Quotes of: Climbs Keyword

Maybe I can climb one of those," Simon said, eyeing the fat white pillars that held up the slanted roof of the Hall. Runes were carved on them in overlapping patterns, but otherwise there were no visible handholds. "Work off steam that way." "Oh, com...

City of Glass

He turned to take one last look at the Old People’s Home that – until a few moments ago – he had thought would be his last residence on Earth, and then he told himself that he could die some other time, in some other place. The hundred-year-old...

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

A poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit, Dumb As old medallions to the thumb, Silent as the sleeve-worn stone Of casement ledges where the moss has grown— A poem should be wordless As the flight of birds. A poem should be motionless in...

Collected Poems, 1917-1982

When the horror recedes and the world resumes its normal shape, you cannot forget it. You have seen what is "really" there, the empty horror that exists when the consoling illusion of our mundane experience is stripped away, so you can never respond ...

The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

My mother, who is a pianist and a fine artist, purchased a piano for me. Twice. This was back when I was a small girl. Pianos, of course, came complete with the quintessential piano teacher who whacked my hand with a stick each time I struck the wron...

C. JoyBell C.

You can only rise so far by climbing on others’ shoulders, you know.

Culpa Innata

Fear is a vile thing, and is at the bottom of almost every wrong and hatred of the world.

Emily Climbs

[Ilse] was suffering so keenly that she wanted to arraign the universe at the bar of her pain.

Emily Climbs

I'm very close in age to my older brother, and we had a field at the end of the road where we could run around, climb trees, play football.

James Bay

I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin.

Marcia Gay Harden

It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.

Roger Bannister

Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.

Kilimanjaro and Beyond

There is wisdom in climbing mountains... For they teach us how truly small we are.

The Wretched of Muirwood

I'd say my best memory was climbing Mt. Fuji, and the worst memory was... trying to fit my feet into the free giveaway slippers at Japanese schools.

Bruce Feiler

Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.

Natalie du Toit

We can't afford to go lose two, three in a row. We've got to keep climbing and getting wins.

Saku Koivu

I take all day to climb mountains and then spend about 10 minutes at the top admiring the view.

Sebastian Thrun

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

Lenny Kravitz

Success is likened to a deep pit, you have to jump in to get it, then you'll need a ladder of grace to climb out to enjoy it.

Michael Bassey Johnson

Cut your big mountain into smaller hills, and then start to climb. Before you know it, you're done!

Miranda A. Uyeh

For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.

Zong Qinghou