Quotes About Sands

The sea was wet as wet could be, The sands were dry as dry. You could not see a cloud, because No cloud was in the sky: No birds were flying overhead - There were no birds to fly.

The nocturnal glory of being great without being anything! The sombre majesty of splendours no one knows… And I suddenly experience the sublime feeling of a monk in the wilderness or of a hermit in his retreat, acquainted with the substance of Christ in the sands and in the caves of withdrawal from the world.

The red sands of Marrakesh, sprawling at the foot of the Atlas like a wounded Leviathan....

The Buddha said that responding to email and Twitter is like sweeping the sands from the banks of the Ganges River." "The Buddha said that?" "Well, maybe not. But the point remains the same. Some tasks are impossible, even if you are a Buddha. Even if you have eleven heads and a thousand arms.

For now my grief is heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life.

My lungs taste the air of Time Blown past falling sands….

For now my grief is heavier than the sands of the seas... This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life.

For now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas

There's something wrong with the baby. I need you here, but not if he isn't out of commission. Go cut his head off or something." "What?" Valerie asked with disbelief. "Who do you think I am? The Queen of Hearts?" "No, if you were you'd already have cut his head off," Leigh snapped and then groaned in agony.

One of the things Lissianna had learned through the centuries was that there was nothing more dangerous than a zealot.

At a certain point memory becomes a beach strewn with landmines, all life's many losses buried in those sands.

Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; sands make the mountain, moments make the year, and trifles, life. Your care to trifles give, else you may die ere you have learned to live.

The sands of time are quicksands, said Adam One. So much can sink into them without a trace. And what a blessing when those things that sink away are needless worries.

A storm came chasing the sky away. And virgin sands Drank all the water of the evening woods, God's wind blew icicles into the ponds; As I wept I saw gold,- and could not drink. - Delirium II - Alchemy of the Word

I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands in 'Macbeth.'

They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.

Vacation: Two weeks on the sunny sands - and the rest of the year on the financial rocks.

Vacation: Two weeks on the sunny sands — and the rest of the year on the financial rocks.

In a heartbeat, he understands why religions are born on the sands – there is nothing here for a man but his own mind.

The sands of time are quicksands ... so much can sink into them without a trace.

At ebb time—a time which must come to all, pretty or rich, treasures are discovered upon some shores; or golden sands are seen when the waters run low. In others bare rocks, slime, or reptiles. May I never be at low tide with a bore!

Until the Desert knowsThat Water growsHis Sands sufficeBut let him once suspectThat Caspian FactSahara dies.

'Elixir' means magical potion, so I wanted to depict the kind of bottle that was used in ancient times, but that looked modern and chic as well. I also wanted it to have a golden tint to evoke the memories of sands and sunsets.

In this crisis we praise you for Jesus, the high and safe Rock, the ultimate trustworthy foundation for any and every storm of life (Matt. 7:24–27). Thank you for rescuing us from building our lives on all kinds of shifting sands.