Shadows Quotes

941 Shadows quotes by 659 unique authors

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed… — John Ruskin
Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. — Sydney Smith
Not the torturer will scare me, nor the body's final fall, nor the barrels of death's rifles, nor the shadows on the wall, nor the… — Roger Waters
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. — Walt Whitman
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. — Charlotte Whitton
Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and… — Elie Wiesel
When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of… — William Butler Yeats
The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone. — William Butler Yeats
Grameen Bank was formed as an institution owned by its borrower members, who are poor women. Through its unique decision-making process, Grameen Bank has given… — Muhammad Yunus
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are… — J.R.R. Tolkien
and the rain went rollin down the windowpanes, and the shadows wiggled n' squiggled on her check and forehead like black veins. — Stephen King
Thin clouds form, and the shadows lengthen out. They have no breadth, as summer shadows have; there are no leaves on the trees or fat… — Stephen King
he looked around at the books on the walls, at their dark, worn spines, and he seemed to hear a strange, distant murmur coming from… — Arturo PÃ©rez-Reverte
Her body was wrapped in shadows like moth wings, like rose-petals. — Stephen King
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for… — J.R.R. Tolkien
When we think of friends, and call their faces out of the shadows, and their voices out of the echoes that faint along the corridors… — Mark Twain
The bright dawn flooded the room, and swept the fantastic shadows into dusky corners, where they lay shuddering. — Oscar Wilde
I wanted to walk straight on through the red grass and over the edge of the world, which could not be very far away. The… — Willa Cather
It's so beautiful at this hour. The sun is low, the shadows are long, the air is cold and clean. You won't be awake for… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I have been told I've got a darkish personality. A few times." Takahashi swings his trombone case from his right shoulder to his left. Then… — Haruki Murakami

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