Serpent Quotes

147 quotes by 113 authors

If the fall of man consists in the separation of god and the devil the serpent must have appeared out of the middle of the… — Diane Arbus
It was terribly beautiful to Tess today, for since her eyes last fell upon it she had learnt that the serpent hisses where the sweet… — Thomas Hardy
The end is near," Moridin said. "The Wheel has groaned its final rotation, the clock has lost its spring, the serpent heaves its final gasps. — Robert Jordan
Let me explain: there are dragons, and then there are drakons. Drakons are several millennia older than dragons, andmuch larger. They look like giant serpents.… — Rick Riordan
We're lucky Esme thought to add an extra room. No one was planning for Ness-Renesmee." I frowned at him, my thoughts channeled down a less… — Stephenie Meyer
Cold as winter, strong as stone; She faced the darkness all alone. A silver goddess; a reflection. A mirage; a recollection. No return; no turning… — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but still was fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of… — Voltaire
In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could escape the consequences… — Libba Bray
See the hand that nursed the serpent. The fine hasped pipes of her fingerbones. The skin bewenned and speckled. The veins are milkblue and bulby.… — Cormac McCarthy
The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and… — Martin Luther
And maybe it would have bitten you in half," said Will. "What you are describing, the transformation into a demon, is the last stage of… — Cassandra Clare
The afrit batted his eyelashes with a ostentatious lack of concern. "Indeed? Have you a name?" "A name?" I cried. "I have MANY names! I… — Jonathan Stroud
Life lives on life. This is the sense of the symbol of the Ouroboros, the serpent biting its tail. Everything that lives lives on the… — Joseph Campbell
The deadly Hydra now is the hydra of Equality. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity is the three-fanged serpent. — D. H. Lawrence
Where there is the tree of knowledge, there is always Paradise: so say the most ancient and most modern serpents. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Like the ocean is your god-self; It remains for ever undefiled. And like the ether it lifts but the winged. Even like the sun is… — Khalil Gibran
My wife is a Christian and is extraordinary patient, logical, and philosophical. For years, I would challenge and condemn her beliefs, battering the structure of… — John C. Wright
Quetzalcoatl is a primal idea of the duality of human nature. The serpent is the embodiment of Heaven and Earth. It scares people in many… — Robert Graham
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I… — Bible
O serpent heart hid with a flowering face! Did ever a dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant, feind angelical, dove feather raven, wolvish-ravening… — SangFroid Stalker

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