Shipwrecks Quotes

13 quotes by 13 authors

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there… — John Calvin
... the passion for popularity brings such injury upon those it masters that it shipwrecks faith itself. Our Lord confirms this when He says, 'How… — Gregory Palamas
If you see the fury and hear the howling of the tempest, or read of shipwrecks, think of the storm of human passions causing daily… — John of Kronstadt
The last light, in the last window, went out. Only the unstoppable machine of the sea still tears away at the silence with the cyclical… — Alessandro Baricco
Youâ€™re like a lighthouse shining beside the sea of humanity, motionless: all you can see is your own reflection in the water. Youâ€™re alone, so… — Alfred de Musset
Now the night's breath responds to the sea, which I can scarcely hear from here, as it reminisces about its shipwrecks. — JoÃ« Bousquet
Sometimes friends do foolish things. My father told me that true friends are like gold coins. Ships are wrecked by storms and lie for hundreds… — Michael Robotham
Itâ€™s better to think of my life like thatâ€” part miracle, part madness. Itâ€™s better if I accept that I canâ€™t control any of the… — Jeanette Winterson
Have you ever considered, beloved other, how invisible we are to each other? We look at each other without seeing. We listen to each other… — Fernando Pessoa
Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks… — J. G. Ballard
Historically, maritime travelers had to pass around the entire mass of North and South America, including the bottom tip, the tempestuous Cape Horn, which was… — Alan Huffman
Some places speak distinctly. Certain dank gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Every gazette brings accounts of the untutored freaks of the wind,shipwrecks and hurricanes which the mariner and planter accept as special or general providences; but… — Henry David Thoreau

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