Creature Quotes

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[Saint Anthony] said, in his solitude, he sometimes encountered devils who looked like angels, and other times he found angels who looked like devils. When… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The leprosy of unreality disfigured every human creature in attendance. — Charles Dickens
We want everything. All the happiness that earth and heaven are capable of bestowing. Creature comforts, and heart and soul comforts also; and, proud-spirited beings… — Jerome K. Jerome
The human mind delights in finding patternâ€”so much so that we often mistake coincidence or forced analogy for profound meaning. No other habit of thought… — Stephen Jay Gould
Dear Sir, poor sir, brave sir." he read, "You are an experiment by the Creator of the Universe. You are the only creature in the… — Kurt Vonnegut
Me, Polly Garter, under the washing line, giving the breast in the garden to my bonny new baby. Nothing grows in our garden, only washing.… — Dylan Thomas
Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger. — James Joyce
There is nothing else in magic but the wild thought of the bird as it casts itself into the void. There is no creature upon… — Susanna Clarke
The Opera ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers,… — Gaston Leroux
A well-read woman is a dangerous creature. — Lisa Kleypas
We all need one another; much and often. Just as every human creature needs a place to be alone in, a sacred, private "home" of… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A man's at odds to know his mind cause his mind is aught he has to know it with. He can know his heart, but… — Cormac McCarthy
Perhaps a creature of so much ingenuity and deep memory is almost bound to grow alienated from his world, his fellows, and the objects around… — Loren Eiseley
Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature. — Moliere
[Clover] secretly hitched a ride with a nice German couple and their new baby...Clover appeared to the baby, so as to be a delightful, soothing… — Obert Skye
It's a weird curse, when you think about it. We're built for thought, and civilization, more than any other creature we've found. And all we… — Josh Bazell
I think that others can drive a creature to naughtiness, always accusing and blaming them. After a while it must make the creature unhappy and… — Brian Jacques
Holding this soft, small living creature in my lap this way, though, and seeing how it slept with complete trust in me, I felt a… — Haruki Murakami
Does is make the dragon happy?" Matt asked. "Does is make the dragon happy?" echoed Tam Lin. "Why, I never thought of that. I suppose… — Nancy Farmer
You are one seriously testy Creature of the Night. (Amanda) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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