Precipice Quotes

74 Precipice quotes by 70 unique authors

Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front. — Richard Dawkins
As time goes by, as time goes by, the whip-crack of the years, the precipice of illusions, the ravine that swallows up all human endeavour… — Roberto Bolano
The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction — John Bunyan
There is no passion in nature so demoniacally impatient, as that of him who, shuddering upon the edge of a precipice, thus meditates a Plunge. — Edgar Allan Poe
When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There must be a few times in life when you stand at a precipice of a decision. When you know there will forever be a… — Justina Chen
You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth of falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. It is… — C.S. Lewis
Please, do not leave me, Will Henry. I would not survive it. You were nearly right. What Mr. Kendall was, I am always on the… — Rick Yancey
In the instant before the door opened, I could almost sense my life expanding just like a river whose waters have begun to swell; for… — Arthur Golden
...the men of the Ulysses had no need to stand in shame...many had found, or were finding, that the point of no return was not… — Alistair Maclean
Do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun, thaw feather and… — Ellen Hopkins
There must be another life, she thought, sinking back into her chair, exasperated. Not in dreams; but here and now, in this room, with living… — Virginia Woolf
Much-Afraid, don't ever allow yourself to begin trying to picture what it will be like. Believe me, when you get to the place which you… — Hannah Hurnard
He’d moved toward me again. His hands released mine and moved to my waist, and I noticed I wasn’t the only one breathing heavily. He… — Richelle Mead
As he looked up at the clouds or down at the precipice, he realized that this woman was the most important thing in his life;… — Paulo Coelho
I had never thought I could love another person this much. I also never thought I’d live in such fear of losing another person. Was… — Richelle Mead
Mortal fear is as crucial a thing to our lives as love. It cuts to the core of our being and shows us what we… — Marisha Pessl
He suddenly found himself on the precipice of utility. — J F Powers
We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government. — Zachary Quinto
Did you ever, when you were little, endure your parents warnings, then wait for them to leave the room, pry loose protective covers and consider… — Justice Fitzgerald
As I look over your beautiful precipice what glory awaits below? — Joseph Carlson
He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect, that he must himself sink in like manner, and, as… — Samuel Johnson
The light. The light is so bright that all that remains is you and the darkness. You can feel the audience breathing. It's like holding… — Russell Brand
I don't know if we're on the edge of the precipice, but we're in a very, very, very difficult situation. — Luis De Guindos

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