(399 quotes found)
“Tears are a river that takes you somewhere…Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off dry ground, carrying it downriver to someplace better.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he was greatly admired by his fellow citizens for having discovered a wonderful innovation on changing a diaper.”
Damon Runyon
“A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash”
Puzant Kevork Thomajan
“There was a knight came riding by / In early spring, when the roads were dry; / And he heard that lady sing at the noon, / Two red roses across the moon.”
William Morris
“I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul.”
Alec Waugh
“Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food”
Welsh Proverb
“Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.”
P. D. James
“The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.”
Carolyn Wells
“Leopards break into the temple and drink the sacrificial chalices dry; this occurs repeatedly, again and again; finally it can be reckoned upon beforehand and becomes part of the ceremony”
Franz Kafka
“Have you not a moist eye, a dry hand, a yellow cheek, a white beard, a decreasing leg, an increasing belly? Is not your voice broken, your wind short, your chin double, your wit single, and every part about you blasted with antiquity?”
William Shakespeare
