Bereft Quotes

44 quotes by 41 authors

I've never felt so bereft and panicky. What do I do without my phone? How do I function? My hand keeps automatically reaching for my… — Sophie Kinsella
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain, As… — William Shakespeare
These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth… — John Milton
Sometimes events that lead us bereft of anything but grief just happen for no reason other than happenstance--a car turns left instead of right, a… — Neil Abramson
Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought,… — Anthony Hopkins
I have never felt bereft of anything. — Ben Kingsley
in dreams it is often the case that the greatest extravagances seem bereft of their power to astonish and the most improbable chimeras seem commonplace. — Cormac McCarthy
I will see you bereft of all that you have, of home and happiness and beautiful things. I will see your nation cast down and… — Naomi Novik
This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a… — Graham Chapman
If thou of fortune be bereft, and in thy store there be but left two loaves, sell one, and with the dole, buy hyacinths to… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Pick a man, any man. Every guy I fall for becomes Jesus Christ within the first twenty-four hours of our relationship. I know that this… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Had I no eyes but ears, my ears would love. That inward beauty and invisible; Or were I deaf, thy outward parts would move each… — William Shakespeare
Everything he'd done with regard to her in the last three years had been calculated to foreclose the intensely personal sort of talks they'd had… — Jonathan Franzen
I am no fun at all. In fact, I am anti-fun. Not as in anti-violence, but as in anti-matter. I am not so much against… — David Rakoff
The mind is left bereft when it is nothing more than a tool of regurgitation. — Corey Taylor
Madam, you have bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins, — William Shakespeare
I do understand that you can look into someoneâ€™s eyes,â€ I heard myself saying, â€œand suddenly know that life will be impossible without them. Know… — Bernard Cornwell
It was as if the demise of the owner had lent the flat a physical void it hadn't had before. At the same time he… — Jo Nesbo
Tears could not be equal, if I wept diamonds from the skies," Jenks whispered, empty and bereft. "My word silent, though I should howl. Muffled… — Kim Harrison
The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was, in the throes… — Yann Martel

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