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Quotes About Gate

pocket universe. All I have to do is pick up the Hand and walk back to the slowly evaporating gate before it closes . . . A minute passes. Then I put down the Hand of Glory
~ Charles Stross
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
~ Khalil Gibran
They sipped and ate, all of existence passed over by nonexistence, the gate leading nowhere, and they watched the tea spill copious ribbony curls of vapor, watched their breath join the mist slowly twisting and turning, twisting and turning.
~ Kiran Desai
before the gate -- my walking stick's made a river of melting snow
~ Kobayashi Issa
The drawbridge was up and the portcullis down,
~ George R.R. Martin
Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life.
~ Matthew
Straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
~ Bible
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
~ W. E. Henley
Are these soldiers really our enemy, or only the worst reflection of our own selves?... We made them. We have to unmake them, not just defeat or kill them.
~ Kate Elliott, Traitors' Gate
Death is but changing of our robes to wait in wedding garments at the Eternal's gate.
~ Sri Aurobindo
And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.
~ John Milton
At the end of the day I hasten in fear lest thy gate to be shut; but I find that yet there is time.
~ Tagore Rabindranath
The gate has a secret passcode. Sara has a secret passcode. She should. Andrew would stand there for years trying combinations. He wouldn't keep track or develop a strategy but just continue trying different combinations and then Kafka would rise from the grave and write a novel about him.
~ Tao Lin
No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
~ John Calvin
Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it.
~ John Climacus
THE MONASTERY GATE was as weak as Finn surmised, the timbers splintering after three strong kicks from Finn's boot. Using his spear as a wedge, he ripped and tore the rotted wood away until there was a large enough hole to pass through. After ducking and looking, he went first, leaping nimbly through the gap. Cnán followed, more readily and eagerly than she had anticipated, and Yasper came close on her heels.
~ Neal Stephenson
Babel is a Biblical term for Babylon. The word is Semitic; Bab means gate and El means Cod, so Babel means 'Gate of God.' But it is probably also somewhat onomatopoeic, imitating someone who speaks in an incomprehensible tongue. The Bible is full of puns.
~ Neal Stephenson
Their morning training was interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a plainly dressed man. Lugo, the youngest initiate at the chapter house, noticed him first and nearly received a blow to the head as a result of his inattention. Shouting at the rest of the men to stop their drill, Andreas glared at the man who was standing inside the chapter house gate. "How might we assist you?" he called across the yard, more than a little annoyed at the interruption.
~ Neal Stephenson
She didn't really know the speech of Beedles and so she made it as simple as she could: "I am Death," she said. "Now, which one of us is going to open the gate?
~ Neal Stephenson
I am Death," she said. "Now, which one of us is going to open the gate?
~ Neal Stephenson
The gate, which had been securely locked, stood open in welcome. Everything seemed to be welcoming him. A sense of peace began to steal into his heart. A part of him wanted to sit on one of the benches and soak in the atmosphere.
~ Christine Feehan
The gate, which had been securely locked, stood open in welcome. Everything seemed to be welcoming him. A sense of peace began to steal into his heart.
~ Christine Feehan
The gate will swing open in welcome for the man who is destined to become the love of the eldest child's life.
~ Christine Feehan
he's seen too much violence, too many terrible things, and it's pulled him deeper and deeper into darkness. When I'm close to him I can feel that. He stands like a guardian in front of some evil, malevolent gate and holds monsters at bay so the rest of us can go about our lives and never know we were even threatened.
~ Christine Feehan