Anchors Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sometimes when you're everyone's anchor you don't realize you're sinking too.

— Erica Allende

There’s something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as well. You’re…

— Deborah Smith

People are either wind in your or an anchor on your tail.

— Joe Charboneau

I was the place where you anchored. I was the deep water where you could be weightless. I was the surface where you saw…

— Jeanette Winterson

“When you hang on to your past, you are gripping an anchor that is swiftly moving to the bottom of the ocean. Sure, you…

— Brooks Palmer

This feeling is not unlike the sinking in one's stomach when one is in an elevator that suddenly goes down, or when you are…

— Anonymous

God bless this tiny little boat, And me who travels in it. It stays afloat for years and years, And sinks within a minute.…

— Michael Leunig

What an anchor is to a ship, hope is to the soul. Both ships and souls are kept safe by a firm, secure anchor…

— June Hunt

Clawing... Slipping... Finger nails broken off, During the descent. Body weary, Heart broken, Mind lost, Soul, Falling away, Into Dust. To much... To many...…

— Eric Nickel

It's called a sea anchor,' [Evanlyn] explained. 'It'll stop us drifting too far.' Alyss was impressed. 'And you said you were pig-ignorant when it…

— John Flanagan

“Love's a tidal wave," she says. "Because it sweeps you off your feet?" I ask. "No. Because it sucks you under and you drown."…

— Jodi Picoult

There's a feeling about it. You feel almost like a cabinetmaker, laying planks. There's a real feeling when you know you're getting it right.…

— Robert Caro