Rising Quotes

852 Rising quotes by 651 unique authors

There you'll find the place I love most in the world. The place where I grew thin from dreaming. My village, rising from the plain.… — Juan Rulfo
As I age in the world it will rise and spread, and be for this place horizon and orison, the voice of its winds. I… — Wendell Berry
I had no more alphabet than the journeying of the swallows, the pure and tiny water of the small, fiery bird that dances rising from… — Pablo Neruda
Sought we the Scrivani word-work of Surthur Long-long in ledger all hope forgotten Yet fast-found for friendship fair the book-bringer Hot comes the huntress Fela,… — Patrick Rothfuss
This cruel age has deflected me, like a river from this course. Strayed from its familiar shores, my changeling life has flowed into a sister… — Anna Akhmatova
The fire was silent, the little houses collapsing into the flames without complaint, flocks of sparks rising to the sky. At a distance it seemed… — David Benioff
From another direction he felt the sensation of being a sheep startled by a flying saucer, but it was virtually indistinguishable from the feeling of… — Douglas Adams
Say something in Mandarin,” said Tessa, with a smile. Jem said something that sounded like a lot of breathy vowels and consonants run together, his… — Cassandra Clare
Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? Until we learn how to forgive, that sort of thing is going to keep on happening." He… — David Eddings
There's always hand-to-hand combat. All you need is to come up with a knife, and you'll at least stand a chance. If I get jumped,… — Suzanne Collins
And yes, to answer you seriously, I am beginning to be... well, not bored, but tempted; afraid, but tempted. When you've been in pain for… — Truman Capote
Remember how pissed you got when we had to do all that reading about the Rising back in sixth grade? I thought you were going… — Mira Grant
What if she stepped on a needle and it went right into her foot and Roberta would not feel it and the needle would rise… — Lynda Barry
That was when we smelled the rain. It was so strong it seemed like more than just a smell. When we stretched out our hands… — Barbara Kingsolver
Mary bring out your umbrella - The sun shines down on this fine, fine day But the ashes raining down forever Are going to turn… — Lauren Oliver
I feel like I swallowed a Magritte. Like on the inside, I'm made of clouds and floating eyes, green apples, and slowly rising men in… — Libba Bray
Rising from the dead? Glowing at sunrise? What did that make him, the god of cheerful mornings and macabre surprises? — N.K. Jemisin
He lay on his back in his blankets and looked our where the quartermoon lay cocked over the heel of the mountains. In the false… — Cormac McCarthy
A few minutes?" Feeling suddenly shy, she crossed her arms over her chest. The smile on his face widened, becoming touched with the feral wildness… — Nalini Singh
Do you have to make me feel like there's nothing left of me? You can take everything I have, you can break everything I am,… — Demi Lovato
Stuart stands and says, 'Come here,' and he's on my side of the room in one stride and he claps my hands to his hips… — Kathryn Stockett
As the Roman Empire came to its close, all the old gods of the pagan world were seen as demons by the Christians who rose.… — Anne Rice
Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room. — Brian Selznick
They'll be granted immunity!" I feel myself rising from my chair, my voice full of resonant. "You will personally pledge this in front of the… — Suzanne Collins
It is the privilege of the rich To waste the time of the poor To water with tears in secret A tree that grows in… — Stevie Smith

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