Waters Quotes
695 Waters quotes by 507 unique authors
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To the sea, to the sea! The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying. West, west away, the…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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There are many things in the deep waters; and seas and lands may change. And it is not our part here to take thought only…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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A land not mine, still forever memorable, the waters of its ocean chill and fresh. Sand on the bottom whiter than chalk, and the air…
— Anna Akhmatova
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Journeys up the Metaphoric River are hugely enjoyable and highly recommended. Since every genre is nourished by its heady waters, a paddle steamer can take…
— Jasper Fforde
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A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones.
— George Eliot
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But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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Stir not murky waters if you know not the depth or the creatures that dwell beneath the surface.
— Bryan Davis
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We aimed for no more than to have dominion over every creature that moved upon the earth. And so it came to pass that we…
— Barbara Kingsolver
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…the Lake of Shining Waters was blue — blue — blue; not the changeful blue of spring, nor the pale azure of summer, but a…
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself. I was a child then, I had no…
— Beatrix Potter
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It is the plight of man. And while the blame lies partly on the river " Lotus gestures towards the dark waters before us "most…
— Alyson Noel
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When a woman gives birth her waters break and she pours out the child and the child runs free.
— Jeanette Winterson
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The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind.
— Terry Pratchett
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Awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters.
— C.S. Lewis
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Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be…
— Tom Robbins
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The wind, one brilliant day, called to my soul with an odor of jasmine. "In return for the odor of my jasmine, I'd like all…
— Antonio Machado
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By the River Piedra I sat down and wept. There is a legend that everything that falls into the waters of this river -- leaves,…
— Paulo Coelho
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Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.' It's the rought waters that train us to e His disciples. He uses the turbulent times I our lives…
— Lynn Austin
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The schizophrenic is drowning in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight. Edgar Cayce made the same observation in his readings
— Joseph Campbell
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Am I more afraid Of taking a chance and learning I'm somebody I don't know, or of risking new territory, only to find I'm the…
— Ellen Hopkins
Who Wrote These Waters Quotes
507 authors contributed a total of 695 Waters Quotes, led by these top contributors: