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Quotes About Stones

She treasured his stories like the beach glass and rose-colored stones she used to collect as a girl—his words astonished her because he was taking her by the hand and showing her new, unforgettable things.
~ Min Jin Lee
Pa Larkspur?" She smiled. "Don't be so chauvinistic. He's the best cook in the county. His baskets bring in more money than any others at the picnic auctions." "Jesus. Baskets? Picnic? Just how country is the Nest?" "Very." His horrified expression made her laugh. "Clay, you live in a tree. I don't think you should throw stones.
~ Nalini Singh
When stones lying warm in the sun were turned over, they exposed the cold, damp earth underneath; and that was where Masako had burrowed deep. There was no trace of warmth in this dark earth, yet for a bug curled up tight in it, it was a peaceful and familiar world.
~ Natsuo Kirino
When a woman trespasses amongst the stones of the ancestors, she belongs to the Echraidhe. She becomes Echraidhe. Like horse and herd, she belongs to the tribe. Like me, like you.
~ Nicola Griffith
Come up with me, American love.Kiss these secret stones with me.The torrential silver of the Urubambamakes the pollen fly to its golden cup.The hollow of the bindweed's maze,the petrified plant, the inflexible garland,soar above the silence of these mountain coffers.
~ Pablo Neruda
We the mortals touch the metals, the wind, the ocean shores, the stones, knowing they will go on, inert or burning, and I was discovering, naming all the these things: it was my destiny to love and say goodbye.
~ Pablo Neruda
I grew thinner and more ragged. I slept in rain or sun, on soft grass, moist earth, or sharp stones with an intensity of indifference that only grief can promote.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
The true church is not an organization controlled by the rules of men but a holy collection of living stones with Jesus Christ as the cornerstone.
~ Unknown
and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
~ Genesis 31:46
Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
~ Exodus 20:25
Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:
~ Exodus 28:9
six of their names on one stone and the remaining six on the other, in the order of their birth.
~ Exodus 28:10
Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings.
~ Exodus 28:11
Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
~ Exodus 28:12
and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
~ Exodus 28:20
The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
~ Exodus 28:21
and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
~ Exodus 35:9
They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.
~ Exodus 39:6
Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
~ Exodus 39:7
and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.
~ Exodus 39:13
The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
~ Exodus 39:14
he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
~ Leviticus 14:40
So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.
~ Leviticus 14:42
And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.
~ Deuteronomy 27:2