Shining Quotes

1891 Shining quotes by 1274 unique authors

Look at the sky. It’s not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there: lighter blue and… — Richard Curtis
Not just beautiful, though — the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me. What I’ve up till… — Haruki Murakami
Do you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is… — Aravind Adiga
I'm speaking of the character of human beings, not what they believe in. I'm speaking of those who won't accept a useless life just because… — Anne Rice
It's like the Tibetan Wheel of the Passions. As the wheel turns, the values and feelings on the outer rim rise and fall, shining or… — Haruki Murakami
But life, if nothing else, had taught her promises weren't always to be counted on, and what appeared at first a shining chance might end… — Susanna Kearsley
...to slip beneath the surface and soar along the silent bottom of the sea agile and shining in water honeycombed with light. — Ellen Meloy
He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in the end it… — Stephen King
Promise me you’ll marry me. Not now. Someday. Because I need to know.” Claire felt a flutter inside, like a bird trying to fly, and… — Rachel Caine
He got Alice, the way we did, or maybe even more so than us. He made her more confident, funnier, smarter. He brought out all… — Liane Moriarty
Oh great star! What would your happiness be if you did not have us to shine for? — Friedrich Nietzsche
Why lily?” “It’s the most sacred and beautiful of all flowers in Egypt. They bloom in mud and shine in the darkness like a gift… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sweet moonlight, shining full and clear, Why do you light my torture here? How often have you seen me toil, Burning last drops of midnight… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A certain something, he felt, had managed to work its way in through a tiny opening and was trying to fill a blank space inside… — Haruki Murakami
You can still die when the sun is shining. — James Joyce
The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Her searches after knowledge were arbitrary and without context. It was as if she were shining a small flashlight of curiosity into the dark room… — Gloria Steinem
Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the Darkness disappeared. The… — Madeleine L'Engle
How could anybody think of Bach as 'cold' when these [cello] suites seem to shine with the most glittering kind of poetry," Casals said. "As… — Pablo Casals
I waste much time gaping and wondering. During a walk or in a book or in the middle of an embrace, suddenly I awake to… — W.N.P. Barbellion
You threw everything away."I bring a hand up to touch her face,to wipe the rain from her eyelashes."Your entire life-your beliefs...Why would you do that… — Marie Lu
He inhaled her scent, uncaring of the blood and dirt and grime that permeated her hair and clothing. He was holding her. Finally holding her.… — Maya Banks
Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons… — Robert E. Howard
Run,” he whispered. “Run.” “No, Rand,” I said, brushing the dirt from his face. “I’m tired of running.” “Forgive me, please.” He clutched my hand… — Maria V. Snyder
When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk — Chinua Achebe

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