Muffled Quotes

58 quotes by 50 authors

Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There's no music to a knell; All the other sounds we hear, Flatter, and but cheat our ear. This… — James Shirley
I kind of miss that "becoming" stage, as most times you really don't know what's around the corner. Now, of course, I've kind of knocked… — David Bowie
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance… — Aldous Huxley
The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other peopleâ€™s expectations. — Julia Cameron
The muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history's clock it was sunset, and… — Barbara Tuchman
Here, kitty, kitty, Chico says. The cover of his cage is still on, making his tiny clown voice slightly muffled. I feel bad for him… — Deb Caletti
February. Get ink, shed tears. Write of it, sob your heart out, sing, While torrential slush that roars Burns in the blackness of the spring.… — Boris Pasternak
Talkâ€”half-talk, phrases that had no need to be finished, abstractions, Chinese bells played on with cotton-tipped sticks, mock orange blossoms painted on porcelain. The muffled,… — Anais Nin
I don't want tea," said Clary, with muffled force. "I want to find my mother. And then I want to find out who took her… — Cassandra Clare
That night, like every other night since Iâ€™d met her, I curled Grace into my arms, listening to her parentsâ€™ muffled movements in the living… — Maggie Stiefvater
All the fear in the world, and the violence that comes from the fear, and the hatred that comes from the violence, and the lonliness… — William Nicholson
The muffled syllables that Nature speaks Fill us with deeper longing for her word; She hides a meaning that the spirit seeks, She makes a… — George Santayana
Well, you know... experience is a muffled lantern that throws light only on the bearer...it's incommunicable... — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
I wasn't paying attention," said Myrtle dramatically. "Peeves upset me so much I came in here and tried to kill myself. Then, of course, I… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Hollis " I said "you're messing with me right now aren't you You're in Paris or somewhere and just-" "What " he replied. "No This… — Sarah Dessen
It was Eric's voice not Simon's, on the recorded message. â€œLadies, ladies â€ he said. Though it was the millionth time sheâ€™d heard the recording,… — Cassandra Clare
And if that weren't bad enough, the next sound he heard was a loud click. The damned woman had locked him out. She'd taken all… — Julia Quinn
Mia Maz glanced aside in concern at his muffled snort. "Are you all right?" "Yes. Sorry," he whispered. "I'm just having an attack of limericks."… — Lois McMaster Bujold
Yeah,' said Ron. 'Could've been worse. Remember those birds she set on me?' 'I still haven't ruled it out,' came Hermione's muffled voice from beneath… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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