Stone Quotes

1677 Stone quotes by 1136 unique authors

A soul of water a soul of stone. A soul by name a soul unknown. The hours unmake our flesh our bone. The Soul is… — Clive Barker
He rooted for the Mets, he wore Foot of the Loom underwear, and he drove a Buick. His loyalties were carved in stone and he… — Janet Evanovich
Death arrives among all that sound like a shoe with no foot in it, like a suit with no man in it, comes and knocks,… — Pablo Neruda
Thus Aragorn for the first time in the full light of day beheld Éowyn, Lady of Rohan, and thought her fair, fair and cold, like… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Words have weight, something once said cannot be unsaid. Meaning is like a stone dropped into a pool; the ripples will spread and you cannot… — Philippa Gregory
She was not filled up with the sight of him, the way she had seen her sisters fill up, like silk balloons, like wineskins. Instead,… — Catherynne M. Valente
The witch's hair was too short and too dark for blond. She wasn't sure if that relieved her or disturbed her. Riley had immediately begun… — Gena Showalter
Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and the heart has turned to stone. — Thomas Merton
...full of God's thoughts, a place of peace and safety amid the most exalted grandeur and enthusiastic action, a new song, a place of beginnings… — John Muir
They do not need the sun. Who needs the sun when the eyes glow? Darkness. A woolen fog has wrapped the earth, has dropped a… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
And I am not one of those women who trips twice over the same stone. — Isabel Allende
A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. — Frank Herbert
Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb.… — Truman Capote
I left the jutra to chop wood. I began my walk through the snow, five kilometers to the tree line. That's when I saw it.… — Ruta Sepetys
In the neuter austerity of that terrain all phenomena were bequeathed a strange equality and no one thing nor spider nor stone nor blade of… — Cormac McCarthy
At moments like this I envy those who have found a safe haven in which to bestow their hearts; or perhaps I envy them for… — Margaret Atwood
The stone is strong. Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones.… — George R. R. Martin
The harmony that holds the stars on their courses and the flesh on our bones resonates through all creation. Every sound contains its echo. Before… — Morgan Llywelyn
Tie your heart at night to mine, love, and both will defeat the darkness like twin drums beating in the forest against the heavy wall… — Pablo Neruda
I know the past will drag you backward and down, have you snatching at whispers of wind and the gibberish of trees rubbing together, trying… — Lauren Oliver
And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours, Claire? I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted… — Diana Gabaldon
How to read "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"? Why, very quickly, to begin with, and perhaps also to make an end. Why read it?… — Harold Bloom
...water laughing softly down a black stone wall. — Jennifer Egan
[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and… — Elizabeth I
I keep telling you the future isn't set in stone. It's not all decided yet. The future is just what's down the road we decided… — Catherine Ryan Hyde

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