Compulsion Quotes

264 quotes by 204 authors

It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now--independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness to back one's… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Nell was not one for friends and had never hidden her distaste for most other humans, their neurotic compulsion for the acquisition of allies. — Kate Morton
We enter into solitude first of all to meet our Lord and to be with Him and Him alone. Only in the context of grace… — Henri Nouwen
who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his… — C.S. Lewis
The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation. — C.S. Lewis
Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in… — Joan Didion
...If I don't have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. That's my compulsion. — Nora Roberts
Contact would hurt, might be fatal, and yet she couldnâ€™t stop herself. Obsession or compulsion, she didnâ€™t know, but she did know that before this… — Nalini Singh
There is no evidence that we've been placed on this planet to be especially happy or especially normal. And in fact our unhappiness and our… — Jon Ronson
There came a time in everyoneâ€™s life when they realized that in spite of how hard theyâ€™d been running from themselves, everywhere they went, there… — J R Ward
In poetically well built museums, formed from the heart's compulsions, we are consoled not by finding in them old objects that we love, but by… — Orhan Pamuk
I'll be writing until I can't write anymore. It's a compulsion with me. I love writing. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Mencheres slid through the water toward her, drawn by the same inexorable compulsion that led moths to dance with flames. He'd had several lifetimes' worth… — Jeaniene Frost
Adrian!You Used compulsion on that guy. That.... I mean, it's....." "Awesome?Yeah,I Know — Richelle Mead
We should ask our commanders..." Elayne trailed off. "If there are any we trust not to be under Compulsion." "There's only one," Mat said grimly,… — Robert Jordan
I perceive value, I confer value, I create value, I even create â€” or guarantee â€” existence. Hence, my compulsion to make â€œlists.â€ The things… — Susan Sontag
As soon as a friendship passed a certain point - some obscure and secret boundary - a woman quite automatically became overwhelmed by a raging… — David Eddings
When you love someone, that love has no limit, no measure, because you know in your deepest being that when that love demands sacrifice, you… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am… — George A. Sheehan

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