Dry Quotes - Page 8
He will hear the rain before he feels it, a clicking on the dry grass, on the olive leaves.
Michael Ondaatje (2011). “The English Patient”, p.295, A&C Black
Louis L'Amour (2004). “The Quick and the Dead”, p.31, Bantam
In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
John Muir (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of John Muir (Illustrated)”, p.2068, Delphi Classics
Dry your eyes O dry your eyes, For I was taught in Paradise To ease my breast of melodies.
'Shed no tear - O shed no tear' (written 1819)
The dry grasses are not dead for me. A beautiful form has as much life at one season as another.
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2216, Delphi Classics
I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.
Ellen Glasgow (2015). “The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields”, p.137, The Floating Press
Lucy was using my blanket to dry the dishes. We now have very secure dishes!
"Fictional character: Linus van Pelt". "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, February 20, 1964.