Verse Quotes

326 Verse quotes by 251 unique authors

Like a good song, life has verses, the goliards had taught me. Each verse has to be sung. It takes all of them to make… — James Patterson
One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washÃ¨d it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand,… — Edmund Spenser
The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. — Walt Whitman
Throughout all of the changes that have happened in my life, one of the priorities I've had is to never change the way I write… — Taylor Swift
He will wipe the tears from all faces.' It takes nothing from the loveliness of the verse to say that is exactly what will be… — Marilynne Robinson
There are certain verses in the Quran which convey injunctions similar to the following: 'Kill them wherever you find them.' (2:191) Referring to such verses,… — Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
That prose is a verse, and verse is a prose; convincing all, by demonstrating plain â€“ poetic souls delight in prose insane — Lord Byron
No verse of Scripture yields its meaning to lazy people. — Arthur W. Pink
It's a bit of the very last verse from Paradiso- Dante's Paradise. 'My will and my desire were turned by love, the love that moves… — Cassandra Clare
There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. (They hang there, the stars, like… — Donald Miller
Time ainâ€™t nothing, but time. Itâ€™s a verse with no rhyme, And it all come down to you. Â«El tiempo solo es tiempo. Es un… — Kerstin Gier
A verse came to mind, one that has comforted Kari before. It was the shortest verse in the Bible: Jesus wept. If he cried over… — Karen Kingsbury
How well I know what I mean to do When the long dark Autumn evenings come, And where, my soul, is thy pleasant hue? With… — Robert Browning
God planted the seeds of all the trees," continued Hetty, after a moment's pause, "and you see to what a height and shade they have… — James F. Cooper
We are only midway through the central verse of our youth when we see ourselves begin to blacken. ... We had been seduced into thinking… — Anne Carson
I now wish that I had spent somewhat more of my life with verse. This is not because I fear having missed out on truths… — Richard Rorty
What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a capacity for faithfulness.… — Brennan Manning
He is the straight to video sequel to your summer hit movie. He is the verse to that song on the radio you have to… — Pete Wentz
She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full… — Joe Hill
I will not listen to your verse on an empty stomach!" declared the Vicomte. "You have no soul," said Philippe sadly. "But I have a… — Georgette Heyer

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251 authors contributed a total of 326 Verse Quotes, led by these top contributors: