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Grain Quotes - Page 3

When the flood cometh it sweepeth away grain as well as chaff.

When the flood cometh it sweepeth away grain as well as chaff.

Howard Pyle (2015). “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood”, p.29, Booklassic

I can't help but go against the grain, I suppose it is in my fabric to be a rule-breaker.

Interview with Colin Winnette, logger.believermag.com. June 23, 2014.

Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine.

"American Gods". Book by Neil Gaiman, June 19, 2001.

One thought includes all thought, in the sense that a grain of sand includes the universe.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1836). “Letters, Conversations and Recollections”, p.100

The honours system gets to grade people. Graded grains make finer rice.

"Sir Humphrey Reveals His Dusty Springfield Side" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2004.

The pleasure of authenticity exists only against the grain of society.

John Zerzan (2012). “Future Primitive Revisited”, p.91, Feral House

I always listen to records that I've been a part of with a grain of salt.

"Wilco". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. May 7, 2007.

One needs the invented, the spontaneous, the impromptu for ritual. Skepticism, that grain of salt, is inappropriate.

E. M. Broner (1999). “Bringing Home the Light: A Jewish Woman's Handbook of Rituals”, Council Oaks Distribution

Beauty alters the grain of reality.

Donna Tartt (2013). “The Goldfinch”, p.574, Hachette UK