Walls Quotes

1289 Walls quotes by 950 unique authors

Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high. — William Goldman
I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon, In the round-tower of my… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Cold walls do not a prison make, nor iron bands a bondsman. — Scott Lynch
You are free when you gain back yourself,” Madame Wu said. “You can be as free within these walls as you could be in the… — Pearl S. Buck
I'm no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls. — Michel Foucault
...the more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. If you never let them take any risks,… — Roald Dahl
The walls of the arch are covered with blood-red jellies that wink and glisten at me by the light of the moon. My father told… — Maggie Stiefvater
This is where the story starts, in this threadbare room. The walls are exploding. The windows have turned into telescopes. Moon and stars are magnified… — Jeanette Winterson
If only these walls could talk…the world would know just how hard it is to tell the truth in a story in which everyone’s a… — Gregg Olsen
Look at the way the walls curve,' Macey said, her gaze panning around the strangely shaped room. 'it's almost like...' 'The library,' Liz said, and… — Ally Carter
Absence is a house so vast that inside you will pass through its walls and hang pictures on the air. — Pablo Neruda
Littlefinger: A trade envoy from Lys once observed to me that Lord Stannis must love his daughter very well, since he'd erected hundreds of statues… — George R. R. Martin
So I saw that there was only me. There was only me who could worry about what was happening here, inside these walls of my… — Markus Zusak
Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions, inside the walls of a hospital... Doubt is like dye. Once is spreads into the fabric of excuses… — Jodi Picoult
The debate raged on for so long, at last Saphira had interrupted with a roar that shook the walls of the command tent. Then she… — Christopher Paolini
No," he said. "Relius was right and I was wrong. You are My Queen. Even though you cut my head from my shoulders, with my… — Megan Whalen Turner
When we love and respect people, revealing to them their value, they can begin to come out from behind the walls that protect them. — Jean Vanier
Her expression falls slightly as she senses that my walls are up and she's not nearly strong enough to climb over. Not even today when… — Sarah Wylie
If the artist does not fling himself, without reflecting, into his work, as Curtis flung himself into the yawning gulf, as the soldier flings himself… — Honore de Balzac
She doesn't understand that doors, walls, fences, ceilings - they're helpless to keep out what determinedly desires to get in. — Sonya Hartnett
Nobody’s going to save you. No one’s going to cut you down, cut the thorns thick around you. No one’s going to storm the castle… — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
A stranger to myself and to the world, armed solely with a thought that negates itself as soon as it asserts, what is this condition… — Albert Camus
This moment and this chance, they are the same, and they are mine if I choose them,and I do. I want them. Now and as… — James Frey
What was I afraid of, exactly? What other people would think? I guess, a little. But that wasn't what was stopping me from acting on… — Julie Anne Peters
The night belongs to beasts of prey, and always has. It's easy to forget that when you're indoors, protected by light and solid walls. — Cornelia Funke

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