Quotes about sandpaper

A collection of quotes on the topic of sandpaper.

Quotes about sandpaper

“God went out of me
as if the sea dried up like sandpaper, as if the sun
became a latrine.
God went out of my fingers.
They became stone.
My body became a side of mutton
and despair roamed the slaughterhouse.”

Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States

Source: The Awful Rowing Toward God

God , Sun , Sea , Despair

“Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.”

Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now

Suffering

“There were many seas. The sea roared like a tiger. The sea whispered in your ear like a friend telling you secrets. The sea clinked like small change in a pocket. The sea thundered like avalanches. The sea hissed like sandpaper working on wood. The sea sounded like someone vomiting. The sea was dead silent.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 78, p. 239

Secret , Change , Sea , Dead