Ebbed Quotes

#1. She knew she'd wounded him when he'd least expected it, and her satisfaction lasted until the door had closed behind him. Once he was gone, it ebbed away along with her anger, leaving her with naught but the ashes and embers of a dying hearth fire.

Sharon Kay Penman

#2. When the search for pleasure becomes obsessive, it holds us in thrall and keeps us from experiencing other satisfactions. Joy, on the other hand, increases our pleasure and helps us find fulfilment in any number of things, even at those times of life when physical pleasure has ebbed.

Pope Francis

#3. A joy without object or reason rose within him, but like all such joys ebbed into frustration almost immediately because he did not know how to express it.

John Clellon Holmes

#4. Like daffodils in the early days of spring, my neurons were resprouting receptors as the winter of the illness ebbed.

Susannah Cahalan

#5. After all, our souls are not judged by the sins we accumulate in life, but by the love we take with us after our life has ebbed away.

Alexandrea Weis

#6. Christmas, so long looming over everyone's head, finally surged up, buried everyone alive and ebbed away, leaving its victims distinctly cross.

Angela Thirkell

#7. As British and French imperialism ebbed following the end of the Second World War, America became the main outside player in Arab affairs.

Stephen Kinzer

#8. A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away.

Caroline Norton

#9. There was an end to weeping. Mourning, however, ebbed and surged but never ceased flowing.

Julius Lester

#10. The pain of having been so openly rejected was always with him. But now, like the tide, it ebbed and flowed. At times it flowed up to his feet, at other times it withdrew far away, so far away he could barely detect it.

Haruki Murakami

#11. I love you, Emma, to the moon and stars," he whispered as his sobs ebbed.
"I love you beyond the moon and all its glory. I love you brighter than the stars could ever burn in the sky, brat," I answered back.

Amelia Hutchins

#12. The frailty of the world was no longer just a thought in the back of everyone's mind, it had pillaged its way to the forefront. The ides of war ebbed the small rough stones of hope from shore and vomited back terror, smooth and refined.

Michael Polaski

#13. Library? That sounded reasonable. As my thoughts revolved around my days surrounded by books, something miraculous happened. My anger subsided. It ebbed away as the thoughts of books, pages, and comfort entered my head.

Rebecca Maizel

#14. Strength ebbed and flowed, but brittle would break.

Shelley Noble

#15. Liraz snorted, caught off guard, and the tension between them ebbed away. I'm sorry if my almost dying interrupted your almost kissing.

Laini Taylor

#16. Life is not simple, and therefore history, which is past life, is not simple.

David Shannon

#17. I recently finished a job, an HBO movie 'Getting On,' a very dark comedy. It comes from a British series of the same name. In this role I have no hair, no make up and no nails. I play a very small role; she is not over the top and sassy.

Niecy Nash

#18. Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.

Benjamin Franklin

#19. look at the world with quiet eyes.

Sharon Salzberg

#20. The republic which sinks to sleep, trusting to constitutions and machinery, to politicians and statesmen, for the safety of its liberties, never will have any.

Wendell Phillips