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“How flat all sounds are at the seaside, flat and yet emphatic, like the sound of gunshots heard at a distance.”

Sound Heard Distance Flats Gunshots

Book:The Sea

Source: The Sea

“A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly, Till, wafted by a gentle breeze, They faint and languish by degrees, And at a distance die.”

Dies Sound Thousand Degrees Distance Circles Gentle Breeze Airy Languish Trill

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Joseph Addison (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Joseph Addison (Illustrated)

“He sounds like someone who might best be loved from a distance.”

Might Sound Women Distance

Author:Amy Dickinson

“I closed my eyes and listened to the occasional chirps of tiny birds hidden in the trees around us, the bubbling of water over rocks down below, cicadas rattling a chorus off in the distance. All sounds of the world carrying on like it always had. So much could change or be lost, and still, the rest of the world went on like it was nothing. It didn't seem wrong, but it didn't seem right either. I'd gone on today like it was nothing. I'd laughed and felt happy and forgotten for a little while that this was now a world without my brother in it.”

World Littles Stills Seems Eye Today Lost Felt Sound Water Gone Tree Rocks Brother Bird Distance Forgotten Tiny My Brother Laughed Occasional Chorus Carrying On Cicadas

Author:Jessi Kirby

“There's a very old recording maxim that goes, 'Distance makes depth.' I've used that a hell of a lot-whether it's tracking guitars or the whole band. People are used to close-miking amps, but I'd have a mic out around the back, as well, and then balance the two. Also, you shouldn't have to use EQ in the studio if the instruments sound right. You should be able to get the right tones simply with the science of microphone placement.”

People Ifs Should Wells Two Whole Use Able Used Sound Hell Balance Band Instruments Distance Depth Guitar Studios Tone Maxims Microphones Mics Tracking Placement

Author:Jimmy Page

“Some men at the approach of a dispute neigh like horses. Unless there be an argument, they think nothing is doing. Some talkers excel in the precision with which they formulate their thoughts, so that you get from them somewhat to remember; others lay criticism asleep by a charm. Especially women use words that are not words,--as steps in a dance are not steps,--but reproduce the genius of that they speak of; as the sound of some bells makes us think of the bell merely, whilst the church chimes in the distance bring the church and its serious memories before us.”

Thinking Men Use Remember Speak Sound Church Memories Steps Serious Genius Approach Argument Criticism Horse Lays Distance Charm Bells Disputes Precision Talkers Chimes

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A melancholy sound is in the air, A deep sigh in the distance, a shrill wail Around my dwelling. 'Tis the Wind of night.”

Night Sound Air Wind Distance Melancholy Sigh Dwelling

Author:William C. Bryant

“Sound-- That stealeth ever on the ear of him Who, musing, gazeth on the distance dim, And sees the darkness coming as a cloud-- Is not its form--its voice--most palpable and loud?”

Form Sound Voice Darkness Ears Distance Clouds Loud Musings

Book:Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales

Source: Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales

“Between highway sounds I heard waves and thought how the curve of the coastline here had sheltered and nurtured live-born sharks, humans, and migrating whales. Here, at the edge of the continent, time and distance stopped; in the lull between sets of waves I could get a fresh start.”

Humans Sound Born Heard Ocean Distance Wave Edges Continents Curves Highways Sharks Whales Fresh Start Lulls Coastline Time And Distance

Author:Gretel Ehrlich

“the whistle of the old steam trains ... could conjure up visions of bleak distances with one solitary wail.”

Sound Vision Distance Train Solitary Steam Bleak

Book:Introducing Hamish Macbeth: Mysteries #1-3: Death of a Gossip, Death of a Cad, and Death of an Outsider Omnibus

Source: Introducing Hamish Macbeth: Mysteries #1-3: Death of a Gossip, Death of a Cad, and Death of an Outsider Omnibus

“From a building right in front of my windows, I can observe the speed of the sunrises and sunsets. The voices of children playing, laughing, yelling, and crying on the playground crawl up to the eighth floor, where I write. Their voices sound so innocent from a distance.”

Writing Children I Can Sound Voice Laughing Fronts Cry Building Window Distance Speed Innocent Sunset Sunrise Yelling Playgrounds Children Playing Sunrise And Sunset

Author:Andrea Hirata

“Our senses perceive no extreme. Too much sound deafens us; too much light dazzles us; too great distance or proximity hinders ourview. Too great length and too great brevity of discourse tends to obscurity; too much truth is paralyzing.... In short, extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them.”

Light Truth Sound Too Much Truth Is Distance Extremes Senses Perceive Length Discourse Moderation Obscurity Hinder Brevity Proximity Dazzle

Author:Blaise Pascal

“Newton's theory is not 'not right', it just does not cover all distances. Contrary to popular belief, theories in science are not proven wrong, they are just replaced by more complete and convenient theories. To sound provocative, even the geocentric theory was never "proven" wrong, it is just not as convenient as the heliocentric theory, since it requires endless epicycles.”

Doe Science Belief Sound Theory Mathematics Distance Contrary Endless Replaced Proven Convenient Newton Provocative Contrary To Popular Belief Proven Wrong

Author:Nathan Seiberg

“Feminists are now being vilified in politics, erdogan used to speak more embracingly, saying he was the leader of everyone, whether they voted for him or not. He sounds as if he puts a distance between himself and half the nation.”

Ifs Used Politics Speak Nations Sound Half Leader Distance Feminist Erdogan

Author:Elif Safak