Rust Quotes
178 quotes by 151 authors
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The temptation is to stay inside; to subside into the kind of recluse whom neighborhood children regard with derision and little awe; to let the…
— Margaret Atwood
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I’ve lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that’s left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart…
— Alexander Pushkin
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I shall be dumped where the weed decays, And the rest is rust and stardust
— Vladimir Nabokov
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How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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It's more impressive," I said out loud. "From a distance, I mean. You can't see the wear on things, you know? You can't see the…
— John Green
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Do you realize that there is nothing in our genes that tells us when to die? There are genetic codes that tell us how to…
— Jillian Michaels
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That's the van? It looks like a rotting banana." This was undeniable - Eric had painted the van a neon shade of yellow, and it…
— Cassandra Clare
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Rust, corrosion, wind, rain. The nibbling teeth of mice and the acrid droppings of insects and the devouring jaws of years. The was of nature…
— Justin Cronin
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He had mourned each of those great trains as, one by one, they were pulled off the lines and left to rust in some yard,…
— Fannie Flagg
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Nothing sweeter than to drag oneself along behind events; and nothing more reasonable. But without a strong dose of madness, no initiative, no enterprise, no…
— Emile M. Cioran
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The sun is not ridiculous, quite the contrary. On everything I like, on the rust of the construction girders, on the rotten boards of the…
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go…
— George R. R. Martin
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Misty Sendaria," Silk said ironically. "Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut.
— David Eddings
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Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.
— George R. R. Martin
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If it rusts, it can never be trusted If its owner fails to control it, it will cut him Yes, pride is like a blade
— Tite Kubo
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I like the spirit of this great London which I feel around me. Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and…
— Charlotte Bronte
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Tis better to have love and lust Than to let our apparatus rust.
— Kurt Vonnegut
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I’s been livin’ a long time in yesterday, Sandy chile, an’ I knows there ain’t no room in de world fo’ nothin’ mo’n love. I…
— Langston Hughes
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If it's your wish, I will follow you everywhere even if your throne crumbles, and your shiny crown turns to rust. Even if the bodies…
— Yana Toboso
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Don't you know? We're connected by an invisible chain. It's very long, very light. But also very strong. It can't rust. Can't break. And the…
— Ellen Hopkins
Who Wrote These Rust Quotes
151 authors contributed a total of 178 Rust Quotes, led by these top contributors: