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Quotes About Maiden

Again, there were maidens who cherished the firm belief that he had come from the sea. Because within his breast could be heard the roaring of the sea. Because in the pupils of his eyes there lingered the mysterious and eternal horizon that the sea leaves as a keepsake deep in the eyes of all who are born at the seaside and forced to depart from it. Because his signs were sultry like the tidal breezes of full summer, fragrant with the smell of seaweed cast upon the shore.
~ Yukio Mishima
Part Three: Love V DOUBT me, my dim companion! Why, God would be content With but a fraction of the love Poured thee without a stint. The whole of me, forever, 5 What more the woman can,— Say quick, that I may dower thee With last delight I own! It cannot be my spirit, For that was thine before; 10 I ceded all of dust I knew,— What opulence the more Had I, a humble maiden, Whose farthest of degree Was that she might 15 Some distant heaven, Dwell timidly with thee!
~ Emily Dickinson
The English word "coral" also comes from Greek, meaning "what becomes hard in the hand," "the maiden or nymph of the sea," or "the heart of the sea.
~ Eric H. Borneman
Surely he had never fainted in his life! He glowed with robust good health and vibrant energy, as if he could conquer all the world and still have strength for a dance and to rescue a maiden or two.
~ Amanda McCabe
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
~ Josh Billings
On the slopes of Dragonmount shall he be born, born of a maiden wedded to no man.
~ Robert Jordan
before them: the girls whose hearts were to be wrung were yet fair little maidens a-star with hopes and dreams.
~ L.M. Montgomery
them: the girls whose hearts were to be wrung were yet fair little maidens a-star with hopes and dreams.
~ L.M. Montgomery
But Cecily's maiden were never to leave the golden road.
~ L.M. Montgomery
Button-holes! there is something lively in the very idea of 'em - and trust me, when I get amongst 'em - you gentry with great beards - look as grave as you will - I'll make merry work with my button-holes - I shall have 'em all to myself - 'tis a maiden subject - I shall run foul of no man's wisdom or fine sayings in it.
~ Laurence Sterne
She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love.
~ William Wordsworth
The first doesn't necessarily the last, but it will always be the first, and that's special. Firsts are special.
~ Jenny Han
But is he awake, or just drunk, dreaming of a voluptuous conquistador maiden polishing his sword?
~ Jeremy Robinson
The quest of the handsome prince was complete. He had found his fair maiden and the world had its fairytale.
~ Andrew Morton
The moon shines bright, The vampire alights Swish, swish goes his cloak . . . Maiden, are you not afeared?
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
The perennial sadness of a girl who is both death and the maiden.
~ Angela Carter
I am very enthusiastic and positive about 'Bailaras' which is a maiden movie under my home production - Naughty Men Production.
~ Binnu Dhillon
Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
~ D. H. Lawrence
Praise the day at evening, a woman on her pyre, A weapon after it's tried, a maiden at her wedding, Ice after it's crossed, ale after it's drunk.
~ Robin Artisson
Come, hearken then, ere voice of dread, with bitter tiding laden, shall summon to unwelcome bed a melancholy maiden! We are but older children, dear, who fret to find our bedtime near.
~ Lewis Carroll
I am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union... I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden.
~ Ibn Arabi
You only get one shot to do a first feature.
~ Duncan Jones
We share a certain problem apart from your legal morass," he continued. "Cat maiden." "Oh, it's not apart. Dog lord.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
When he had ended, the holy hermit was a moment silent, then said: My son, I have attended to thy story and I know the maiden. I have myself seen her, as have many. Know, then, that she is capricious for she imposeth conditions that man cannot fulfill, and delinquency is punished by desertion. She cometh only when unsought, and will not be questioned. One manifestation of curiosity, one sign of doubt, one expression of misgiving, and she is away!
~ Ambrose Bierce