octave QUOTES

1 " I'll get it," said Jough in his man-of-the-house voice, a full octave lower than his regular voice. "

2 " I know all women are supposed to be strong enough now to strangle presidents and patriarchies between their powerful thighs, but it doesn't work that way. Many of us were actually affected, by male systems and male anger, in ways we cannot always articulate or overcome. Sometimes, when the ceiling seems especially low and the past especially close, I think to myself, I did not make it out. I am still there in that place of diminishment, where that voice an octave deeper than mine is telling me what I am. "

― Patricia Lockwood , Priestdaddy

3 " After tidying up, Adela would plunge the rooms into semidarkness by drawing down the linen blinds. All colors immediately fell an octave lower, the room filled with shadows, as if it had sunk to the bottom of the sea and the light was reflected in mirrors of green water–and the heat of the day began to breathe on the blinds as they stirred slightly in their daydreams. "

― Bruno Schulz , The Street of Crocodiles

4 " Octave staggered to his feet, his stick swinging back to point toward Nicholas. He felt a wave of heat and saw spellfire crackle along the length of polished wood, preparing itself for another explosive burst. Crack was moving toward Octave, but Madeline shouted, " Get back!" Nicholas ducked, as a shot exploded behind him. Octave fell backward on the carpet and the blue lightning flared once and vanished with a sharp crackle.Nicholas looked at Madeline. She stepped forward, holding a small double-action revolver carefully and frowning down at the corpse. He said, " I wondered what you were waiting for." " You were in my line of fire, dear," she said, preoccupied. " But look. "

5 " A lost bird appeared in the court and was half an hour jumping around between the spikenard. It sang a progressive note, rising an octave at a time, until it became so acute that it was necessary to imagine it. "

― Gabriel García Márquez , In Evil Hour

6 " Listening to one's self as well as to others is a sacred act of healing. There is a higher octave of listening that hears the wisdom within the words. "

― Cheryl Hamada

7 " The note is the same, I fancy, be the octave high or low. "

― Rebecca Harding Davis , Life in the Iron Mills and Other Stories

8 " Sometimes you finally understand something so profoundly life-changing your whole body starts to tingle. It’s like you’re made of vibrations that just jumped an octave or two. "

― Brownell Landrum , Repercussions: DUET stories Volume IV - Adult Version

9 " After all, Christmastide is the time of year for warming brandies, for assertive burgundies and meaty Medoc wines, and for gladsome whiskies. And an Islay malt: well, this is the octave of St Andrew, and you will doubtless recall that he is not only the patron saint of Alba, of Scotland, but was also a fisherman. How better to toast my favorite apostle (he being all the things I personally am not, starting with humble and self-effacing) than with the sea-salty dram of an Islay whisky? "

― Markham Shaw Pyle

10 " I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the varieties of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust. "