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Quotes About Bells

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the tree tops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow...
~ Irving Berlin
a court jester mannequin, complete with a red and yellow hat that had bells on the
~ Daisy Meadows
Fire and water and smoke and incense and chanting and bells and butter and blood: this was a language whose syllables were translated into physical terms; a language of the elements. It was a language that he hoped might speak to him one day.
~ Damon Galgut
That's a prize they give out to people who don't have bells.
~ Dan Gutman
A sound startled him, and to his everlasting irritation, his body jerked. The nurse was standing at the foot of the bed. Did they all have to creep around? He was going to insist bells be sewn onto everyone's clothes so he was aware of them approaching.
~ Lorraine Heath
Herr Sesemann Hears of Things that are New to Him X Another Grandmother XI Heidi Gains in One Way and Loses in Another XII A Ghost in the House XIII A Summer Evening on the Mountain XIV Sunday Bells XV Preparations for a journey XVI A Visitor XVII A Compensation XVIII Winter in Dorfli
~ Johanna Spyri
Oh better far those echoing hells Half-threaten'd in the pealing bells Than that this 'I' should cease to be—
~ John Betjeman
I'll always remember our first night together, you so flushed and shy, me knowing what I know but scared too because you are the first one I loved. We poured our loneliness into each other and filled the emptiness and dark corners of this place with joy. I think of your long straight back, your strong legs, your hair on the pillow, your dark eyes close, and say your name over and over...it is the sound of bells.
~ Jacquelyn Mitchard
She makes me wash, they comb me all to thunder; she won't let me sleep in the woodshed…. The widder eats by a bell; she goes to bed by a bell; she gits up by a bell—everything's so awful reg'lar a body can't stand it.
~ Mark Twain
It's true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But what they don't tell you is that every time you hear a mouse trap snap, an angel gets set on fire.
~ Unknown
Love is supposed to start with bells ringing and go downhill from there. But it was the opposite for me. There's an intense connection between us, and as we stayed together, the bells rang louder.
~ William Shakespeare
And what the sharp old medic suggested to the Pentagon sent shivers down their spines and set the alarm bells ringing all the way to the White House
~ Unknown
Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do yourself...
~ Unknown
the honeycomb. It was lovely. Not one bit stolen. The farmer loved the bees and did things in the proper way. It was full of silent bells and drowsy summer afternoon.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
It is quiet, and when the belling tower strikes the late hour, it doesn't break the silence so much as it underpins it.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn all the way around the lower hem, with gold bells between them,
~ Exodus 28:33
alternating the gold bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe.
~ Exodus 28:34
They also made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates,
~ Exodus 39:25