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Graves Quotes (page 8)

Nathaniel Hawthorne quote: "A grave and dark-clad company," quoth Goodman Brown."
A grave and dark-clad company," quoth Goodman Brown. Nathaniel Hawthorne
The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it. Mark Twain
William Penn quote: "My prison will be my grave before I budge a jot, for I owe my..."
My prison will be my grave before I budge a jot, for I owe my conscience to no mortal man. William Penn
She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it. Graham Greene
Genius is a word that is very loosely used nowadays. It is ascribed to persons to whom a more sober judgement would be satisfied to allow talent. Genius and talent are very different things. Many people have talent; it is not rare: genius is. Talent is adroit and dexterous; it can be cultivated; genius is innate, and too often strangely allied to grave defects. But what is genius? W. Somerset Maugham
George R. R. Martin quote: "He who hurries through life, hurries to his grave? Salladhor Saan"
He who hurries through life, hurries to his grave? Salladhor Saan George R. R. Martin
Wilkie Collins quote: "The English intellect is sound, so far as it goes, but it has..."
The English intellect is sound, so far as it goes, but it has one grave defect--it is always cautious in the wrong place. Wilkie Collins
But if it be never - if I can never hold sweet converse again with her, or look upon her face, or know from her her love; why, then, this side the grave, I will live as becomes the man whom she loves... Anthony Hope
They'd listen silenty, with grave faces: but once they'd turn to each other they'd smile cruelly. He couldn't have it both ways. He'd put himself outside and outside they'd make him stay. Neither brutality nor complaining could force a way in. John McGahern
Still stands the forest primeval; but far away from its shadow, Side by side, in their nameless graves, the lovers are sleeping.Under the humble walls of the little catholic churchyard,In the heart of the city, they lie, unknown and unnoticed;Daily the tides of life go ebbing and flowing beside them,Thousands of throbbing hearts, where theirs are at rest and forever,Thousands of aching brains, where theirs no longer are busy,Thousands of toiling hands, where theirs have ceased from their... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
My dear fellow,' Burlingame said, 'we sit here on a blind rock careening through space; we are all of us rushing headlong to the grave. Think you the worms will care, when anon they make a meal of you, whether you spent your moment sighing wigless in your chamber, or sacked the golden towns of Montezuma? Lookee, the day's nigh spent; 'tis gone careening into time forever. Not a tale's length past we lined our bowels with dinner, and already they growl for more. We are dying men, Ebenezer:... John Barth
The sound of distant breakers made her heart ache with melancholy. She was in the mood when the sea has a saddening effect upon the nerves. It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay. When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls, seems to bring... Baroness Orczy
George R. R. Martin quote: "The grave casts long shadows, Iron Lord," Mirri said. "Long..."
The grave casts long shadows, Iron Lord," Mirri said. "Long and dark, and in the end no light can hold them back. George R. R. Martin
There is a certain animal vitality in most of us which carries us through any trouble but the absolutely overwhelming. Only a fool has no sorrow, only an idiot has no grief - but then only a fool and an idiot will let grief and sorrow ride him down into the grave. Edward Abbey
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.--as quoted in THE RIVER OF WINGED DREAMS Abraham Lincoln

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