Wall Quotes

3017 Wall quotes by 1990 unique authors

But one kiss levitates above all the others. The intersection of function and desire. The I do kiss. The I’ll love you through a brick… — Jeffrey McDaniel
The stories that unfold in the space of a writer's study, the objects chosen to watch over a desk, the books selected to sit on… — Alberto Manguel
Willows whiten, aspens quiver, little breezes dusk and shiver, thro' the wave that runs forever by the island in the river, flowing down to Camelot.… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Too often do reviewers remind us of the mob of Astrologers, Chaldeans, and Soothsayers gathered before 'the writing on the wall' and unable to read… — Charlotte Bronte
Stuffed deer heads on walls are bad enough, but it’s worse when you see them wearing dark glasses, having streamers around their necks and a… — Ellen DeGeneres
I'm in no position to hand down any advice," he said, "but there's a rule I follow when I don't know what to do." "A… — Haruki Murakami
Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping. — Stef Penney
Sometimes I long for a convent cell, with the sublime wisdom of centuries set out on bookshelves all along the wall and a view across… — Etty Hillesum
Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that… — Bob Dylan
Still in my coat and hat, I sank onto the stair to read the letter. (I never read without making sure I am in a… — Diane Setterfield
works of art feel towards human beings exactly as we do towards ghosts. The transparency of spectres, the diffuseness in space which lets them drift… — Rebecca West
I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975. I remember the precise… — Khaled Hosseini
Oh, so that's why you're up here. For a pity party." "This isn't a joke. I'm serious." I could tell Lissa was getting angry. It… — Richelle Mead
Market moralities and mentalities-- fueled by economic imperatives to make a profit at nearly any cost-- yield unprecedented levels of loneliness, isolation, and sadness. And… — Cornel West
there is moss on the walls and the stain of thought and failure and waiting — Charles Bukowski
It was curious to think that the sky was the same for everybody, in Eurasia or Eastasia as well as here. And the people under… — George Orwell
She said it out loud, the words distributed into a room that was full of cold air and books. Books everywhere! Each wall was armed… — Markus Zusak
The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. — Harold B. Lee
It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn't be there at all. — Dr. Seuss
At that moment I had no mind to change, or not change, or throw against the nearest wall. — James Patterson
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.… — Shirley Jackson
You built your walls too, she tells him. So I have my wall. She says it glittering in a beauty he cannot stand. She with… — Michael Ondaatje
He knows that the only way he can accept losing her is if he can continue to hold her or be held by her. If… — Michael Ondaatje
They say there is a doorway from heart to heart, but what is the use of a door when there are no walls? — Unknown Author
What I thought was an end turned out to be a middle. What I thought was a brick wall turned out to be a tunnel.… — Tony Hoagland

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