Marble Quotes

253 quotes by 208 authors

In the center stood a marble alter, where a kid in a toga was doing some sort of ritual in front of a massive golden… — Rick Riordan
Niches set back in the walls contained polished marble statues of entwined bodies. Will looked away from them hastily, and then back. It wasn't as… — Cassandra Clare
How do you know it was the blighted pile? Did you recognize Maiwennâ€™s gift?â€ â€œNo, but there was a marble bust of Dorian in there,… — Richelle Mead
Character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as… — George Eliot
One of the heavy marble busts that lined the higher shelves had slid free and was falling toward her; she ducked out of its way,… — Cassandra Clare
A ghost in marble of a girl you knew Who would have loved you in a day or two. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
I could really appreciate him now - could properly see every beautiful line of his perfect face, of his long, flawless body with my strong… — Stephenie Meyer
I laid my face to the smooth face of the marble and howled my loss into the cold salt rain. — Sylvia Plath
In fact, since the accident, Mom doesn't love anyone. She is marble. Beautiful. Frigid. Easily stained by her family. What's left of us anyway. We… — Ellen Hopkins
I came to Rome when it was a city of stone ... and left it a city of marble — Julius Caesar
OH NO YOU DONâ€™T, LADDIE!â€ Harry spun around. Professor Moody was limping down the marble staircase. His wand was out and it was pointing right… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I've decided to call him Norbert,' said Hagrid, looking at the dragon with misty eyes. 'He really knows me now, watch. Norbert! Norbert! Where's Mummy?'… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I feel closer ties and more intimate bonds with certain characters in books, with certain images Iâ€™ve seen in engravings, than with many supposedly real… — Fernando Pessoa
Schoolboy days are no happier than the days of afterlife, but we look back upon them regretfully because we have forgotten our punishments at school… — Mark Twain
Christ alone, of all the philosophers, magicians, etc., has affirmed eternal life as the most important certainty, the infinity of time, the futility of death,… — Vincent Van Gogh
Much rain wears the marble. — William Shakespeare
The world values the seer above all men, and has always done so. Nay, it values all men in proportion as they partake of the… — John Jay Chapman
When I lose my marbles which is never, when I lose my energy, I travel the world today for Viacom, China, Turkey, Dubai, Kuwait. When… — Sumner Redstone
Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's… — Florence Nightingale
If you look at the entrance halls of the skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, they are very welcoming. They are public spaces with enormous… — Joseph Rykwert

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