Slain Quotes

106 Slain quotes by 87 unique authors

Come away, come away, Death, And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath, I am slain by a fair cruel… — William Shakespeare
He said that men believe the blood of the slain to be of no consequence but that the wolf knows better. He said that the… — Cormac McCarthy
i will follow it, though i know so well now the deep wounds i might find. for as long as i believe that i am… — R A Salvatore
Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names. It was love lashed by its own… — Khalil Gibran
It isn't given to us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hath Romeo slain himself? Say thou but ay, And that bare vowel ay shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. I am not… — William Shakespeare
Yet at the last Beren was slain by the Wolf that came from the gates of Angband, and he died in the arms of TinÃºviel.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/By the false azure in the windowpane... — Vladimir Nabokov
When you kill a beast, say to him in your heart: ~By the same power that slays you, I too am slain, and I too… — Khalil Gibran
What is plucked will grow again, What is slain lives on, What is stolen will remain-- What is gone is gone. — Peter S. Beagle
I dare say she means to keep you from his attentions. Your honour demands she be slain. — Seth Grahame-Smith
I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff -and I Lived… — Vladimir Nabokov
The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy… — Terry Pratchett
...there is therefore now no condemnation for two reasons: you are dead now; and God, as the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,… — Robert Farrar Capon
Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'tis time to part. — Thomas Paine
The Queen of Air and Darkness tilted back her head and laughed. A more ghastly sound I hope never to hear. â€˜Do you think I… — Stephen R. Lawhead
From the time an Aiel boy becomes a man he will not sing anything but battle chants, or their dirge for the slain. I have… — Robert Jordan
Here be dragons to be slain, here be rich rewards to gain; If we perish in the seeking, why, how small a thing is death! — Dorothy L. Sayers
The Morriganâ€™s ideas of sport and mine varied widely. As a Chooser of the Slain, she tends to enjoy nothing so much as a protracted… — Kevin Hearne
I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was thinking, doing this,… — Elizabeth Berg

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