiance and… — Victor Hugo
. . .in August in Mississippi thereâ€™s a few days somewhere about the middle of the month when suddenly thereâ€™s a foretaste of fall, itâ€™s… — William Faulkner
You yourself may not be luminous, but you are a conductor of light. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Silence emerges from the sound of rain and spreads in a crescendo of gray monotony over the narrow street I contemplate. Iâ€™m sleeping while awake,… — Fernando Pessoa
It was one of those sumptuous days when the world is full of autumn muskiness and tangy, crisp perfection: vivid blue sky, deep green fields,… — Bill Bryson

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