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“From the Sun I learned this: when he goes down, overrich; he pours gold into the sea out of inexhaustible riches, so that even the poorest fisherman still rows with golden oars. For this I once saw and I did not tire of my tears as I watched it.”

Stills Compassion Sun Saws Sea Tears Gold Riches Golden Tire Poorest Fisherman Oar

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“Among the rain and lights I saw the figure 5 in gold on a red firetruck moving tense unheeded to gong clangs siren howls and wheels rumbling through the dark city.”

Light Moving Dark Cities Saws Figures Red Rain Gold Wheels Tense Howl Sirens Gongs Dark City

Book:The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams

Source: The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams

“The bin Laden I met each time was in a simple Saudi white robe, with a simple, cheap kafiya and very cheap plastic sandals. But a videotape released before September 11, which I saw on Lebanese television, had him in a gold embroidered robe. When I saw this, I thought, whoa, has this guy changed? I wouldn't have imagined him ever appearing in such golden robes when I met him.”

Guy Simple White Saws Changed Television Mets Gold Golden Plastic September This Guy Bin Laden September 11 Appearing Saudis Robes Sandals Lebanese

Author:Robert Fisk

“When I saw this Broken Kilometer, it reminded me of these 1,000 Buddhas. That piece is 1,000 one-meter gold rods, and this is 1,000 pieces of gold gilded wooden sculpture. In terms of design, it's up to the space's character.”

Character Term Space Saws Pieces Design Broken Gold Sculpture Meter Gilded

Author:Hiroshi Sugimoto

“Bastian had climbed a dune of purplish-red sand and all around him he saw nothing but hill after hill of every imaginable color. Each hill revealed a shade or tint that occured in no other. The nearest was cobalt blue, another was saffron yellow, then came crimson red, then indigo, apple green, sky blue, orange, peach, mauve, turquoise blue, lilac, moss green, ruby red, burnt umber, Indian yellow, vermillion, lapis lazuli, and so on from horizon to horizon. And between the hill, separating color from color, flowed streams of gold and silver sand.”

Saws Sky Color Red Gold Blue Green Hills Indian Streams Apples Sand Silver Horizon Shade Yellow Orange Moss Separating Peaches Crimson Rubies Gold And Silver Lilac Indigo Turquoise Saffron Cobalt

Author:Michael Ende

“As we crossed the Colorado-Utah border I saw God in the sky in the form of huge gold sunburning clouds above the desert that seemed to point a finger at me and say, "Pass here and go on, you're on the road to heaven.”

Form Heaven Saws Sky Huge Goes On Gold Fingers Clouds Desert Borders Colorado Utah

Book:Road Novels 1957-1960

Source: Road Novels 1957-1960

“Harry was speeding toward the ground when the crowd saw him clap his hand to his mouth as though he was going to be sick-he hit the field on all fours-coughed-and something gold fell into his hand. 'I've got the snitch!' he shouted, waving it above his head, and the game ended in complete confusion. 'He didn't catch it, he nearly swalloed it,' Flint was still howling twenty minutes later, but it made no difference-Harry hadn't broken any rules and Lee Jordan was still happily shouting the results-Gryffindor had won by 170 points to 60.”

Made Stills Hands Games Differences Results Saws Minutes Fields Broken Mouths Gold Sick Twenties Crowds Confusion Jordan Shouting Speeding Fours Gryffindor Snitch

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Richard...," Julie said, staring down at the open jewelry case in her hand. Inside was an ornate, heart-shaped locket supported by a gold chain. "It's beautiful. But... why? I mean, what's the occasion?" "No occasion. I just saw it and, well... I liked it. Or rather, I thought of you and knew you should have it.”

Should Wells Heart Mean Said Hands Beautiful Cases Saws Gold Should Have Chains Occasions Staring Jewelry Thoughts Of You

Author:Nicholas Sparks

“She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight.”

Voice Sun Saws Tree Thousand Roots Gold Breaths Embrace Delight Dust Branches Bees Breeze Visiting Ecstatic Shiver Arches Pears Soaking Eyes Watching

Book:Their Eyes Were Watching God

Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God

“Chronicler picked up his pen, but before he could dip it, Kvothe held up a hand. "Let me say one thing before I start. I've told stories in the past, painted pictures with words, told hard lies and harder truths. Once, I sang colors to a blind man. Seven hours I played, but at the end he said he saw them, green and red and gold. That, I think, was easier than this. Trying to make you understand her with nothing more than words. You have never seen her, never heard her voice. You cannot know.”

Thinking Knows Men Trying Said Ends Hard Stories Hands Past Lying Voice Hours Saws One Thing Heard Color Easier Red Gold Let Me Harder Blind Green Seven Pens Dip Blind Man Kvothe

Author:Patrick Rothfuss

“When most people looked at Josie Tyrell, they only saw a certain collection of bones, a selection of forms filling space. But Michael saw past the mouth and the eyes, the architecture of the body, her fleshly masquerade. Other boys were happy enough to enjoy the show, they just wanted to be entertained in the body's shadow theater. But Michael had to come backstage. He went down into the mines, into the dark, and brought up the gold, your new self, a better self. But what good was it if he was just going to leave her behind?”

“Good fences make good neighbors, and these were apparently good enough that they had not felt the need for razor wire at the top. I crested the fence, threw myself into the yard beyond, fell, rolled to my feet, and ran with the expectation of being garroted by a taut clothesline. I heard panting, looked down, and saw a gold retriever running at my side, ears flapping. The dog glanced up at me tongue rolling, grinning, as though jazzed by the prospect of an unscheduled play session.”

Source: The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd

“And how did little Tim behave?” asked Mrs Cratchit, when she had rallied Bob on his credulity and Bob had hugged his daughter to his heart’s content. “As good as gold,” said Bob, “and better. Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see.”

Source: Charles Dickens: The Complete Christmas Books and Stories [A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, A Christmas Tree, The Cricket on the Hearth, etc] (Book House)

“These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible as grains of gold among the sand, and in moments of depression she saw nothing but the sand; yet there were brighter moments when she felt nothing but joy, saw nothing but the gold.”

Moments Joy Felt Saws Gold Sand Grain Brighter Trifling

Book:ANNA KARENINA

Source: ANNA KARENINA

“I remember a story of a girl in Paradise who ate an apple once. Some wise Sapient gave it to her. Because of it she saw things differently. What had seemed gold coins were dead leaves. Rich clothes were rags of cobweb. And she saw there was a wall around the world, with a locked gate.”

World Stories Remember Girl Rich Saws Wise Wall Clothes Gold Around The World Paradise Apples Gates Locked Coins Rags Cobwebs Gold Coins

Author:Catherine Fisher

“I left the jutra to chop wood. I began my walk through the snow, five kilometers to the tree line. That's when I saw it. A tiny silver of gold appeared between shades of gray on the horizon. I stared at the amber band of sunlight, smiling. The sun had returned. I closed my eyes. I felt Andrius moving close. "I'll see you," he said. "Yes, I will see you," I whispered "I will." I reached into my pocket and squeezed the stone.”

Said Eye Moving Left Felt Lines Walks Sun Five Saws Tree Band Stones Gold Woods Tiny Snow Pockets Silver Horizon Gray Shade Sunlight Amber Shades Of Gray

Author:Ruta Sepetys

“Have you ever been anyone's?" "No. And you?" "I've never wanted to." "Neither have I. Until I saw this lovely girl in Seattle, with big gold eyes, and pink, full lips... and I wondered if she could understand me.”

Ifs Bigs Eye Wanted Girl Saws Gold Lips Lovely Seattle Understand Me Lovely Girl

Author:Katy Evans

“I looked up and saw my flag. But I didn't hear my anthem. The quotation above from 6 ft 4 inch, 286 pound Silver Medalist Ghaffari (who broke down in tears on the medal stand) summed up his disappointment after an overtime loss to Aleksandr Karelin of Russia. A win would have given Ghaffari not only the Olympic gold medal but also his first victory over Karelin, something of which he has literally dreamed about after 20 meets between the two. Karelin dominates international competition in the sport.”

Firsts Two Winning Given Sports Loss Saws Tears Victory Gold Competition International Disappointment Russia Broke Silver Pounds Flags Inches Quotations Medal Gold Medals Anthem

Author:Matt Ghaffari