Dawn Quote by Herman Melville

Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep - he hath awakened from the dream of life - 'Tis we, who lost…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

How cold the vacancy When the phantoms are gone and the shaken realist First sees reality. The mortal no Has its emptiness and tragic…

— Wallace Stevens

We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never…

— Daphne du Maurier

Such phantom blossoms palely shining Over the lifeless boughs of Time.

— Edgar Lee Masters

Of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist Of time, though meagre all and ghostly thin; Most unsubstantial, unessential shade Was earthly fame.

— Robert Pollok

“As usual the empty-headed were loudest in proclaiming their shallow explanation that the fever raging in the hearts and minds of the survivors was…

— Gustav Meyrink

The line of gray along the horizon is brighter now, and with the coming light I feel a certainty: that there is, despite our…

— Richard Russo

I have stood aside to see the phantoms of those days go by me. They are gone, and I resume the journey of my…

— John Irving

Thy Banners gleam a little, and are furled; Against thy turrets surge His phantom tow'rs; Drugged with his Opiates the nations nod, Refusing still…

— George Sterling

“They reminded me that it was my fate to pursue only phantoms, creatures whose reality existed to a great extent in my imagination; for…

— Marcel Proust

This was life, I supposed, running and running and running, and realizing along the way that the phantom was getting closer.

— Jane Hamilton

You feared of phantoms and none exist but you. You still saw fit to destroy it.

— All That Remains