Withered Quotes

100 quotes by 86 authors

Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow on another like the withered leaves of Autumn. — Oscar Wilde
An unhappy gentleman, resolving to wed nothing short of perfection, keeps his heart and hand till both get so old and withered that no tolerable… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
On me, on me Time and change can heap no more! The painful past with blighting grief Hath left my heart a withered leaf. Time… — Richard Henry Horne
My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the… — Robert Frost
Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered. — Graham Greene
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your… — Charles Spurgeon
However, withered, I still feel myself to be exactly the same person I've always been. Hard to explain that to the young. we may look… — Ian Mcewan
Kings built tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Who gathers the withered rose? — William Faulkner
When he takes the knife to the canvass the servants find him lying dead with a knife through is heart and "withered, wrinkled, and loathsome… — Oscar Wilde
But first, on earth as vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent, Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood… — Lord Byron
he dared to explore her withered neck w/his fingertipsâ€¦her hips w/their decaying bones, her thighs with their aging veins. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
France was a land, England was a people, but America, having about it still that quality of the idea, was harder to utter - it… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The morning air of the pasture turned steadily cooler. Day by day, the bright golden leaves of the birches turned more spotted as the first… — Haruki Murakami
All around me darkness gathers, Fading is the sun that shone, We must speak of other matters, You can be me when I'm gone Flowers… — Neil Gaiman
If she had been left alone she would have gone on, in her own way, enjoying herself thoroughly, until people found one day that she… — Doris Lessing
I have come to think that life is a far more limited thing than those in the midst of its maelstorm realize. That light shines… — Haruki Murakami
The dragon is withered, His bones are now crumbled; His armour is shivered, His splendour is humbled! Though sword shall be rusted, And throne and… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I was born to love - but none of you wanted to believe it, and that misunderstanding was crucial in forming my character. It's true… — George Sand

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