Gathering Quote by George Mackay Brown Download Open image “Old wisdom out of the cluster of gathering shadows.” — George Mackay Brown ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gathering Old wisdom Shadow Wisdom
“Shadows gathered as they had done for eons, beneath the moon and the twinkling of a million stars, like a gathering of forgotten deities.” — Peter Murphy Copy Share Image
“It's not as if our lives are simply divided into light and dark. There's a shadowy middle ground. Recognizing and understanding the shadows is… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When we walk towards the sun of Truth, all shadows are cast behind us. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“We call darkness our friend, but when the elders tell us stories of the Garden, they talk of the holy, unending light that was… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The wisdom which is now conventional claims that light creates shadows. But the facts are otherwise. Darkness came first and is infinitely older and… — K.J. Bishop Copy Share Image
The shadows are deepening all around us. Now is the time when we must begin to see our world and ourselves in a different… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure. — Eva Ibbotson Copy Share Image
As soon as the seal was clear of the water, it reared up and its skin slipped down to the sand. What had been… — George Mackay Brown Copy Share Image
The first few glasses of beer were a revelation; they flushed my veins with happiness; they washed away all cares and shyness and worries.… — George Mackay Brown Copy Share Image
Without the story - in which everyone living, unborn and dead, participates - men are no more than bits of paper blown on the… — George Mackay Brown Copy Share Image
In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories. — George Mackay Brown Copy Share Image
My friends, this body - perhaps more than any other gathering in human history - now faces that difficult task. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
It’s not just the adage ‘write what you know,’ it’s about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience you’ve collected up to now… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
But I believed in starting over. There was finally, I knew, only rupture and hurt and falling short between all persons, but, Shirley, the… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
If you decide on having an alcoholic at your party, make sure it's a large gathering. This way, until the alcoholic begins removing their… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Oh, you mysterious girls, when you are fifty-two we shall find you out; you must come into the open then. If the mouth has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Oh, ants, my sisters, good old honeydew-seekers! From close up you are sticky and shiny and gristly; and your nymphs have parasitic red mites… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Popular thought appeals to crowds, gatherings and tribes, who use it as a way to guide the herd. It is very evident in protests… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I wanted the press to become something of a movement. Not a movement committed to a particular 'ism', but a gathering together of writers… — John Metcalf Copy Share Image
Doors slam, voices are shrill, this is home. We are family. and in our gathering, we pick each other apart. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and… — Cynthia McKinney Copy Share Image
There's a number of journalists and politicians who are interested in the rise of the National Front and the huge nationalist gathering, the movements… — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
