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Waves Quotes (page 23)

Dialogue in fiction should be reserved for the culminating moments and regarded as the spray into which the great wave of narrative breaks in curving toward the watcher on the shore. Edith Wharton
Albus Severus," Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, "you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew. J. K. Rowling
It was at times like this that one of those waves of bestiality ran through the mine, the sudden lust of the male that came over a miner when he met one of these girls on all fours, with her rear in the air and her buttocks busting out of her breeches. Emile Zola
I did not stop to think that one wave is inevitably followed by another even larger and more powerful, when the tide is coming in. John Knowles
Marcel Proust quote: "A cathedral, a wave of a storm, a dancer's leap, never turn..."
A cathedral, a wave of a storm, a dancer's leap, never turn out to be as high as we had hoped. Marcel Proust
Jaime had never realised that trees made a sound when they grew, and no-one else had realised it either, because the sound is made over hundreds of years in waves of twenty-four hours from peak to peak. Speed it up, and the sound a tree makes is vrooom. Terry Prachett
What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain? What fields, or waves, or mountains? What shapes of sky or plain? What love of thine own kind? What ignorance of pain? Percy Bysshe Shelley
Eddie Vedder quote: "I'll ride the wave, where it takes me!"
I'll ride the wave, where it takes me! Eddie Vedder
Charles Sumner; “A Smacking breeze has sprung up, and we shall part this company soon; and then for the Atlantic! Farewell then, my friends, my pursuits, my home, my country! Each bellying wave on its rough crest carries me away. The rocking vessel impedes my pen. And now, as my head begins slightly to reel, my imagination entertains the glorious prospects before me… David McCullough
A land not mine, stillforever memorable, the waters of its oceanchill and fresh. Sand on the bottom whiter than chalk, and the air drunk, like wine, late sun lays barethe rosy limbs of the pinetrees. Sunset in the ethereal waves: I cannot tell if the dayis ending, or the world, or ifthe secret of secrets is inside me again. Anna Akhmatova
Tribe follows tribe, andnation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order ofnature, and regret is useless. Your time of decay may be distant, butit will surely come, for even the White Man ... cannot be exempt from the common destiny. Chief Seattle
They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld. Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate. With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose. Their place of rest, and Providence their guide; They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. John Milton
Mr. Langdon all questions were once spiritual. Since the beginning of time spirituality and religion have been called on to fill in the gaps that science did not understand. The rising and setting of the sun was once attributed to Helios and a flaming chariot. Earthquakes and tidal waves were the wrath of Poseidon. Science has now proven those gods to be false idols. Soon all gods will be proven to be false idols. Science has now provided answers to almost every question man can ask. There... Dan Brown
Laurence J. Peter quote: "The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it..."
The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for. Laurence J. Peter
Nathaniel Hawthorne quote: "In this republican country, amid the fluctuating waves of our..."
In this republican country, amid the fluctuating waves of our social life, somebody is always at the drowning-point. Nathaniel Hawthorne

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