Quotes About Fallen

I do not care to argue that I did not fall when Adam fell; for I have fallen many a time, and there is a shadow on my soul which I or another may call a curse; I cannot get rid of a something that always intrudes between my heart and the blue of every sky.

Il paradiso terrestre era caduto in discredito proprio quando la sua realizzazione era diventata possibile.

Babylon had fallen, never to rise again, but to it civilization owes much.

Recollect that we have been acquainted for less than a month! You cannot, cousin, have fallen - formed an attachment in so short a time!' 'Nay, love, don't be so daft!' he expostulated. 'There's no sense in saying I can't do what I *have* done!

Summer died under the weight of fallen leaves and autumn filled up the ruts in the road with rainwater like blood filling fresh clawmarks.

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.

He was bewildered at how quickly he had escaped his old life and fallen into this new one with strangely pleasant crazy people.

Walter Kugler was on the ground, his blond hair peppered with dirt.

Was not that Lucifer an angel once?

Art is the sole means of grace in our fallen state.

The problem with making heroes out of humans is that when they eventually act like humans, everyone is disappointed.

There was no certainty; only the appeal to that mocking oracle they called History, who gave her sentence only when the jaws of the appealer had long since fallen to dust.

Those who speak of man's free will, and insist upon his inherent power to either accept or reject the Saviour, do but voice their ignorance of the real condition of Adam's fallen children.

The dreamer in her Had fallen in love with me and she did not know it. That moment the dreamer in me Fell in love with her and I knew it

As we continue to fight the War on Terror, it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect, while being laid to rest.

First, All the good that they have is in and through Christ; he is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. All the good of the fallen and redeemed creature is concerned in these four things, and cannot be better distributed than into them; but Christ is each of them to us, and we have none of them any otherwise than in him.

When the realities of a fallen world hit us, we need room to worship the Lord in honest expressions of unedited grief.

What is it?" Squirrelflight muttered, struggling up out of her nest. "A fallen tree?" "No, thank StarClan.

You mean she's fallen in love with a cat who lives by a different set of rules?

Yes, madam, I am finished. My star has fallen. I work and I try, yet know that all is but a farce.... I await the end of the tragedy and – strangely detached from everything – I do not feel any more an actor. I feel I am the last of spectators.

He thought I'd be his best reporter, said I had a surprising mind. In my two years on the job I'd consistently fallen short of expectations.

Only a conquerer bothers to honor a fallen foe.

But I'm a bad priest, you see. I know--from experience--how much beauty Satan carried down with him when he fell. Nobody ever said the fallen angels were the ugly ones. Oh, no, they were just as quick and light and . . .