Worlds Quotes

1199 Worlds quotes by 859 unique authors

I learned that just beneath the surface there's another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as a kid, but… — David Lynch
Humans don't exist on the same level as immortals. They can't even be hurt by our weapons. But you,Percy - you are part god,part human.You… — Rick Riordan
The stars, they are as the sun. Each star. Every star. And those spheres- they are worlds, realms, each one different yet the same. — Steven Erikson
We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Television and cinema were all very well, but these stories happened to other people. The stories I found in books happened inside my head. I… — Neil Gaiman
The point is, Mrs. MacDonagh, that the universe is exactly the size that your soul can encompass. Some people live in extremely small worlds, and… — Kevin Hearne
Like a Chinese box, the world of the novel contained smaller worlds, and inside those were yet smaller worlds. Together, these worlds made up a… — Haruki Murakami
I'm happiest when most away I can bear my soul from its home of clay On a windy night when the moon is bright And… — Emily Bronte
When a man looks at the stars, he grows calm and forgets small things. They answer his questions and show him that his earth is… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
Why one writes is a question I can answer easily, having so often asked it of myself. I believe one writes because one has to… — Anais Nin
That's the beauty of the cure. No one mentions those lost, hot days in the field, when Thomas kissed Rachel's tears away and invented worlds… — Lauren Oliver
When birds look into houses, what impossible worlds they see. — Don DeLillo
This is another lie. We are only seeking Man. We have no need of other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we… — Stanislaw Lem
Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one. — Alethea Kontis
I'll take care of my mother," he said grimly. "I love her, but she doesn't run my life." "Yeah, that's what we all say. You.… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
a connotation of infinity sharpens the temporal splendor of this night when souls which have forgot frivolity in lowliness,noting the fatal flight of worlds whereto… — E E Cummings
I started writing because I decided I was too old to play pretend in the backyard. Then I found that I could create those imaginary… — Veronica Roth
Thinking of the stars night after night I begin to realize 'The stars are words' and all the innumerable worlds in the Milky Way are… — Jack Kerouac
Spring and Fall: To a Young Child Márgarét, are you gríeving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leáves, líke the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts… — Gerard Manley Hopkins
But writers INVITE ghosts, maybe; along with actors and artists, they are the only totally accepted mediums of our society. They make worlds that never… — Stephen King
Books bend space and time. One reason the owners of those aforesaid little rambling, poky secondhand bookshops always seem slightly unearthly is that many of… — Terry Pratchett
...when all the openings were closed, then the worlds would all be restored to their proper relations with one another, Lyra’s Oxford and Will’s would… — Philip Pullman
It is not night when I do see your face, Therefore I think I am not in the night; Nor doth this wood lack worlds… — William Shakespeare
For what is a person without memories? A ghost, trapped between worlds, without an identity, with no future, no past. — Tan Twan Eng
A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Who Wrote These Worlds Quotes

859 authors contributed a total of 1,199 Worlds Quotes, led by these top contributors: