"Walk in" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... They partake of the one body. Therefore I cannot rest, until every being, even the smallest possible fragment of existence, is settled down to its proper appointment.... This is the position taken by the Buddha, and we, his humble followers, are but to walk in his wake. Why, then, do we fight at all? Because we do not find this world as it ought to be. Because there are here so many perverted creatures, so many wayward thoughts, so many ill-directed hearts, due to ignorant subjectivity. For this reason Buddhists ...
— "Bethink Yourselves" • Leo Tolstoy
... polished wood, not unlike walnut. The exterior walls under the verandah, as well as the partitions between the other rooms, were simply wooden lattice-work screens, covered with white paper, and sliding in grooves; so that you could walk in or out at any part of the wall you chose, and it was, in like manner, impossible to say whence the next comer would make his appearance. Doors and windows are, by this arrangement, rendered unnecessary, and do not exist. You open ...
— A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' • Annie Allnut Brassey
... never cry, shall I? For they make our guards quail And'twixt curtain and rail, Oft combing their hair, they walk in Fop-Alley. ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. II • Aphra Behn
... Mary wife, such names will handicap the babies from the start. Who can imagine an Ivanora making bread? or an Idelia scrubbing a floor? But, however, if it pleases you, all right, though I do think a sensible Susan or Hannah would be more useful to girls of our walk in life." ...
— Divided Skates • Evelyn Raymond
... shall keep possession of my whole life, of my whole soul. That is the path of duty, and I will walk in it. ...
— The Child of Pleasure • Gabriele D'Annunzio
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