Shadow Quotes

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Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions. — Plutarch
I am the beast with a contorted grin, contracting down to illusion and dilating toward infinity, both growing and dying, delightfully suspended between hope for… — Emile M. Cioran
But maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow. — Lauren Oliver
I would call back at least for literature this world of shadows we are losing. In the mansion called literature I would have the eaves… — Junichiro Tanizaki
A life like an intricately woven basket, frayed, worn, broken, unraveled, reworked, reknit from many of its original pieces... Life can survive in the constant… — Diane Ackerman
Our sexual lives are maintained by the shadow side and the light side, so the more we can understand and embrace enlightenment, the less need… — Kyan Douglas
Fear was there, too, cold and hot at the same time, making everything in the plain room sharper, with fewer shadows. — Allison Brennan
To some men peace merely means the liberty to exploit other people without fear of retaliation or interference. To others peace means the freedom to… — Thomas Merton
All of my life had been spent in the shadow of apartheid. And when South Africa went through its extraordinary change in 1994, it was… — Athol Fugard
Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives. — Thomas Browne
Let's pursue a walk with God so close that the spotlights of this world-be they for us or against us-are eclipsed by His enormous shadow… — Beth Moore
The Rock is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most electrifying man in sports entertainment today. — Dwayne Johnson
Without their money, the Jews will shrink into mere shadows of themselves, and the nightmare will be over. — Israel Shamir
The music began, passages of immense technical complexity fluidly bridging Caravaggioâ€™s chiaroscuro with Renoirâ€™s impressionism. The gloom and shadows of claustrophobic chambers contrasting with the… — Ella Leya
We saw one school-house in our walk, and listened to the sounds which issued from it; but it appeared like a place where the process,… — Henry David Thoreau
Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living: All things fall under this name. The Sun… — Thomas Browne
As a child, I felt that Hallowe'en was a time when creatures of the night suddenly came to life - we would turn off all… — Pippa Middleton
The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself; but is the Theist any other? Well, perhaps; for he has seen the shadow… — Sri Aurobindo
How does life become totally painful By total retreat. Total noninspection becomes total pain.But existence is basically composed of a very few truths onto which… — L. Ron Hubbard
There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live There is no substitute for an all-out, over-the-ramparts, howling… — L. Ron Hubbard

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