Wave Quotes
1462 quotes by 1065 authors
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Take the time to make some sense for what you wanna say, And cast your words away upon the waves. Sail them home with acquiesce…
— Noel Gallagher
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Children of the Nephilim," Magnus said. "Well, well. I don't recall inviting you." Isabelle took out her invitation and waved it like a white flag.…
— Cassandra Clare
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Clockwork could not run counter to its nature. The seconds, minutes, and hours moved only forward. Patient, precise, and unstoppable. Memory was an indulgence, an…
— Matthew J. Kirby
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When dawn comes, that memory gradually distances...Tonight, I will bring it to sleep with me, so that will not be taken away by the waves…
— Ai Yazawa
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He read the letter again, but could not take in any more meaning than he had done the first time and was reduced to staring…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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I missed Rosaleen's snoring the way you'd miss the sound of the ocean waves after you've gotten used to sleeping with them. I didn't realize…
— Sue Monk Kidd
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Things break all the time. Glass and dishes and fingernails. Cars and contracts and potato chips. You can break a record, a horse, a dollar.…
— Jodi Picoult
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Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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But was it wrong to put yourself first? That’s called survival, right? If you’re running for your life, you don’t get the luxury of being…
— Kelley Armstrong
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Have mountains, and waves, and skies, no significance but what we consciously give them, when we employ them as emblems of our thoughts?
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
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The sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach
— Stephen Chbosky
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Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They…
— Tamora Pierce
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Unlike my mother, my father does not cry quietly. His wails roll out like a wave of pain, and I scramble to roll up my…
— Margaret Haddix
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It will be as if I'd never existed, he'd promised me. I felt the smooth wooden floor beneath my knees, and then the palms of…
— Stephenie Meyer
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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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I'll just be your brother from now on." he said, looking at her with a hopeful expectation that she would be pleased, which made her…
— Cassandra Clare
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Goodbye, Room." I wave up at Skylight. "Say goodbye," I tell Ma. "Goodbye, Room." Ma says it but on mute. I look back one more…
— Emma Donoghue
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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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Acceptance, when it comes, arrives in waves: Listen with your chest. You will feel a pendulum swing within you, favoring one direction or another. And…
— Augusten Burroughs
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