Swallows Quotes

105 Swallows quotes by 97 unique authors

The thing to remember about love affairs," says Simone, "is that they are all like having raccoons in your chimney." ... We have raccoons sometimes… — Lorrie Moore
We are the bright new stars born of a screaming black hole, the nascent suns burst from the darkness, from the grasping void of space… — Dave Eggers
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pool singing at… — Sara Teasdale
Because we would not wear any clothes because it was so hot and the windows open and the swallows flying over the roofs of the… — Ernest Hemingway
she had long accepted the fact that happiness is like swallows in Spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not.… — Elizabeth Goudge
The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows. — Stephen King
English is the largest of human tongues, with several times the vocabulary of the second largest language -- this alone made it inevitable that English… — Robert A. Heinlein
Fiction cannot recite the numbing numbers, but it can be that witness, that memory. A storyteller can attempt to tell the human tale, can make… — Jane Yolen
Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all.… — Marcus Aurelius
it's so easy to get lost inside a problem that seems so big at the time it's like a river a that's so wide it… — Carrie Underwood
This great handsomeness I took into myself later when he desired me, but I took it as one breathes air, or swallows a snowflake, or… — Anais Nin
As time goes by, as time goes by, the whip-crack of the years, the precipice of illusions, the ravine that swallows up all human endeavour… — Roberto Bolano
Swallows and Amazons for-ever! — Arthur Ransome
People just... disappear," he says. "The Earth just opens up and swallows people," I say, some what sadly, checking my Rolex. "Eerie." Kimball yawns, stretching.… — Bret Easton Ellis
Already Roland feels his limbs starting to go numb. He swallows hard. "I hate this. I hate you. I hate all of you." "I understand. — Neal Shusterman
Despair is deep. An abyss that swallows dreams. A wall at the world's end. Behind it I await death. Because all our work has come… — Catherine Fisher
He is so brilliant. He shines. He's beautiful with his hands that grab things and his tongue that says things and the way he stands… — Garth Stein
Your hurt swallows ine, like space swallows time, and the two intertwine. We tangle together. — Ellen Hopkins
I had no more alphabet than the journeying of the swallows, the pure and tiny water of the small, fiery bird that dances rising from… — Pablo Neruda
We flew back home like swallows. 'Is it happiness that makes us so light?' Agathe asked. — Honore de Balzac
There is a pain so utter, it swallows being up; The covers the abyss with a trance So memory can step around, across, upon it. — Emily Dickinson
Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories. — James M. Barrie
The Doctor: Rose... before I go, I just want to tell you: you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what? [Pause] So was… — Russell T Davies
September: it was the most beautiful of words, he’d always felt, evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regret. — Alexander Theroux
The Americans as a nation are killing themselves with their vices and high living. As much as a man ought to eat in half an… — Brigham Young

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