Because all the waters of the ocean won't fill a bucket with a hole in it. And that's their fall, and that's their fellowship. Desire. The hole in the bucket: the gulf of yearning into which the soul empties itself.

Mike Carey
Some Similar Quotes
  1. All words are pegs to hang ideas on. - Henry Ward Beecher

  2. A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. - Anonymous

  3. No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake.... - Alexander Trocchi

  4. Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon. - Joseph Bruchac

  5. A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping. - Jennifer Donnelly

More Quotes By Mike Carey
  1. I think a friend is someone who helps you change for the better. And whether you see them once a day or once a year, if it's a true friend, it doesn't matter.

  2. Because all the words in the world won't do much good if they're just rattling around in your head.

  3. He said that things could be different in Little Rock, if only the right people could find their voice. I wanted to be on of those people.

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