Rising Quotes

852 Rising quotes by 651 unique authors

How little we have, I thought, between us and the waiting cold, the mystery, death--a strip of beach, a hill, a few walls of wood… — Robert Nathan
God, teach me to be patient, teach me to go slow, Teach me how to wait on You when my way I do not know.… — Helen Steiner Rice
I returned to the courtyard and saw that the sun had grown weaker. Beautiful and clear as it had been, the morning (as the day… — Umberto Eco
The state of our civilization manifests itself both in the non-problems that terrify us beyond all reason - rising sea levels - and in the… — Mark Steyn
Deryn felt brilliant, rising through the air at the center off everyone's attention, like an acrobat aloft on a swing. She wanted to make a… — Scott Westerfeld
It's a very cheery thing to come into London by any of these lines which run high and allow you to look down upon the… — Arthur Conan Doyle
After a long time, I cleared my throat. “So anyway, when we get to Nevada...I think we should rethink your dad’s rule.” Alex glanced down… — L.A. Weatherly
Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don’t see what we could be. We should… — Mitch Albom
The one thing all that battle taught me, is that no one walks away without scars. No one. (Bad Moon Rising) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
It was one of those dangerous moments when speech is at once sincere and deceptive - when feeling, rising high above its average depth, leaves… — George Eliot
According to Chekhov," Tamaru said, rising from his chair, "once a gun appears in a story, it has to be fired." "Meaning what?" "Meaning, don't… — Haruki Murakami
I still doubt it will work." "You'd doubt the sun's rising if you weren't proven wrong each day," Raoden said with a smile. — Brandon Sanderson
I believe in that line from An Imperial Affliction. 'The risen sun too bright in her losing eyes.' That's God, I think, the rising sun,… — John Green
As the tide washed in, the Dutch Tulip Man faced the Ocean: "Conjoiner rejoinder poisoner concealer revelator. Look at it, rising up and rising down,… — John Green
The past is dead and buried. But I know now that buried things have a way of rising to the surface when one least expects… — Dan Simmons
When you were sleeping on the sofa I put my ear to your ear and listened to the echo of your dreams. That is the… — Jeffrey McDaniel
It's a funny thing, character, the way it brands people as they age, rising from within to leave its scar. — Kate Morton
We tell our children they're trapped like rats on a doomed, bankrupt, gangster-haunted planet with dwindling resources, with nothing to look forward to but rising… — Grant Morrison
It felt like everything was rising up in me, like I was drowning in this weirdly painful joy, but I couldn't say it back. I… — John Green
She can take a year to read something, whereas I like a book that becomes more important in my life that life itself. When I… — Jeremy Clarkson
The reappearance of the crescent moon after the new moon; the return of the Sun after a total eclipse, the rising of the Sun in… — Carl Sagan
Vikus looked at Luxa and opened his arms. She stood, still frozen, staring at him as if he were a complete stranger. "Luxa, it's your… — Suzanne Collins
Raven has lost deeply, again and again, and she, too, has buried herself. There are pieces of her scattered all over. Her heart is nestled… — Lauren Oliver
I had a dog who loved flowers. Briskly she went through the fields, yet paused for the honeysuckle or the rose, her dark head and… — Mary Oliver
When you were alone in the rising ocean, you grabbed whatever raft passed by. — Paolo Bacigalupi

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