Brutal Quotes

417 Brutal quotes by 368 unique authors

How to forgive the world for its beauty, which merely disguises its ugliness; for its gentleness, which merely cloaks its cruelty; for its illusion of… — Salman Rushdie
The New Testament is a brutal destroyer of human illusions. If you follow Jesus and don't end up dead, it appears you have some explaining… — Terry Eagleton
The few love affairs which had come my way had been rather silly and sordid. They had not revealed the possibilities of love; in fact… — Aleister Crowley
All men are selfish, brutal and inconsiderate--and I wish I could find one. — Shulamith Firestone
Once a person was asked to step into this brutal century, anything could happen — John Kennedy Toole
I always looked forward to being an adult, because I thought the adult world was, well—adult. That adults weren’t cliquey or nasty, that the whole… — Peter Cameron
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious quality is fed on airy nothings,… — Jean Cocteau
If you appeal to the crowd, either by being humorous or brutal or eccentric, you gain favor. — Suzanne Collins
Usually I avoided college students, whom I considered brutal, wrapped up in themselves, particularly in their youth, in which they found material for drama or… — Francoise Sagan
It is very easy to shun someone who is deliberately cruel, and everyone loathes a man who is brutal and vicious. Such people have a… — Sharon Shinn
She wanted to tell him so mach, on the tarmac, the day he left. The world is run by brutal men and the surest proof… — Colum McCann
It rasped her, though, to have stirring about in her this brutal monster! to hear twigs cracking and feel hooves planted down in the depths… — Virginia Woolf
There were no more choices, no more options, no more clever ways out of a tough situation. And the rush, I realized in a brutal… — Kim Harrison
I love him. (Artemis) How can you say that? You don’t even understand what love means. Love isn’t being ashamed to be seen with the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
You are well aware of your effect on women, and I'm sure it gratifies you no end to watch them sigh and salivate over your… — Loretta Chase
One does not really feel much grief at other people's sorrows; one tries, and puts on a melancholy face, thinking oneself brutal for not caring… — W. Somerset Maugham
Silent is the ruined land. Man is brutal and the rain does not wash away the pain or rid the distant memory. It makes it… — Cecil Castellucci
The phrase "It's absolutely the same with me, I..." seems to be an approving echo, a way of continuing the other's thought, but that is… — Milan Kundera
What Rizzoli thought, staring at her own image, was that she hated Elizabeth Hurley for giving women false hope. The brutal truth was, there are… — Tess Gerritsen
To our brothers and sisters in harm’s way, we say that we pray for you. We pray that the Lord will watch over you and… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Life was brutal and it made victims of everyone.’ (Nykyrian) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
No, it was the brutal loss of his family that haunted him and for that Nykyrian couldn’t fault him at all. Syn had been put… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
She cried for herself, she cried because she was afraid that she herself might die in the night, because she was alone in the world,… — John Cheever
It’ll probably be brutal, too. They might even feed you to the dog. He doesn’t have a dog. Yeah, well, he might get one just… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
He cut her off with brutal precision. "And one last thing." His eyes flicked toward the door, through which Jace, Alec, and Isabelle had disappeared.… — Cassandra Clare

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