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The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs. -- Voltaire
The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth. -- Gaston Bachelard
The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past. -- Mary Webb
During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland. -- Augusto Pinochet
The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or pessimistic spirit drags men down and away from God, looks on the dark side, murmurs, complains, and is slow to yield obedience. -- Orson F. Whitney
The sand murmurs that it wants to swallow everything. -- Gao Xingjian
He murmurs near the running brooks A music sweeter than their own. -- William Wordsworth
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge. -- Martial
Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes. -- Richard Steele
The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears its truth. -- Gaston Bachelard
But memory is an autumn leaf that murmurs a while in the wind and then is heard no more. -- Khalil Gibran
As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us. -- Oliver Goldsmith
Cease speaking of enemies when an achievement can kindle a great light. Solitude will transmit the message better than the murmurs of crowds. -- Nicholas Roerich
I wish I could help you" I whisper. You are," he murmurs against my knee. "just dont leave me, okay? Everyone leaves me. -- Simone Elkeles
You can't be real," Delilah murmurs. "Says who?" I ask. "Did you really think that a story exists only when you're reading it? -- Jodi Picoult
And when life's sweet fable ends, soul and body part like friends; no quarrels, murmurs, no delay; a kiss, a sigh, and so away. -- Richard Crashaw
How happy I would be if I could give figurative expression to the unconscious feeling that often murmurs so softly and sweetly within me. -- Paula Modersohn-Becker
You own a piece of me," he murmurs as he holds me afterward. "Good," I tell him. "And just so you know" I'm never giving it back. -- Simone Elkeles
Nothin'," Alex says. "We'll talk later, chica. It's not a big deal." "Don't chica me, Alex," his bride snaps. "I think she's gonna deck him," Ben murmurs, amused. -- Simone Elkeles
A crown! what is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people! To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents, And sink beneath a load of splendid care! -- Hannah More
Fate sits on these dark battlements and frowns, And as the portal opens to receive me, A voice in hollow murmurs through the courts Tells of a nameless deed. -- Ann Radcliffe
In retirement, the passage of time seems accelerated. Nothing warns us of its flight. It is a wave which never murmurs, because there is no obstacle to its flow. -- Sophie Swetchine
I love you, he murmurs. Can you feel that? You. Not some destiny I think I'm called to. You. I'm with you. My strength. My soul. My heart. Feel it. -- Cynthia Hand
Whoever has known the love of God loves the whole world and never murmurs against his fate, for the burden of sorrow for the sake of God gains eternal joy. -- Silouan the Athonite
I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs. -- Suzanne Collins
Meraa mitra yahaan aaiye," he murmurs. I understand only a little Hindi, enough to know what he has said: Come here, my friend. I've never known a braver girl," he says. -- Libba Bray
I dressed to their murmurs in the other room, their voices soft but strained, and I wondered if men ever talked like this, if their sorrows ever spilled into these secret cadences. -- Esmeralda Santiago
See how that pair of billing doves With open murmurs own their loves And, heedless of censorious eyes, Pursue their unpolluted joys: No fears of future want molest The downy quiet of their nest. -- Mary Wortley Montagu
I'm gonna miss you," Brianna says. "I'm gonna miss you too, baby," Angelo murmurs. For Pete's sake. It's not like she's leaving on a trip around the world. She's only headed to homeroom. -- Jodi Picoult

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