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Dove Quotes

It is because I dove into the abyss that I am beginning to love the abyss I am made of.

Clarice Lispector (1988). “The Passion According to G.H.”, p.139, U of Minnesota Press

I dove on those papers like Sherlock Holmes on a cappuccino binge.

Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.86, Scholastic Inc.

In Washington they have their hawks and doves and in Ottawa we have our parrots.

Tommy Douglas' remarks on Canadians policy on the Vietnam War during a debate at the House of Commons, February 13, 1967.

Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings?

Alexander Pope (1840). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, A Life of the Author ...”, p.249

I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, "Godfather I" and "Godfather II," and "Lonesome Dove".

"Robert Duvall Shines in the No Spin Zone". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. June 23, 2006.

It's the hour when night breaks away from the day, my dove, let me go.

Jean Genet (1994). “The Balcony”, p.33, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love.

Song: Dance Me To The End Of Love, Album: Various Positions, 1984

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

Larry McMurtry (2010). “Lonesome Dove: A Novel”, p.123, Simon and Schuster

No doves come from ravens’ eggs

Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.84, Pan Macmillan

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

"The Big Bang Theory: The Proton Regeneration". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2017.

As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves.

Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.869, Delphi Classics

The smallest worm will turn being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.

William Shakespeare, John D. Cox, Eric Rasmussen (2001). “King Henry VI Part 3: Third Series”, p.233, Cengage Learning EMEA