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Finely Quotes (page 22)

Andrew Marvell quote: "The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do..."
The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace. Andrew Marvell
O all fair lovers about the world, There is none of you, none, that shall comfort me. My thoughts are as dead things, wrecked and whirled. Round and round in a gulf of the sea; And still, through the sound and the straining stream, Through the coil and chafe, they gleam in a dream, The bright fine lips so cruelly curled, And strange swift eyes where the soul sits free. Algernon Charles Swinburne
The city of Jahilia is built entirely of sand, its structures formed of the desert whence it rises. It is a sight to wonder at: walled, four-gated, the whole of it a miracle worked by its citizens, who have learned the trick of transforming the fine white dune-sand of those forsaken parts, - the very stuff of inconstancy, - the quintessence of unsettlement, shifting, treachery, lack-of-form, - and have turned it, by alchemy, into the fabric of their newly invented permanence. Salman Rushdie
Oscar Wilde quote: "I am covered with fine gold," said the Prince, "you must take..."
I am covered with fine gold," said the Prince, "you must take it off, leaf by leaf, and give it to my poor. Oscar Wilde
All systems have failed me. In fiveminutes I'll be fine again for a while, but right now the inside of my head feels like NiagaraFalls without the noise, just this mist and churning and no real sense of where earth ends andheaven begins. Doug Coupland
An unfamiliar city is a fine thing. That's the time and place when you can suppose that all the people you meet are nice. It's dream time. Louis-Ferdinand Celine
You're enjoying this, aren't you?"I'd feel better if I could guard your back."You're going to do that with a rifle from the closest hill, remember."Night vision and scope, fine, but I can't kill them all from a distance."You couldn't kill them all if you were johnny on the spot, either," I said. No but I'd feel better."Worried about me?" He shrugged. I'm your bodyguard. If you die under my protection, the other bodyguards will make fun of me." It took me a second to realize he was making a... Laurell K. Hamilton
Andre Maurois quote: "The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in..."
The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies. Andre Maurois
Ian Fleming quote: "Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that..."
Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas. Ian Fleming
(...)And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine gold beast you've hid inside (...) Ray Bradbury
When I look back on the stuff I used to wear, I wonder why somebody didn't try to stop me. Just a friendly warning, "You may regret this," would have been fine. Ellen DeGeneres
Michael Crichton quote: "we haven't had any accidents for months now...Everything on..."
...we haven't had any accidents for months now...Everything on that island is perfectly fine. Michael Crichton
So, the world is fine. We don’t have to save the world—the world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about, is whether or not the world we live in, will be capable of sustaining us in it. That’s what we need to think about. Douglas Adams
Jane Austen quote: "As if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures."
As if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. Jane Austen
Kenneth Grahame quote: "He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and..."
He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple. Kenneth Grahame

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