Ponds Quotes

192 Ponds quotes by 156 unique authors

I catch a flash of red-gold beneath the surface of the water, and realize that there are koi in the pond, massive, serene, and I… — Sarah Monette
A narrow pond would form in the orchard, water clear as air covering grass and black leaves and fallen branches, all around it black leaves… — Marilynne Robinson
Your Catfish Friend If I were to live my life in catfish forms in scaffolds of skin and whiskers at the bottom of a pond… — Richard Brautigan
Rather, very, little, pretty -- these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words. The constant use of the… — William Strunk, Jr.
Maybe we all have in us a secret pond where evil and ugly things germinate and grow strong. But this culture is fences, and the… — John Steinbeck
The surface of the pond was green with fallen leaves. "How could you have been happy there? I know what you thought, but Valentine was… — Cassandra Clare
And it is clear to Evan, now: the difference between what is and what has been done; the present and the past. He sees that… — Garth Stein
Are you nervous about no longer being a big fish in a small pond? — Lisi Harrison
Memory warps time, as it does the sights and sounds and smells of reality; for what shapes it is emotion, which can twist what seems… — Sherwood Smith
I hear voices. A shout. A laugh. Clay's laugh. I strained to see through the night. Fog had rolled in from Lake Ontario, but I… — Kelley Armstrong
Early religions were like muddy ponds with lots of foliage. Concealed there, the fish of the soul could splash and feed. Eventually, however, religions became… — Tom Robbins
I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there. I sat there watching… — Richard Brautigan
If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will… — Masaru Emoto
I am no more lonely than the loon on the pond that laughs so loud. — Ursula K. Le Guin
But once you throw a stone, there are ripples in the pond, even if you remove the rock. — Jodi Picoult
Looking at the pond, all I could think was that it is an incredivle thing, how a whole world can rise from what seems like… — Sarah Dessen
What does it mean to grow rich? Is it to have red-blooded adventures and to make a ‘fortune,’ which is what brought the whalers and… — Barry Lopez
Interesting thing, these fellows never seem to get the idea of perspective-' The Bursar thought, or received the thought: that's because perspective is a lie.… — Terry Pratchett
You'll come to my grave? To tell me your problems?" My problems? "Yes.' And you'll give me answers? "I'll give you what I can. Don't… — Mitch Albom
I don't understand anything. Life is so strange. I feel like some one who's lived all his life by a duck-pond and suddenly is shown… — W. Somerset Maugham
Izzy," said Jace, as they neared the pond, and she jumped up and spun around. Her smile was dazzling. "Jace!" She flew at him and… — Cassandra Clare
Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is… — Annie Dillard
Knowledge can be like the skin on the surface of the water in a pond, or it can go all the way down to the… — Siobhan Dowd
Rin slept inside the oak’s thought. Its own memories of weather and growth continued to hum, and like a pond, its stillness reflected back herself. — Shannon Hale
wisdom is like a bottomless pond. You throw stones in and they sink into darkness and dissolve. Her eyes looking back do not reflect anything.… — Amy Tan

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