Sand Quotes

891 Sand quotes by 672 unique authors

I thought about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I saw the sky and sea and sand and the flickering flames of the bonfire through my tears. All at once, it rushed into my… — Banana Yoshimoto
You had every right to be. He raised his eyes to look at her and she was suddenly and strangely reminded of being four years… — Cassandra Clare
There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning. A fish that is in the… — James Dean
Water, water, water....There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock, water… — Edward Abbey
Julia looked back at Hadassah on the bloodstained sand. A great emptiness opened within her as she looked at the still form. Gone, too, was… — Francine Rivers
I am pleased enough with the surfaces - in fact they alone seem to me to be of much importance. Such things for example as… — Edward Abbey
Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the… — John Steinbeck
I had forgotten that time wasn't fixed like concrete but in fact was fluid as sand, or water. I had forgotten that even misery can… — Joyce Carol Oates
I have loved you woman as surely as I have named you rust and sand and nylon. — Charles Bukowski
a little bird moves a mountain of sand one grain at a time it picks up one grain every million years and when the mountain… — Jenny Downham
When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands and… — Isaac Asimov
Tortoise steps, slow steps, four steps like a tank with a tail dragging in the sand. Tortoise steps, land based, land locked, dusty like the… — Terry Tempest Williams
Andy says, I don't understand how they can give loans to people who want to spend two weeks lying on the sand at the goddam… — Frank McCourt
The beach has a language of its own, with its undulating ribbons of silt, the imponderable hieroglyphs of bird tracks. The receding waves catch on… — Franny Billingsley
But be careful; sand is already broken but glass breaks. The shoes are for dancing, not running away. — Francesca Lia Block
You must reach inside yourselves where I live like a story, not old, not young laughing at my own sorrow, weeping pearls at weddings, wielding… — Francesca Lia Block
Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves… — Rick Riordan
Sand is overrated. It's just tiny little rocks. — Charlie Kaufman
Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's part… — Joanne Harris
I'm living under water. Everything seems slow and far away. I know there's a world up there, a sunlit quick world where time runs like… — Audrey Niffenegger
It was strange: When you reduced even a fledgling love affair to its essentials--I loved her, she maybe loved me, I was foolish, I suffered--it… — Susan Vreeland
Sitting in the flickering light of the candles on this kerchief of sand, on this village square, we waited in the night. We were waiting… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Everything is connected. The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light reflects… — Tony Hillerman
There was the same dazzling red glare. The sea gasped for air with each shallow, stifled wave that broke on the sand. ...with every blade… — Albert Camus

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