Tomb Quotes

200 Tomb quotes by 151 unique authors

The stone that was rolled before Christ's tomb might appropriately be called the philosopher's stone because its removal gave not only the pharisees but, now… — Soren Kierkegaard
We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other ... except… — Stephen King
The sorrow that lay cold in her mother's heart... converted it into a tomb. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
This living hand, now warm and capable Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So haunt… — John Keats
I remember, in hot floods, the way he slept, still as death, with his face washed flat, stony as a carved tomb and exquisite. His… — Katherine Dunn
Stealing ideas from contemporaries is rude and tasteless. Stealing from the long dead is considered literary and admirable. The same is true of grave-robbing. Loot… — N.D. Wilson
He dreamed of funeral love, but dreams crumble and the tomb abides — Gustave Flaubert
We could cope—the world could cope—with a Jesus who ultimately remains a wonderful idea inside his disciples' minds and hearts. The world cannot cope with… — N. T. Wright
All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak… — Virginia Woolf
Forget the dead, the past? O yet there are ghosts that may take revenge for it, memories that make the heart a tomb, regrets which… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest; huge it was, and nobly proportioned. On it was but one word, DRACULA. — Bram Stoker
Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from Jacques. — Charles Dickens
Not hear it? --yes, I hear it, and have heard it. Long --long --long --many minutes, many hours, many days, have I heard it --yet… — Edgar Allan Poe
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes… — Edgar Allan Poe
In the depths of every heart there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and the revelry above may cause us… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
And starward drifts the stricken world, Lone in unalterable gloom Dead, with a universe for tomb, Dark, and to vaster darkness whirled. (“The Testimony of… — George Sterling
If Under fell, if Over leaped, If death was life and Death life reaped, Something rises from the gloom, To make the Underland a tomb… — Suzanne Collins
You want to know how Egyptians pulled the brains out of mummies. or built the pyramids, or cursed King Tut's tomb? My dad's your man. — Rick Riordan
What about King Tut’s tomb?” I protested. “That boy king?” Zia rolled her eyes. “Boring. You should see some of the good tombs. — Rick Riordan
Carter started down the stairs, but I grabbed his arm. “Hang on. What about traps?” He frowned. “Traps?” “Didn’t Egyptian tombs have traps?” “Well…sometimes. But… — Rick Riordan
My body will not be a tomb for other creatures. — Leonardo da Vinci
Going where no man has gone before is more difficult than it sounds. Our cousins and ancestors were no less curious than we are, and… — N.D. Wilson
I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Jesus didn't really die-someone gave him a long drug that made him look like dead, and he revived in the tomb. Answer: Roman soldiers knew… — N. T. Wright
Shadow and dust shall be reclaimed, earth sealing the tomb from which you came. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, warrior return, breathe your last.… — Christine Feehan

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