Crushed Quotes

344 Crushed quotes by 274 unique authors

Everybody has noticed the way cats stop and loiter in a half-open door. Hasn't everyone said to a cat: For heavens sake why don't you… — Victor Hugo
Besides this earth, and besides the race of men, there is an invisible world and a kingdom of spirits: that world is around us, for… — Charlotte Bronte
But thoughtless ingratitude is the armour of the young; without it, how would they ever get through life? The old wish the young well, but… — Margaret Atwood
Now, Max, I think we both know your parents aren't missionaries." I opened my eyes wide. "No? Well, for God's sake, don't tell them. They'd… — James Patterson
When you are in the middle of a story it isn't a story at all, but only a confusion; a dark roaring, a blindness, a… — Margaret Atwood
I wished she’d never stop squeezing me. I wished I could spend the rest of my life as a child, being slightly crushed by someone… — Gail Carson Levine
In my previous life I was a civil attorney. At one point I truly believed that was what I wanted to be- but that was… — Jodi Picoult
at first, when we truly love someone, our greatest fear is that the loved one will stop loving us. what we should fear and dread,… — Gregory David Roberts
It was a very hard thing to have crushed the heart, and the hopes, of a friend. — Kristin Cashore
Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
In this game he had acquired a great deal of muddled knowledge, more than one approximation and less than one certitude. And absence of energy,… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
Grace,” I said, very softly. “Say something.” Sam,” she said, and I crushed her to me. — Maggie Stiefvater
Literature, real literature, must not be gulped down like some potion which may be good for the heart or good for the brain—the brain, that… — Vladimir Nabokov
Besides my professional goals, I have a couple of private ones, my man. One of those is to pet a kangaroo before I leave Australia.… — Jennifer Rardin
Some attribute had departed from her, the permanence of which had been essential to keep her a woman. Such is frequently the fate, and such… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
And so Yoshimi heard the dry pop one more time. Her forehead felt as if it were being crushed by a car. That was all. — Koushun Takami
It was one thing to make a mistake; it was another thing to keep making it. I knew what happened when you let yourself get… — Jodi Picoult
The ancients believed in fate because they recognized how hard it is for anyone to change anything. The pull of past and future is so… — Jeanette Winterson
For great are you, Lord, and you look kindly on what is humble, but the lofty-minded you regard from afar. Only to those whose hearts… — Saint Augustine
(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,” Hay proudly noted in his diary. “Though He knows how immense… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
I touched my lips to hers again, and this time, it was a very different sort of kiss. It was six years’ worth of kissing,… — Maggie Stiefvater
Then he reached up and tore my shirtfront open. "Not much to see, is there?" I said, struggling to talk with a crushed windpipe. "I… — Kelley Armstrong
People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I was making pancakes the other day and a fly flew into the kitchen. And that's when I realized that a spatula is a lot… — Demetri Martin
Christ is building His kingdom with earth's broken things. Men want only the strong, the successful, the victorious, the unbroken, in building their kingdoms; but… — J.R. Miller

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