Creatures Quotes

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I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be… — Jane Austen
The thread has snapped. No sound even to mark the breaking let alone the fall. That long anticipated disintegration, when the darkest angel of all,… — Mark Z. Danielewski
I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that gift of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
. . . from what he knew about the Creatures of the Dark they wouldn't waste their time laying elaborate traps. They'd just eat someone. — Mercedes Lackey
There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It's not just outside, it's inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness inside. It's like a hungry… — Jeanne DuPrau
As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only excuse that offers… — W. Somerset Maugham
What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I think I was a little disappointed in her. I expected then people to be more of a piece than I do now, and I… — W. Somerset Maugham
Because no one has more thirst for earth, for blood, and for ferocious sexuality than the creatures who inhabit cold mirrors — Alejandra Pizarnik
I wished I could explain it to those I loved, my mother, to Japhy, but there just weren't any words to describe the nothingness and… — Jack Kerouac
Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it,… — Dean Koontz
At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's… — Edgar Guest
Those single-track military minds never think to ask their cleaning staff for help in giant lethal marauding creature matters. — Robin McKinley
Why do people give each other flowers? To celebrate various important occasions, theyâ€™re killing living creatures? Why restrict it to plants? 'Sweetheart, letâ€™s make up.… — Jerry Seinfeld
Out yonder they may curse, revile, and torture one another, defile all the human instincts, make a shambles of creation (if it were in their… — Henry Miller
Landscapes of great wonder and beauty lie under our feet and all around us. They are discovered in tunnels in the ground, the heart of… — Walt Disney
The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are… — Oscar Wilde
I can imagine nothing more terrifying than an Eternity filled with men who were all the same. The only thing which has made life bearableâ€¦has… — T.H. White
The sea where living creatures were at one time immersed is now enclosed within their bodies. — Italo Calvino
The moth settled onto the curtain and sat still. It was an astonishing creature, with black and white wings patterned in geometric shapes, scarlet underwings,… — Barbara Kingsolver

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