Statue Quotes
230 quotes by 186 authors
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A dead man who never caused others to die seldom rates a statue.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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I sat at the foot of a huge tree, a statue of the night, and tried to make an inventory of all I had seen,…
— Octavio Paz
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Maybe in the morning, sunlight would to turn him back into a statue; then I could take Stone out to the forest where he could…
— Devon Monk
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Now, come over here so I can pat you down." "But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." He stood next to the armless statue.…
— Rick Riordan
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In the center stood a marble alter, where a kid in a toga was doing some sort of ritual in front of a massive golden…
— Rick Riordan
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...the Statue of Liberty's got this invitation: 'Give me your tired, your poor, your reeking homeless--' 'Huddled masses,' said Ira. 'Give me your tired, your…
— Neal Shusterman
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Some knitters say that they buy yarn with no project in mind and wait patiently for the yarn to "speak" to them. This reminds me…
— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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And indeed it was, the arrow still protruding from its wet, grayish skin, humping its body along with incredible speed. A flick of its tail…
— Cassandra Clare
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Drifting snowflakes brushed her face as light as lover’s kisses, and melted on her cheeks. At the center of the garden, beside the statue of…
— George R. R. Martin
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I want you to have this.†He extended his hand. On his palm sat the beautiful butterfly he had carved. Silver spots on the wings…
— Maria V. Snyder
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And yes,Percy,of course they are now in our United States. Look at your symbol,the eagle of Zeus. Look at the statue of Prometheus in Rockefeller…
— Rick Riordan
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Jason glanced at the creature. It remained the same distance away as before, still as a statue. "What do you want?" Jason asked. No answer.…
— Brandon Mull
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A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were clasped together, and…
— Suzanne Collins
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There's a wonderful old Italian joke about a poor man who goes to church every day and prays before the statue of a great saint,'Dear…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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How sad it must be for you to be nothing more than a hollow statue, to have your tomb preserved and your story forgotten.
— David Levithan
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I told him they built a statue of Schultz, and then he said that a monument is cold comfort to a dead man, and then…
— John Green
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Until she met the exploding statue, Annabeth thought she was prepared for anything.
— Rick Riordan
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Jenks, you can fly me up the rest of the way to Trent, and then pow! I give Trent his statue." "Pow, you'll be naked!"…
— Kim Harrison
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No doubt Carter would describe the underground city in excruciating detail, with exact measurements of each room, boring history on every statue and hieroglyph, and…
— Rick Riordan
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I sing your restless longing for the statue, your fear of the feelings that await you in the street. I sing the small sea siren…
— Federico Garcia Lorca
Who Wrote These Statue Quotes
186 authors contributed a total of 230 Statue Quotes, led by these top contributors: