Silken Quotes

39 quotes by 37 authors

You think that I am impoverishing myself withdrawing from men, but in my solitude I have woven for myself a silken web or chrysalis, and,… — Henry David Thoreau
I take the seashell from my jeans pocket and rub my fingers across its silken, indented surface, shallow as my own open hand. This chalice,… — Katrina Kenison
The finest music in the room is that which streams out to the ear of the spirit in many an exquisite strain from the little… — James Lane Allen
All women should inform themselves of the condition of their sex and of their own position. It must necessarily follow that the noblest of them… — Harriet Martineau
I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and… — Gautama Buddha
The logic: Reading is a private pursuit, one that often takes place behind closed doors. A young lady might retreat with a book, might even… — Siri Hustvedt
Truly, one gets easier accustomed to a silken bed than to a sack of leaves. — Berthold Auerbach
But strictly held by none, is loosely bound By countless silken ties of love and thought To everything on earth the compass round, And only… — Robert Frost
When April winds Grew soft, the maple burst into a flush Of scarlet flowers. The tulip tree, high up, Opened in airs of June her… — William C. Bryant
The silken rush of woodland waters and the scoured shapes of the desert - these and countless other treasures we owe to those farsighted enough… — T. H. Watkins
Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler,… — Benjamin Franklin
What birds were they? (...) He listened to the cries: like the squeak of mice be- hind the wainscot : a shrill twofold note. But… — James Joyce
I do not believe that any man can preach the gospel who does not preach the Law. The Law is the needle, and you cannot… — Charles Spurgeon
Sensory perception is the silken web that binds our separate nervous systems into the encompassing ecosystem. — David Abram
Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart, enslave it more than… — Hannah More
The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagle's wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel. — Sidney Sheldon
I had a dove and the sweet dove died; And I have thought it died of grieving: O, what could it grieve for? Its feet… — John Keats
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. — Joseph Hall
Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended… — Henry James
There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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