Torrent Quotes

66 Torrent quotes by 55 unique authors

A man may have lived all of his life in the gray, and the land and trees of him dark and somber. The events, the… — John Steinbeck
Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense. — Theocritus
Creativity is not a solitary movement. That is its power. Whatever is touched by it, whoever hears it, sees it, senses it, knows it, it's… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Forgiveness feels most dramatic when some ancient pattern of self-punishment collapses in a torrent of tears. But it is just as effective when practiced daily… — D. Patrick Miller
By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us… — Henry David Thoreau
My small torrent of words dissipated into an elaborate sense of expanding and receding. It was my entrance into the radiance of imagination. This process… — Patti Smith
Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The… — Alexander Pope
Love is both a principle and an emotion; it is something both felt and willed. It is capable of almost infinite degrees. Love in the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
There is nothing more painful than the untimely death of someone young and dear to the heart. The harrowing grief surges from a bottomless well… — Jocelyn Murray
The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
You have wondered, perhaps, why all real accountants wear hats? They are today's cowboys. As will you be. Riding the American range. Riding herd on… — David Foster Wallace
Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity of the media torrent. — Todd Gitlin
This is that eloquence the ancients represented as lightning, bearing down every opposer; this the power which has turned whole assemblies into astonishment, admiration and… — Oliver Goldsmith
Through the sharp air a flaky torrent flies, Mocks the slow sight, and hides the gloomy skies; The fleecy clouds their chilly bosoms bare, And… — George Crabbe
Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel… — Ben Jonson
We have to make the physical music a little more valuable instead of just having a download link and a bunch of songs you downloaded… — Lupe Fiasco
Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is… — Robert Louis Stevenson
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and… — Paul Valery
The leaves streamed down, trembling in the sun. They were not green, only a few, scattered through the torrent, stood out in single drops of… — Ayn Rand

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