Phantom Quotes

163 quotes by 134 authors

White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest . . . White phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Material existence is entirely founded on a phantom realm of mind, whose nature and geography are unexplored. — Alan Moore
The world, life and human beings are only an illusion, a phantom, a dream image. — August Strindberg
There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the… — Tahir Shah
Then all at once in late August's heat, tall leafless stalks crowned with iridescent pink and purple blossoms burst from the purgatory in the earth.… — Duane Michals
The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favourite phantom;… — William C. Bryant
We all indulge in the strange, pleasant process called thinking, but when it comes to saying, even to someone opposite, what we think, then how… — Virginia Woolf
It is the mass dream of inverted self, populous with fears overt and secret, that forms the continuous but gossamer thread upon which are strung… — Louis Sullivan
Phantom' was for me an interesting technique of telling the story. You have one voice that it is in the present telling what is happening,… — Jo Nesbo
For in and out, above, about, below, 'Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-show, Played in a Box whose Candle is the Sun, Round which we… — Omar Khayyam
The writer must hew the phantom rock. — Carson McCullers
I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase. — Barbara Corcoran
I landed the role of Bravo 5, the only female fighter pilot in 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.' I did my bit… — Celia Imrie
I loved fantasy, but I particularly loved the stories in which somebody got out of where they were and into somewhere better - as in… — Lev Grossman
I always hated those fantasy books where, at the end, all the kids had to go home. At the end of a Narnia book, you… — Lev Grossman
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is - last stage of all When we are frozen up within, and quite The phantom of ourselves To hear the world applaud the… — Matthew Arnold
People are distracted by objects of desire, and afterward repent of the lust they've indulged, because they have indulged with a phantom and are left… — Rumi
Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't like plays. And… — Billy Bob Thornton
We need, in effect, to make the phantom 'lock-boxes' around the trust fund real. — Alan Greenspan

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