Shells Quotes

487 quotes by 430 authors

The shell must be broken before the bird can fly. — Jennifer Worth
That's the paradox: the only time most people feel alive is when they're suffering, when something overwhelms their ordinary, careful armour, and the naked child… — Ted Hughes
A man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying. And a man without memories is just a shell. — Mitch Albom
It is as though some old part of yourself wakes up in you, terrified, useless in the life you have, its skills and habits destructive… — Peter Straub
There is a part of childhood that is childish, and a part that is sacred. Suddenly we are touching the sacred part -- running to… — David Levithan
Itâ€™s only the sea,â€™ said Moomintroll. â€˜Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustnâ€™t go inside… — Tove Jansson
She is a mortal danger to all men. She is beautiful without knowing it, and possesses charms that she's not even aware of. She is… — Cyrano de Bergerac
To no man does the earth mean so much as to the soldier. When he presses himself down upon her long and powerfully, when he… — Erich Maria Remarque
We are like children building a sand castle. We embellish it with beautiful shells, bits of driftwood, and pieces of colored glass. The castle is… — Pema Chodron
Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells. — Richard Paul Evans
We fitted together like the two halves of an oyster-shell. I was Narcissus, embracing the pond in which I was about to drown. However much… — Sarah Waters
Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self. — Jerzy Kosinski
If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked? — George Carlin
Giving the tortoise a little wave, I kind of felt stupid afterward for doing so. It just stuck its head back in its green and… — J. Lynn
We won't be having an affair." I stare dumbly, certain I just heard an organ in my body crack in my chest. His hands clamp… — Katy Evans
I realized weâ€™d pulled into a parking garage. We drove around two levels, pulled into a spot, then immediately pulled out again. Along with four… — Sylvia Day
...a young man, Jamaican, perhaps, his head circled in a scarf with sunbleached dreadlocks on piled on top, looking like a plate of soft-shell crabs. — Steve Martin
You got to harden yourself. Make, like, a shell around you. But not everyone can do it. If they got nothing to hang on to… — Charlie Higson
Wave to the nice tourists, Sparkle. I promise it won't cause pestilence and firestorms." Elena bit the inside of her cheek at Aodhan's glare-she'd never… — Nalini Singh
Only in truth does charity shine forth, only in truth can charity be authentically lived. Truth is the light that gives meaning and value to… — Pope Benedict XVI

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