Peak Quotes
350 Peak quotes by 296 unique authors
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All the stories and descriptions of that time without exception peak only of the patriotism, self-sacrifice, despair, grief, and heroism of the Russians. But in…
— Leo Tolstoy
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People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time, that peak experience,…
— Haruki Murakami
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Little fussy Otto, in his red-lined black opera cloak with pockets for all his gear, his shiny black shoes, his carefully cut widow's peak and,…
— Terry Pratchett
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Life is just a series of peaks and troughs. And you don't know whether you're in a trough until you're climbing out, or on a…
— Ricky Gervais
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A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not…
— Paulo Coelho
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The public loves to create a hero....Sometimes I think they do it for the sheer joy of knocking him down from the highest peak. Like…
— Grace Metalious
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Everybody wants to be on the mountaintop, but if you'll remember, mountaintops are rocky and cold. There is no growth on the top of a…
— Andy Andrews
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The way of the world is to bloom and to flower and die but in the affairs of men there is no waning and the…
— Cormac McCarthy
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I toyed briefly with an image someone once mentioned to me, of a village in the shadow of a twin-peaked mountain. In the morning the…
— Neil Gaiman
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It's late, I'm tired, and your cigarettes are giving me a headache," I growled. "I suppose that's fair." He drew in on the cigarette and…
— Richelle Mead
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From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes.
— Neil Peart
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Ranger declined the butterscotch pudding, not wanting to disrupt the consistency of his blood sugar level. I had two puddings and coffee, choosing to keep…
— Janet Evanovich
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If you have ever slept in a covered casserole dish on the highest peak of a mountain range, then you know that it is an…
— Daniel Handler
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And then, just when you think that you have experienced all the wonders that this world has to offer, you round a peak and suddenly…
— Douglas Adams
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My peak? Would I even have one? I hardly had had anything you could call a life. A few ripples. some rises and falls. But…
— Haruki Murakami
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Adrian Ivashkov: "Rose Hathaway, I can't wait to see you again. If you're this charming while tired and annoyed and this gorgeous while bruised and…
— Richelle Mead
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The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day. When the sun is out and the…
— Robert Frost
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I am Opposite of weak Opposite of slack Synonym of heat Synonym of crack Closest to the peak Far from a punk Y'all ought to…
— Mike Shinoda
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...only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while...
— William Faulkner
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I don't particularly believe all love is doomed. But I guess, one is usually kinda suffering from some aborted love affair or association, rather than…
— Nick Cave
Who Wrote These Peak Quotes
296 authors contributed a total of 350 Peak Quotes, led by these top contributors: