The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character. — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
“In the haunted shade of the Ateneo, her hands wrote a curse on my skin that was to hound me for years.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
Is it every man and woman's curse to want it all and only get ten percent of it? Or do we ask… — Lorna Landvik Copy Share Image
The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“the war seemed a curse. But now it's a blessing, because it brought you to me.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart. — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Every man knows that slavery is a curse. Whoever denies this, his lips libel his heart. — Theodore Dwight Weld Copy Share Image
“With meat you consume an animal's fear and curse at the time it gets slaughtered. Beware the silent curse of the unspeaking.” — RESHMA CHEKNATH UMESH Copy Share Image
Joseph is the wearisomest and self-righteous Pharisee who ever ransacked the Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
“And then--with the curse, or, in this case, blessing, of the unpopular, the unathletic, the overweight, the strange--they vanished like shadows into… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
My lord," catherine asked,her eyes wide, "do you think that has anything to do with the Ramsay curse?" "Actually, that hadn't occurred… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
But blast the man, with curses loud and deep, Whate'er the rascal's name, or age, or station, Who first invented, and went… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
How you humans survive so much experience is something I shall never understand. To do so much and react to it all… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
The 'Hemingway curse' was such a huge, awful thing for me to have to deal with. . . . The reality is,… — Mariel Hemingway Copy Share Image
I curse in everyday life, but usually when I stub my toe. The topics I'm discussing, it's not necessary to curse. I… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“I need you, Desari. I was empty without you. And that kind of emptiness eats away at you, consumes you until your… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
I don't think that my lyrics are over-laced with profanity, because I myself don't speak using a lot of profanity in normal… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
In the mirrors of the many judgments, my hands are the color of blood. I sometimes fancy myself an evil which exists… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
Rude poets of the tavern hearth, squandering your unquoted mirth, which keeps the ground, and never soars, while jake retorts, and reuben… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“He leans forward, resting his forehead against mine. I feel his breath on my skin as he exhales a deep breath. "I'm… — Meg Kassel Copy Share Image
“I really do like curses. They can’t fail, that’s the beauty of them. Any bad thing that happens to either boy, from… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
If being a werewolf is really a curse, you've got to treat it honorably. If werewolves are going to carry on, there… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
The mark of Cain is stamped upon our foreheads. Across the centuries, our brother Abel was lain in blood which we drew,… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
Depression made my life more worse, it was just like a damn curse.. — Chasity Morgan Copy Share Image
Enjoy your life. No curse hangs over you, nor did it ever. No devil chases after your soul. Sing and dance and… — Christopher Pike Copy Share Image
The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Gratitude leads to happiness. Conversely, lack of gratitude is the curse of the unhappy. — Konosuke Matsushita Copy Share Image
Respect your curses, for they are the instruments of your destiny. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation. — Rudolf Virchow Copy Share Image
If you have something about yourself that's different, you're lucky. It's not a curse. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
“Today I seen a dove collide into the sunset, on the way to heaven and a ruined raven chewing on death, over… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
A man might well pray that he may not taboo or curse any portion of nature by being buried in it. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words. — Coleman Young Copy Share Image
I make music and I can't stop. It's a compulsion and an obsession and a curse. — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
A lot of my colleagues actually yell and curse at each other. I don't do that. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
This may be the curse of human race . Not that we are different from one anther , but we are so alike . — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Well, at least I have the satisfaction of having destroyed a terrible monster, and in doing so rid the world of an… — Griffin Jay Copy Share Image
The curse of marriage That we can call these delicate creatures ours And not their appetites! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image