Quicksand Quotes

“But there was, she knew, something else. Happiness, she supposed. Whatever that might be. What, exactly, she wondered, was happiness. Very positively she wanted it.”

“Meditation takes you out of your mind and possibly into the future, negative thoughts are quicksands that keeps you glued to your past.”

“With me, the present is forever, and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life. And when it is gone it is dead. But you can’t start over with each new second. You have to judge by what is dead. It’s like quicksand … hopeless from the start. A story, a picture, can renew sensation a little, but not enough, not enough. Nothing is real except the present, and already, I feel the weight of centuries smothering me. Some girl a hundred years ago once lived as I do. And she is dead. I am the present, but I know I, too, will pass. The high moment, the burning flash, come and are gone, continuous quicksand. And I don’t want to die.”

“Vanity is the quicksand of reason.”

“The Hall Of Fame Is Built On Quicksand”

“Ah, yes, crooked paths often end in quicksand.”

“Most worldly goals for so-called success are soul traps similar to quicksand.”

“Don't let the magic slip away," he says, "or you'll sink into the quicksand of the ordinary.”

“In his mind, the city, as it awoke from its slumber, seemed to be built on quicksand. The stability was illusory.”

“Writing is like trying to escape quicksand. The harder you try the faster you sink.”