sand Quotes

Our days consist of sand and water and sweat.

“I can’t seem to keep my heart from leaking out of the cracks, like sand clutched in a fist.”

“I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand.”

“I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand.”

“But all these human beings together are as a handful of sand upon the ocean shores, and for the most part there is silence and solitude and an uninterrupted way of life for the wild animals that abound there...”

At the Seaside When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me To dig the sandy shore, My holes were empty like a cup, In every hole the sea came up Till it could come no more

“When we got home, we had sand in the hair, In the eyes and the ears and everywhere; Whenever a good nor’ wester blows, Christopher is found with Sand-between-the-toes.”

“From Franklin Hyde’s adventure, lean to pass your Leisure Time In Cleanly Merriment, and turn From Mud and Ooze and Slime And Every form of Nastiness- But, on the other hand, Children in ordinary Dress May always play with Sand.”