Sung Quotes

238 Sung quotes by 210 unique authors

I am in need of music that would flow Over my fretful, feeling finger-tips, Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips, With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.… — Elizabeth Bishop
Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives, When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives, Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain, But… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Yet, she said to herself, form the dawn of time odes have been sung to love; wreaths heaped and roses; and if you asked nine… — Virginia Woolf
There's nothing you can do that can't be done Nothing you can sing that can't be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn… — John Lennon
When she awoke there was a melody in her head she could not identify or recall ever hearing before. 'Perhaps I made it up,' she… — Toni Morrison
The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own! His crown shall be upholden,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Yet at the last Beren was slain by the Wolf that came from the gates of Angband, and he died in the arms of Tinúviel.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
They ended every speech with the word hiro, which means: like I said. Thus each man took responsibility for intruding into the inarticulate murmur of… — Leonard Cohen
He slouched back in his seat, looking tired, and leaned his face on his shoulder to look at me while he played with my hair.… — Maggie Stiefvater
Like a good song, life has verses, the goliards had taught me. Each verse has to be sung. It takes all of them to make… — James Patterson
Peter stood, cleared his throat, and began to hum softly, then sing, slowly building up the song as his voice cleared. He found the old… — Unknown Author
Not since North Korean media declared Kim Jong-il to be the reincarnation of Kim Il Sung has there been such a blatant attempt to create… — Christopher Hitchens
Throughout all of the changes that have happened in my life, one of the priorities I've had is to never change the way I write… — Taylor Swift
Sung to the tune of O Christmas Tree O woe is me, O woe is me, I used to have a hamster tree, But it… — Clive Barker
But for now, I just sat there on the bed and listened to my song. The one that had been written for me by a… — Sarah Dessen
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up… — Sylvia Plath
Let us drink together, fellows, as we did in days of yore. And still enjoy the golden hours that Fortune has in store; The absent… — Albert Pike
I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night, Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend... — John Milton
Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Without death,' he answered, 'life is meaningless. It is a story that can never be told. A song that can never be sung. For how… — Seth Grahame-Smith
Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung. — David Levithan
Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best… — Evan Mandery
You will find meaning in life only if you create it.It is a poetry to be composed. It is a song to be sung.It is… — Rajneesh
Freedom! That was the thought that sung in her heart so that even though the future was so dim, it was iridescent like the mist… — W. Somerset Maugham
I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane. (I think I made you up inside my head.) — Sylvia Plath

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