Stone Quotes

1677 Stone quotes by 1136 unique authors

He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone; At his head a grass-green turf, At his heels a stone. — William Shakespeare
Stone and sea are deep in life Two unalterable symbols of the world Permanence at rest And permanence in motion Participants in the power that… — Stephen R. Donaldson
You think of me as a… living stone — hard and cold. That’s true. We are set the way we are, and it is very… — Stephenie Meyer
My mother said, "kiss him, darling, it's easy so natural" and I thought to myself, not with lips of stone, dear mother, not with lips… — Francesca Lia Block
But once you throw a stone, there are ripples in the pond, even if you remove the rock. — Jodi Picoult
This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature… — William Shakespeare
For some time she observed a great yellow butterfly, which was opening and closing its wings very slowly on a little flat stone. "What is… — Virginia Woolf
Arthur’s fingers tighten on the silver-braided hilt: see how naturally it fits his hand! He pulls. The Sword of Britain slides from its stone sheath.… — Stephen R. Lawhead
And what are you doing here, Nicholas? Decided to watch me sleep?" "Yes," said Nick, and bowed is head over his sword again. He had… — Sarah Rees Brennan
I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you now,… — Michael Shaara
The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone... — Arthur Miller
Really, I scolded myself, you should have known that you'd end up in a stone dungeon with no facilities. That's how these things always end… — Lilith Saintcrow
I’m erased. I’m gone. I’m nothing. And then the world is free to flow into me like water into an empty bowl…. And… I see.… — Jerry Spinelli
...she wasn't reading Deathly Hallows at all. Her book wasn't orange but rose and water and sand, and featured a kid on a broomstick and… — Melissa Anelli
Some secrets are like fossils and the stone has become too heavy to turn over. — Delphine de Vigan
I was born to love - but none of you wanted to believe it, and that misunderstanding was crucial in forming my character. It's true… — George Sand
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen. — Ambrose Bierce
Now, helpless in the hollow of An unarmorial age, a trough Of smoke in slow suspended skeins Above their scrap of history, Only an attitude… — Philip Larkin
You'll come to my grave? To tell me your problems?" My problems? "Yes.' And you'll give me answers? "I'll give you what I can. Don't… — Mitch Albom
Even stone can be worn down with enough rain. — Arthur Golden
He lost his Self a thousand times and for days on end he dwelt in non-being. But although the paths took him away from Self,… — Hermann Hesse
From my stone pillow I have dreamed dreams of the mortal world above. I have heard its voices, its new music, as lullabies as I… — Anne Rice
We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. We are not afraid of the darkness. We trust that the moon shall… — Saul Williams
It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was… — Cormac McCarthy
I would rather sit still in a state of peace on a stone than ride in the motor-car of a multi-millionaire and feel the peacelessness… — D. H. Lawrence

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