Wandering Quotes

369 Wandering quotes by 310 unique authors

Suppose I was to tell you that it's just beauty that's calling me, the beauty of the far off and unknown, the mystery and spell… — Eugene O'Neill
If the soul cannot find its jacket. it is condemned to an eternity of wandering--naked and alone — Anne Fadiman
Though I am old with wandering Through hollow lands and hilly lands, I will find out where she has gone, And kiss her lips and… — William Butler Yeats
Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless to be born. — Matthew Arnold
Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart someone with whom I could spend… — Paulo Coelho
Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering. — Charles Dickens
Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure! — Jostein Gaarder
no reason to mention my peculiarities, my wandering in the maze these many years, shut away from sight. and from love, too. — Jeffrey Eugenides
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The whole blear world of smoke and twisted steel around my head in a railroad car, and my mind wandering past the rust into futurity:… — Allen Ginsberg
I was wandering around as usual, in my unpleasantly populated sub-conscious... — Dodie Smith
The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and… — John Milton
Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the… — Daniel Handler
This tremendous event is still on its way, still wandering; it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder require time; the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I was born wandering between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born, and have made, in a curious way, the worst of… — Aldous Huxley
Sorry... my mind was wandering... one time it went all the way to Venus and ordered a meal I couldn’t pay for. — Steven Wright
Spend the years of learning squandering Courage for the years of wandering Through a world politely turning From the loutishness of learning. — Samuel Beckett
Today I'm out wandering, turning my skull into a cup for others to drink wine from. In this town somewhere there sits a calm, intelligent… — Unknown Author
Adults forget the depths of languor into which the adolescent mind decends with ease. They are prone to undervalue the mental growth that occurs during… — E. O. Wilson
He who has attained the freedom of reason to any extent cannot, for a long time, regard himself otherwise than as a wanderer on the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I'm absolutely removed from the world at such times...The hours go by without my knowing it. Sitting there I'm wandering in countries I can see… — Gustave Flaubert
Is he not sacred, even to the gods, the wandering man who comes in weariness? — Homer
Though men in the mass forget the origins of their need, they still bring wolfhounds into city apartments, where dog and man both sit brooding… — Loren Eiseley
The best thing to do is to loosen my grip on my pen and let it go wandering about until it finds an entrance. There… — Machado de Assis
My first class is biology. I can't find it and get my first demerit for wandering the hall. It is 8:50 in the morning. Only… — Laurie Halse Anderson

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