Bereft Quotes

44 Bereft quotes by 41 unique authors

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 someone’s eyes,” I heard myself saying, “and 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
The world is well supplied with spiders whose male ancestors died after mating. The world is bereft of spiders whose would-be ancestors never mated in… — Richard Dawkins
What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet, Long live… — Gerard Manley Hopkins
Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class. — Beth Henley
He's not pining, he's passed on. This parrot is no more. He has ceased to be. He's expired and gone to meet his maker. He's… — Monty Python

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