Masts Quotes

45 quotes by 42 authors

We seem to be riding on the top of the highest mast of the tallest ship; and yet at the same time we know that… — Virginia Woolf
Stood for his country's glory fast, And nailed her colors to the mast! — Walter Scott
And the wind plays on those great sonorous harps, the shrouds and masts of ships. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends; White are the decks with foam; the winds… — Homer
Haul up the flag, you mourners, Not half-mast but all the way; The funeral is done and disbanded; The devil's had the final say. — Karl Shapiro
By the way, I don't mean to pick nits here, but Obama has just ordered the flag at half-mast for 10 days for Mandela. He… — Rush Limbaugh
I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there… — Henry David Thoreau
But he sleeps on the top of his mast with his eyes closed tight. The gull inquired into his dream, which was, "I must not… — Elizabeth Bishop
No Fridolf, bother all this learning. I can't study anymore because I must climb the mast to see what kind of weather we're going to… — Astrid Lindgren
Day by day. No yesterdays and no tomorrows. The barometer never changes, the flag is always at half-mast. — Henry Miller
But no one except Lucy knew that as it circled the mast it had whispered to her, "Courage, dear heart," and the voice, she felt… — C.S. Lewis
Hold still," my father would say, while I held the ship in the bottle and he burned away the strings he'd raised the mast with… — Alice Sebold
Youâ€™re not terrified of me. Youâ€™re terrified of letting yourself care for me, and I canâ€™t say I blame you. People who love me usually… — Gaelen Foley
It's as if I'm Finnick, watching images of my life flash by. The mast of a boat, a silver parachute, Mags laughing, a pink sky,… — Suzanne Collins
Get rid of their mast, knock holes in the hull, then get back on board." "You want us to sink her?" Gundar asked, and Halt… — John Flanagan
Once, Turner had himself lashed to the mast of a ship for several hours, during a furious storm, so that he could later paint the… — David Markson
Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast It shall not be a glistening film that covers a wound, but an eyelid that… — Khalil Gibran
He rested sitting on the un-stepped mast and sail and tried not to think but only to endure. — Ernest Hemingway
Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk?… — L. Frank Baum
Let your home be you mast and not your anchor. — Khalil Gibran

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