Battered Quotes

103 quotes by 97 authors

My one-time roommate Claire had inherited the house from her uncle, and when she went off to bigger and better things, sheâ€™d left it in… — Karen Chance
His heart felt dangerously full, for the first time in years. That dried-up battered organ, suddenly flush with love. It could kill him. — Maile Meloy
My Papa's Waltz: The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy.… — Theodore Roethke
Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time, but facts are… — Dean Koontz
Hardy was every loose-limbed cowboy in warn denim, every pair of blue eyes, every battered pickup, every hot cloudless day." -Liberty — Lisa Kleypas
One is seduced and battered in turn. The result is presumably wisdom. Wisdom! We are clinging to life like lizards. Why is it so difficult… — James Salter
The to Cathal was battered and only one wagon wide, with swells of hard earth where mud had frozen during cold ad rainy seasons. Enna… — Shannon Hale
She was battered and beaten up, and not smiling this time. Liesel could see it on her face. Blood leaked from her nose and licked… — Markus Zusak
I pounded through the houses, staggering down the hallways, falling down the steps. It was a hot streaky dawn full of insecticides, exhaust, flowers that… — Francesca Lia Block
Iâ€™m sorry, Eve. I love you. Iâ€™m not letting you do this.â€ She screamed and battered harder. â€œYou love me? You asshole! Let me go! — Rachel Caine
Unholy battered old thing you were, my sunflower O my soul, I loved you then! — Allen Ginsberg
What is that which can never die It is that faithful force that is born into us that one that is greater than us that… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
...and our footsteps rang and echoed till it sounded like the room was full of dancers, the house calling up all the people who had… — Tana French
The rain battered the cottage. Valkyrie risked a look up at Skulduggery. â€œWhat is it?â€ she whispered. â€œItâ€™s a box,â€ he whispered back. â€œWhat kind… — Derek Landy
...you are battered and bruised in the collisions between reminiscence and reality. — David Eagleman
It's me, love," he said softly. "Everything's all right." Daisy managed to whisper through dry lips. "If you're a ghost...I hope you haunt me forever."… — Lisa Kleypas
We are such small, stupid things. For most of my life I thought of nature as the stupid thing: Blind, animal, destructive. We, the humans,… — Lauren Oliver
What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a capacity for faithfulness.… — Brennan Manning
What about this?" I held up a battered copy of Beauty and the Beast. "It sounds romantic." Xavier wrinkled his nose. "Disney... I don't think… — Alexandra Adornetto
I've been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done… — Langston Hughes

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