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Graves Quotes - Page 6

I don't find life unbearably grave. I find it almost intolerably frivolous.

Sebastian Faulks (2007). “Engleby: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

Till the master of all good workmen shall set us to work anew.

Rudyard Kipling (2015). “The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated): 5 Novels & 440+ Short Stories, Complete Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings (Kim, The Jungle Book, The Man Who Would Be King, Land and Sea Tales, Captain Courageous…)”, p.4626, e-artnow

There's no jealousy in the grave.

Rudyard Kipling (2015). “Complete Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling: 25 Illustrated Collections: 440+ Tales in One Volume – Ultimate Short Story Collection: Plain Tales from the Hills, Soldier’s Three, The Jungle Book, The Phantom ‘Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories, Land and Sea Tales…”, p.3352, e-artnow

The grave Is but the threshold of eternity.

Robert Southey (1799). “Poems”, p.30

Without water the desert is nothing but a grave.

Mildred Cable, Francesca French (1944). “The Gobi Desert”

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

The Education of Henry Adams ch. 6 (1907)

The tomb in Palestine Is not the porch of spirits lingering. It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay.

Wallace Stevens (2012). “The Emperor of Ice-Cream and Other Poems”, p.11, Courier Corporation

When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred.

Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.772, Delphi Classics

Vampires have risen from the dead, the grave, and the crypt, but have never managed it from the cat.

Terry Pratchett, Jacqueline Simpson (2008). “The Folklore of Discworld”, Doubleday UK

You will fail and I’ll dance on your grave. (Apollymi)

Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.10, Macmillan

Peace is in the grave.

'Prometheus Unbound' (1820) act 1, l. 638

Love is cruel as the grave.

Ouida (2016). “Signa”, p.529, Ouida

I shall be as secret as the grave.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1749). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by mr. Motteux. Ozell”, p.230