“Demanding perfection from an imperfect being is such a cruel irony of our world.” — Yuvraj Sandhu Copy Share Image
Cruelty depends on an understanding of cruelty, and the ability to choose against it. Or to choose to ignore it. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, the world is not that sophisticated. A lot of it is very crude, cruel, and barbaric. — Rick Owens Copy Share Image
The camera is just a machine, which records with impressive and as a rule very cruel faithfulness. — James Agee Copy Share Image
Bounds should be set To ingenuity for being so cruel In bringing change unheralded on the unready. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
The most cruel happening in ones life is the rejection of love. It happens in different patterns in men and women. — Vinod Copy Share Image
This affliction--hope--is so cruel and stubborn, I believe it will kill me — Patricia McCormick Copy Share Image
“I was often forced to whip him, which some men do not mind doing and which in fact some enjoy doing, but… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
“I realized the Fates really were cruel... For the rest of my life I would be thinking about her. She would always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Philosophically I am, or at least have been, a follower of Sartre. I am very interested in the choices we make, or… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
Society's mores have changed, and what used to be thought not to be cruel and unusual now is thought to be cruel… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel. It is inexorable as the tides, and life and death alike follow… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
“Sooner or later I will be faced with the fact that the world is helpless to meet my needs. And at that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“This wasn’t romance. This was a hardcore Master out and out driving her to the upper level of madness, where her body… — Joey W. Hill Copy Share Image
Unwind my riddle.Cruel as hawks the hours fly;Wounded men seldom come home to die;The hard waves see an arm flung high;Scorn hits… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
“between the disfigurement and the muzzle, it's nearly impossible to catch what she's saying. Always, though, while tripping and stumbling to the… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“You've been pinning for him these last three years, God knows why. Admittedly he's gorgeous, but you're hardly the type to be… — Anne Stuart Copy Share Image
“Anyone who looked more white folkish than herself was better than she was in her criteria, therefore it was right that they… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
“The world is a cruel mother, a matron of darkness, selfishness, greed, and misery. For most, their time suckling at her breast… — Ed McDonald Copy Share Image
Nature is not cruel, only pitilessly indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
They send a person who can never stay," she whispered. "Who can never accept my offer of companionship for more than a… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Yeah. He looked like a cat who'd found his favorite mouse wounded or something. It was eerie. And he started to make… — Tijan Copy Share Image
It's difficult to admit to ourselves that we suffer. We feel humiliated, like we should have been able to control our pain.… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
