Passages Quotes

538 Passages quotes by 451 unique authors

Neel takes a sharp breath and I know exactly what it means. It means: I have waited my whole life to walk through a secret… — Robin Sloan
There is a fragrance in the air, a certain passage of a song, an old photograph falling out from the pages of a book, the… — Frederick Buechner
I am growing stronger. I am a stone being excavated by the slow passage of water; I am wood charred by a fire. — Lauren Oliver
Instead of lowering your head and copping to it like a man, you pick up the journal as one might hold a bady's beshattered diaper,… — Junot Diaz
The mole is an animal that digs passages searching for the sun. Sometimes he reaches the surface. When he looks at the sun he goes… — Alejandro Jodorowsky
You know that passage in the Bible that says, “And the meek shall inherit the Earth”? Always wondered if that was mistranslated. Perhaps it actually… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I wish you hadn't been so over-courteous about putting the inscription on a card instead of on the flyleaf. It's the bookseller coming out in… — Helene Hanff
The famous passage from her book is often erroneously attributed to the inaugural address of Nelson Mandela. About the misattribution Williamson said, "Several years ago,… — Marianne Williamson
If I were reading a book and happened to strike a wonderful passage I would close the book then and there and go for a… — Henry Miller
I always get lost in the library,' he said, 'no matter how many times I go. In fact, I think I get lost there more,… — Rainbow Rowell
Men wrongly lament the flight of time, blaming it for being too swift; they do not perceive that its passage is sufficiently long, but a… — Leonardo da Vinci
The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it. — Arthur Schopenhauer
I will not look upon the quickening sun, But straight her beauty to my sense shall run; The air shall note her soft, the fire… — John Donne
Enlarge my life with multitude of days, In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That… — Samuel Johnson
Remember: ego can create misery, ego can create anguish, ego can create hate, ego can create jealousy. Ego can never become a vehicle for the… — Rajneesh
The resolving of the ethical, is freedom; the negative resolution also has this, but the freedom, blank and bare, is as if tongue-tied, hard to… — Soren Kierkegaard
A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams. — Rene Char
The honor that we pay to the Son of God, as well as that which we render to God the Father, consists of an upright… — Origen
Gardening imparts an organic perspective on the passage of time. — William Cowper
Every positive change - every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness - involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to… — Dan Millman
The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it. — Esther Williams
The tree of life should perhaps be called the coral of life, base of branches dead; so that passages cannot be seen-this again offers contradiction… — Charles Darwin
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. When I find myself frozen-whether I'm working on a… — Jeffery Deaver
During my life I have heard many sermons on the Resurrection. I can recite the events of that first Easter Sunday. I have marked in… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
The Anti-Slavery public have generously responded to our appeal, and sent the means to enable us to fit them out well, to pay their passages,… — Lewis Tappan

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