They Lay Quotes

48 They Lay quotes by 47 unique authors

They lay there for a few seconds, in the dark, in the future, listening to the fabulous clockwork of their hearts and lungs, and loving… — Michael Chabon
It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs… — Terry Pratchett
These memories sustained him, but not so easily. Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them. They lay on… — Ian Mcewan
…but there they lay, sprawled across the field, craved far more by the vultures than by wives. — Homer
She had dreamed some brilliant dreams during the past winter and now they lay in the dust around her. In her present mood of self-disgust,… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Good girls hold their heads high by daylight, Their grace and their virtue soaring with kites, While bad girls slink along in their shame- Everyone… — Anna Godbersen
The jagged mountains were pure blue in the dawn and everywhere birds twittered and the sun when it rose caught the moon in the west… — Cormac McCarthy
Where the shadow of the bridge fell I could see down for a long way, but not as far as the bottom. When you leave… — William Faulkner
However wretched her origins, she chose freely to continue her crimes against us from the moment she woke to this life. It is easy to… — Catherynne M. Valente
Great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead aye or nay. They say he give them but two words. "More weight," he says.… — Arthur Miller
Ka thought it strangely depressing that the suicide girls had had to struggle to find a private moment to kill themselves. Even after swallowing their… — Orhan Pamuk
Then she marched to the pillows and beat them mercilessly until they lay puffed out like obedient clouds. — Kristin Cashore
They lay on their heathery beds and listened to all the sounds of the night. They heard the little grunt of a hedgehog going by.… — Enid Blyton
There were times when the fact of impending death seemed as palpable as the bed they lay on, and they would cling together with a… — George Orwell
I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I get the hypocrisy thing, but any human being is allowed to have a public and private face, and celebrities should have the same rights… — Cindy Crawford
Our object in framing the Constitution is rally two-fold: (1) To lay down the form of political democracy, and (2) To lay down that our… — B R Ambedkar
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous… — Bible
A friend is someone who helps you up when you're down and if they can't, they lay down beside you and listen. — Melchor Lim
Love is a dark path,you need a lamp to see WHO IS COMING. They lay with you in bed to see WHO IS CUMMING. Nine… — Isaac Buabeng
Try telling the poor starving children in third world countries, the people in war torn countries, the women and young girls who survived Haiti only… — Danny Santagato
A True Friend is some-one, who tries to pick U up, when U hv fallen. And If they cant pick U up They lay down… — Jessi
Soon my companions were lost to my sight behind the mountain ridge in my rear, which still seemed ever retreating before me, and I climbed… — Henry David Thoreau

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