Veil Quotes

322 Veil quotes by 260 unique authors

Faith—is the Pierless Bridge Supporting what We see Unto the Scene that We do not— Too slender for the eye It bears the Soul as… — Emily Dickinson
To raise the veil. To see what you're saying goodbye to. — Louise GluÌˆck
Don't answer the door in a wedding dress and veil, he might not think you're joking. — Amy Sedaris
How long will this last, this delicious feeling of being alive, of having penetrated the veil which hides beauty and the wonders of celestial vistas?… — Alexander Shulgin
Ordinary people waited till life disclosed to them its secrets, but to the few, to the elect, the mysteries of life were revealed before the… — Oscar Wilde
The sight of snow made her think how beautiful and short life is and how, in spite of all their enmities, people have so very… — Orhan Pamuk
If a dream can tell the future it can also thwart that future. For God will not permit that we shall know what is to… — Cormac McCarthy
Truth is literally that which is without secrecy, what discloses itself without a veil. — R. D. Laing
to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words...the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn't touched. I… — Joseph Conrad
Then I knew that the sign I had asked for was not a little thing, not a passing nod of recognition, and a phrase came… — Evelyn Waugh
A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear… — Elwyn Brooks White
To pay compliments to the one we love is the first method of caressing, a demi-audacity venturing. A compliment is something like a kiss through… — Victor Hugo
It is sad to see a young man's fondest hopes and dreams shattered when the rose-colured veil is plucked away and he sees the actions… — Mikhail Lermontov
It seemed to take Sirius an age to fall: his body curved in a graceful arc as he sank backwards through the ragged veil hanging… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers long enough?' Is my veil in place?' Can my… — Marjane Satrapi
Just when normal life felt almost possible - when the world held some kind of order, meaning, even loveliness (the prismatic spray of light through… — David Wroblewski
Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside. — Elie Wiesel
We're going' Anne said firmly. So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.' Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star needs… — Philippa Gregory
Love is the beginning, the middle, and the end of the pathway of discipleship. It comforts, counsels, cures, and consoles. It leads us through valleys… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
But when the self speaks to the self, who is speaking? The entombed soul, the spirit driven in, in, in to the central catacomb; the… — Virginia Woolf
Learn to pray. Pray often. Pray in your mind, in your heart. Pray on your knees. Prayer is your personal key to heaven. The lock… — Boyd K. Packer
Then Jesus changed the situation. When he paid for our sins on the cross, the veil in the temple that symbolized our separation from God… — Rick Warren
Veil, you see, if I vas to say something portentous like "zer dark eyes of zer mind" back home in Uberwald, zer would be a… — Terry Pratchett
Who among us has any conception of the dimensions of shame that will befall us and our children when one day the veil has fallen… — Amy Goodman

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